male to male usb how

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been looking for a male to male (both full size )usb lead ,so decided to make my own.cut two usb printer leads and joined the four inner cables together red black green and white but it doesnt work is this the correct way one would be wired please
 

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The only male to male USB lead (that I have come across)is one with a flat at one end and a D type USB on the other. Why do you want one anyhow? which side will control the supply?
 

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its for connecting a topfield tf7700 receiver to my laptop to download a channel list,its a female on the laptop and female on the receiver cheers
 

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Try here USB 2.0 A to A Leads

I use google
 

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iwol said:
been looking for a male to male (both full size )usb lead ,so decided to make my own.cut two usb printer leads and joined the four inner cables together red black green and white but it doesnt work is this the correct way one would be wired please

You may need to cross over the data wires, white and green.
 

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thanks will try now
 

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nice try but receiver still not getting noticed by pc
 

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iwol said:
nice try but receiver still not getting noticed by pc


I don't think that you are supposed to do it like that.

Maybe try putting the data onto USB flash memory and then sticking that into your box.

Robbo:)
 

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you can do it for the firmware but not the channel list cheers
 

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iwol said:
you can do it for the firmware but not the channel list cheers

I would be interested to see if you get this working.

I know the Topfield / Vega documentation implies this can be done (confusingly the 7700 manual shows a type B socket on the rear of the receiver when in fact it is type A fitted). I posted a question on Topfield's website asking if this could really work ie connecting two USB 'host' ports together, but no reply.

As I'm not brave enough to risk frying my PC /Topfield USB port I resorted to buying a RS232 null modem lead and USB to RS232 converter...works fine after a bit of messing around with Port settings on the PC
 
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