Firewire adapter 9-pin male to 6-pin female
Firewire 800/400 adapter: connector 9pin male to connector 6 pin female (IEEE1394b to IEEE1394a), e.g. recommended for old Apple MacBook Pro with one Firewire 800 port
Key features
- IEEE1394 adapter for Firewire
- 9-pin IEEE-1394b plug to
- 6-pin IEEE-1394a socket
- adaptation Firewire 800 to Firewire 400
- suitable for PC and Apple-Mac
- with Bus power connection
- compact adapter without cable
- e.g. ideal for Apple MacBook Pro
Application
Adaptation Firewire 800/400
The IEEE-1394b/a compact adapter offered here has a 9-pin plug (IEEE-1394b) and a 6-pin socket (IEEE-1394a). It is used to adapt Firewire-800 to Firewire-400. The adapter is ideal, for example, for the Apple MacBook Pro with Firewire-800 interface only. The old 6-pin Firewire 400 cables can thus continue to be used.
With bus power
The adapter routes the power (bus power) so that devices can be used without their own power supply if necessary. For example, a 2.5" or 1.8" Firewire hard disk can be operated without a power supply unit.
400 Mbps
The speed when using a 9/6 adapter depends on that of the slower device. Up to 4.5m cable length the maximum speed is 400 Mbps. The adapter works bidirectionally, so it doesn't matter if you want to connect a Firewire 800 port to a Firewire 400 device, or connect a Firewire 800 device to a Firewire 400 controller.