IEC 61076-3-104:2006 Establishes uniform specifications, type testing requirements and quality assessment procedures for 8-way, shielded free and fixed connectors for data transmissions with frequencies up to 1 000 MHz, and intended to be used within cabling for information and communications technology, home entertainment and multimedia. It contains a choice of all test methods and sequences, severity and preferred values for dimensions and characteristics. This second edition of IEC 61076-3-104 cancels and replaces the first edition, published in 2003, and constitutes a technical revision. Changes from the first edition of this standard (2003) include editorial changes throughout the standard and as well as an increase of upper frequency from 600 MHz to 1 000 MHz and changes to the characteristics clause (Clause 6) and test schedules clause (Clause 7) to align the document with test schedules of IEC 60603-7 series documents. This bilingual version (2013-06) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2006-07Key words: 8-way, shielded free connectors, shielded fixed connectors