Forget it - unfortunately I don't pay for return shipping, who cares at the moment. The ghosting occurs even though I just plugged it into the adapter, ie everything on the cable. It's weird, if it's supposed to be an extension cord, it doesn't work. I extended it to another fine cable before buying the adapter and that was also Phantom. I have spent money. This is the second Belkin cable straight out of the box and I will never buy a Belkin cable again.