Clockwise or counter looking at the panel?

From the front of the gear turn counterclockwise to loosen - from the rear (if that's what you mean by looking at the panel), it'd be clockwise.

Good luck.

Barton

MIT goes the other way. Right to loosen. Its not that its left threaded its the design of the locking rca's.

Wstritt- cfb's rhyme is right, but the advise is wrong. Looking from the back, hold the knurled end thats closest to you, and turn the locking barrel (closer to the unit) clockwise.

i quite clearly was unaware that mit's locking "jackets" are reverse threaded. please ignore my ryme and follow the advice of all those above with more knowledge of your cable terminations than i. sorry to have misled you. (the part about wrapping the ends of your pliers, etc., if you need them, still stands.) -cfb

The MIT RCA barrel has two parts - stationary and rotating. The stationary barrel is to the rear, closest to the cable jacket. Both barrels have knurled grips. To remove, hold the stationary barrel firmly and turn the front (rotating) barrel by the knob counter-clockwise (looking down - right side up left side down or clockwise from the back). The rotating barrel will travel rearward towards the stationary barrel until it stops against it and the gold locking clinch is visible around the units' rca plug. Now it can be removed.

To install, make sure the RB is fully back where you see the clinch. Place on the jack while holding the SB and push firmly towards the unit until it stops. Turn the RB clockwise while continuing to apply pressure towards the unit as it locks (or else it might slide off as the clinch is tightening).