RCA interconnects


So, I just received PS Audio Transcendent interconnects. Problem is, I cannot get them to mate with my equipment! Short of destroying the equipment or one's hands, how do you soften these suckers up so they will mate? Is there some trick anyone has discovered that will soften the clamping power? What is the trick?
mindmeat
Have never had experience with PS Audio Transcendent I/Cs, but you might try heating them up with hair "blow" dryer.
Have never had experience with PS Audio Transcendent I/Cs, but you might try heating them up with hair "blow" dryer.
Thanks for your suggestion. I contacted PS audio who explained that the outer barrel needs to be loosened, plug it in, then tighten. Makes sense, but an instruction card would have been helpful since I've not had locking RCA's before.