A data reader (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) and connector system including a housing (110, 210, 310, 410); side walls enclosing an interior, one of the side walls formed with a cable exit opening; a printed circuit board (140, 240, 340, 440) mounted parallel to and proximate one of the side walls; a socket (149, 249, 349, 449) mounted on the printed circuit board and facing inwardly into an interior of the housing and opposite the side wall formed with the cable exit opening; and a cable (179, 279, 379, 479) connected to the socket, cable formed with a loop within the housing from the first socket and out through the cable exit opening.