mijang

Is there such a thing as a digital optical splitter so that one can connect a DVD player, PS2, and XBox into the same digital optical input on their receiver? If not, how does one connect all of these devices to their receiver?

CaptainMarvel

There is what you're looking for, but it wouldn't be called a splitter. A splitter would take one digital signal and split it into two different outputs. What you need is a selector or a switch. Radio Shack makes one. Their site is down right now, but just do a search for Toslink and Selector and it should pull up.

For my system, I have two digital inputs I can use. I wanted to hook up a PS2, a DVD player, and an X-box. I just went ahead and plugged the PS2 into the regular analog l/r inputs on my receiver, since none of the PS2 games I have actually benefit by outputting sound in digital. As far as I know, the PS2 only uses DD 5.1 and DTS for movies, not games (except for a few like SSX Tricky).

mijang

Thanks!

Drexl

They also have a video switcher that has a TOSlink input for each component.

Maybe that's what CaptainMarvel is talking about, although I think he means one that just switches the audio.

mijang

What about a component video switch (I've been looking around the Radio Shack website and I can't seem to find one) I think both the PS2 and XBox can be set up using component video, so how would one connect both systems and a DVD player to your TV using component video?

Adam Tyner

I use a composite video switch box for component video. Sounds wacky, but I haven't noticed any signal degradation. A number of folks on the Home Theater Forum swear by this method.

Drexl

Yeah, I was wondering if you could just plug the Y, Pr, and Pb into the composite video, left audio, and right audio inputs on a switcher, or does a typical switcher do something different to each of the types of signals? You'd still need to switch audio somewhere else though.