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Audio cutting out with RCA splitters
Cloisonne:
I have a 5-in-1 video selector, and 6 consoles. So I bought three Y RCA splitters to connect both a PS1 and PS2 to. Video goes through fine on both, but I don't get audio on the PS1. I get audio on the PS2. The PS1 video cables work fine when the PS2 audio cables aren't plugged into the splitter.
Is there any way around this without buying another video selector? I have a Pelican 5-in-1 Video Switcher, which are out of production and hard to find cheap, and I don't want to buy a different brand because they won't match.
EDIT: Or is there any way to connect >6 consoles to one TV? I plan on buying an Xbox in the future and was hoping to use AV splitters with my video switcher
wiggy:
Have you tried swapping the PS2 and PS1 positions? Sounds like a crap splitter to me.
Also, why do you want both hooked up? Seems redundant.
Cloisonne:
--- Quote from: wiggy on December 05, 2012, 08:42:28 PM ---Have you tried swapping the PS2 and PS1 positions? Sounds like a crap splitter to me.
Also, why do you want both hooked up? Seems redundant.
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Yup, tried it. The PS1's sound isn't completely gone, it's just gotten REALLY quiet, to the point where if I blast my sound system up all the way, I hear a little bit of fuzz and the FF7 Prelude very very quietly.
I prefer to play PS1 games on the original hardware. I know, it's weird.
tbonesteak4dinner:
Is it just in one channel (left, right) or both? If it's just one, then you have a bad splitter, but if it's both, it's more likely that the splitters are causing issues with the way the PS1 and PS2 handle audio outputs. If I remember right, the PS2 has a sort of idle power state (you see a red light lit up) when the system is off - you're probably losing impedance (I think) on the PS1 signal since the PS2 is maintaining "active" power and still influencing the overall scheme somehow. Could be wrong on that, but it seems most likely to me.
You'll need a bigger switcher, or perhaps a pair of switchers in conjunction to cover all of your system. Y-splitters are generally a poor way to handle things as they generally result in at least a little signal loss.
Cloisonne:
--- Quote from: tbonesteak4dinner on December 05, 2012, 09:14:43 PM ---Is it just in one channel (left, right) or both? If it's just one, then you have a bad splitter, but if it's both, it's more likely that the splitters are causing issues with the way the PS1 and PS2 handle audio outputs. If I remember right, the PS2 has a sort of idle power state (you see a red light lit up) when the system is off - you're probably losing impedance (I think) on the PS1 signal since the PS2 is maintaining "active" power. Could be wrong on that, but it seems most likely to me.
You'll need a bigger switcher, or perhaps a pair of switchers in conjunction to cover all of your system. Y-splitters are generally a poor way to handle things as they generally result in at least a little signal loss.
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Yup, I lose audio (almost) completely. The splitters are good.
So you're saying I should daisy-chain audio/video switchers?