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Audio cutting out with RCA splitters
tbonesteak4dinner:
--- Quote from: Cloisonne on December 06, 2012, 01:05:39 AM ---Nope, it's definitely something with the PS2. I put the splitters into the inputs of my TV, and attached my PS1 and the output of my switcher to the splitters. When I have the FF7 prelude running, the audio cuts out whenever I press the PS2 button, but not when I press any of the other four buttons. I mean, I get minor video differences when I press any of the other four buttons, but the audio is completely gone when I press the PS2 button.
I don't know the logic behind splitters, but I'm sure it's something to the tune of what tbonesteak4dinner was saying :3
No biggie! I have a second switcher coming in. I'll be able to connect more systems in the future if need be.
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Yeah, splitters are always a poor choice when you use them in reverse like this (you're technically joining two signals) because they don't disconnect the other output when one of the two is active. Most of the time, this just results in minor interference (like when you said you noticed slight video differences), but sometimes if one of the devices handles either it's power or output in a certain way, it'll either kill the impedance of the other signal or seriously interfere with it in some way.
Kind of like I said before, splitters really shouldn't exist at all because of how they work electronically - they always introduce signal loss in some way.
But you've already got another switcher coming, so you've made the right choice. ;)