Trying to find a switchbox for my needs.

[devil_trigger]

Hey guys, I need to find an audio switch for my system but I dont need a normal switch with like 3 or 4 inputs and 1 output. I need the opposite, 3 or 4 outputs and 1 input. I know what I'm looking for but I cant find anything on google because I dont exactly know how to word it. Heres my situation: I want the signal from my computer to go to

A: my main stereo for the computer.

B: A transmitter for a set of wireless speakers elsewhere and

C: to my HT receiver

I know some of you may wonder why but I dont want to take all day explaining what these are all for, I just want to know if there is such a thing out there for a decent price. All of the outputs are 3.5mm but I have RCA adapters for all of them so even an A/V switch like that would do. I think I'm overthinking this and it may be a simple answer but I'm tired and cant figure it out lol. Thanks guys.

 

[450]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1011201&p_id=3027&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

What if you got something like that? Just switch the output line with your input from the computer and the inputs with the receivers/speakers. I'm assuming this splitter just routes the various inputs to the single output and I don't see why it shouldn't be bidirectional.

EDIT: Actually I'm not sure this thing will work in a bidirectional fashion so you may need to find out elsewhere...

 

[ashmedai]

Analog connections tend to be implicitly bidirecional - digital, not so much. However they often involve a unity-gain amplifier (op-amp buffer) in which case you are then again talking about a digital system. It's hard to say.

Okay, this should work, but I still suggest you either look into it more to confirm or at least buy it from somewhere with a decent return policy in case I'm wrong.

http://www.amazon.com/TC-716-6-Way-...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1236239889&sr=8-2

 

[devil_trigger]

Thanks for your help guys, and ashmedai, I just noticed that you posted that a day or so ago and that actually would have worked because it says the inputs can be reversed for outputs. But before I saw that I found and ordered this:

4-way Audio/Video Splitter

That actually got here today and works great for cheap so I'm happy. Just thought I'd update this with what I found in case anyone needs something like that.

 

[DragonMaster]

All the cheap analog switches are completely passive, so you can use whatever you want as inputs and outputs.

 

[devil_trigger]

All the cheap analog switches are completely passive, so you can use whatever you want as inputs and outputs.

I have a cheap RCA analog switch with 4 inputs and 1 output and I tried using that first in a few different configurations and it didnt work.

 

[DragonMaster]

Powered?

 

[devil_trigger]

Powered?

Yes it is powered, does it have to be passive to be reversible? Also, the one I got just now is powered and was cheap as well.

 

[DragonMaster]

Yep, the passive ones are just wires and switches, as if you connected and disconnected the wires manually. Those can be used in any directions.

Powered multi-in/one-out switches have unidirectional in the signal path, they have semiconductors rather than manual switches. That's easier to use with a digital source control.

What you bought isn't a switch but a distribution amplifier (despite what the seller claims), it reamplifies the audio and video signals to connect multiple outputs simultaneously without losses. (If you just used Y cable splitters, you would have needed to push the volume higher)