Bit of a dilemma...

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Phexx

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#101376 30-Apr-2012 20:15

OK, so I have a situation and I need some help trying to source some parts. I need to find a 2 x male to female 3.5mm cable/adapter.

Also, would this plan work, obviously outputting video to the monitor and audio to the speakers.

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#617627 30-Apr-2012 20:27

Something like a jaycar PA3582 would probably do the splitting trick, with additional male - male cables.

Might work, but sometimes one audio source can dominate the other.

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#617628 30-Apr-2012 20:27

Like this?

http://www.cablesdirect.co.nz/catalog/search?quickfind_needle=CA-STY-2%20

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#617631 30-Apr-2012 20:34

CYaBro: Like this?

http://www.cablesdirect.co.nz/catalog/search?quickfind_needle=CA-STY-2%20

Not quite. Something like this:

Also, I cannot see your link until I quote it...

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#617639 30-Apr-2012 20:46

Yeah, those might be a bit hard to find.

Just get the kind of adaptor that we've suggested, and then a couple of male-male cables

e.g
http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=PA3582
and two of these
http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=WA7005
and one of these
http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=PA3583

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#617649 30-Apr-2012 21:11

OK, seems I managed to create a slightly more complicated solution, thanks nickb800 for the suggestions, using them.

When you said one audio source might dominate the other. This will not affect anything if one of the two sources is muted, right?

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#617660 30-Apr-2012 21:24

Phexx: OK, seems I managed to create a slightly more complicated solution, thanks nickb800 for the suggestions, using them.

When you said one audio source might dominate the other. This will not affect anything if one of the two sources is muted, right?

Im going to go with I think so, but wouldnt guarantee it

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Phexx

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#617662 30-Apr-2012 21:25

nickb800:
Phexx: OK, seems I managed to create a slightly more complicated solution, thanks nickb800 for the suggestions, using them.

When you said one audio source might dominate the other. This will not affect anything if one of the two sources is muted, right?

Im going to go with I think so, but wouldnt guarantee it

Ok thanks for the help anyway.

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#617688 30-Apr-2012 21:51

Phexx:
When you said one audio source might dominate the other. This will not affect anything if one of the two sources is muted, right?

You would be correct in thinking that if one audio source is muted, the other one will play just fine.

However, what you will probably find is that the sound level from both analogue inputs will overall be a little bit quieter compared to if you just had one of the inputs connected directly (i.e. not through a mixer cable).

The reason for this is that each input source will have its own internal impedance (resistance), which will make the other input slightly quieter due to some signal being lost from the other input's internal circuitry.

Hope that makes sense. :)

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#617690 30-Apr-2012 21:53

dontpanic42:
Phexx:
When you said one audio source might dominate the other. This will not affect anything if one of the two sources is muted, right?

You would be correct in thinking that if one audio source is muted, the other one will play just fine.

However, what you will probably find is that the sound level from both analogue inputs will overall be a little bit quieter compared to if you just had one of the inputs connected directly (i.e. not through a mixer cable).

The reason for this is that each input source will have its own internal impedance (resistance), which will make the other input slightly quieter due to some signal being lost from the other input's internal circuitry.

Hope that makes sense. :)

Yep does make sense. :)
I'm thinking at this stage I'm just going to manually change the input, since this setup is at my desk it won't be to hard.
Thanks