Ex-Pro Optical TOSlink SPDIF Splitter - Plus 2 x 1m Optical cables - Value Pack
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Index: Digital & Electronics
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Digital Box Price: £7.97
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Product Description Ex-Pro TOSlink Pro Optical Splitter 2 cables into 1 socket or allows one cable connection to be connected to different sources.
Are you buying the right product?  Sent: 02 January 2009
After reading some of the other reviews, it's clear that the flawed technical description of this product is causing some problems. This device is a *splitter* - with optical cabling that means it's intended for sending a SINGLE SOURCE to MULTIPLE OUTPUTS. Specifically, it's not intended to connect multiple output devices (like an XBOX and SKY-HD) to a single input like your home cinema. If that works for you, you are lucky in that this device lets signals go through the wrong way - and I am not surprised a lot of people are reporting problems as many sources will constantly output a signal on TOSLINK ports.
What you actually need in this instance is a SWITCHER. Some auto-switchers exist, but they are rare for pure TOSLINK switches. You might want to look at an HDMI+TOSLINK switcher combined, like the THOR HDC75 by Philex for example.
This product is a simple device that does what it's supposed to do. It's just a shame the description is misleading. For that reason, I am giving it 2 stars.
Good hunting!
Cheap and cheerfull Sent: 24 September 2008
I wanted a cheap as chips way of attaching my Xbox 360 and my Sky HD box up to my amp (which only has one optical input) without the need to keep plugging in and unplugging cables.
With the included optical cables, this was the perfect product. So long as you're not expecting anything other than a plastic splitter casing and relatively fragile feeling optical leads, then this is perfect for the job.
The only note of caution is that there is no way to choose which optical input is selected. Therefore, in my case I need to make sure that the sky box is on standby before powering up the Xbox (and visa versa) otherwise the amp gets confused with 2 signals coming down the cable simultaneously. I would probably choose a product that lets you select the input if I hadn't already got this product.
Great Item with only one small problem Sent: 04 June 2008
I bought this item to link up xbox and sky plus box to my amp. Works fine on the sky plus box but not the xbox. The sky plus box contantly sends a signal out of its optical port even on standby so this interfers with the xbox signal. Don't buy unless you have two sources that turn off completely.
Works for me  Sent: 19 March 2008
I was a bit wary about purchasing one of these optical splitters. I required it to share my single optical input on my amplifier with both my xbox and my dvd player. I'd seen reviews claiming that I would need an optical switch for this purpose, which were both more expensive and would mean that I would have to manually switch the sources as and when required. Apparently these splitters were only for sending one source to multiple outputs, so one xbox to two different amps. Who would want to do that? Anyhow, I couldn't see why a splitter wouldn't work both ways (i.e. two devices to a single amp), so I bought one anyway. It works! Nuff said. Obviously if you have two sources on at once, you get a jumbled output, but I'm never going to be watching a dvd at the same time as using the xbox, so it's never going to be a problem.
With this splitter you also get two optical cables, which is a real bargain. They are of a lower build quality than what you might normally purchase, but they perform just as well as the ridiculously expensive one I bought from Currys!
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