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03-07-2011, 05:05 PM
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Electronics/TV Help Please
Heya folks. I tried googling this stuff, but I have had some difficulty finding an answer. Here's the issue
I recently purchased a GameCube for play. My apartment has a HDTV that comes with it. The GC has a 3 RCA Cable (White, red, yellow). So does my DVD player, and PS2. I want to be able to use all of them in the TV, but it has just one set of traditional 3 way plugs, and has a bunch of the new 5 way RCA cable plugs. These won;t work (the sound works fine, but the video is split three ways). Here's what I want. I want to be able to use all of my older three way plugs in my TV without having to move cables every time. I can think of two possible products that might work. Are either available on the market? Product #1: This is a cable splitter or box that takes the 3 way cable and turns it into a 5 way cable to use. Product #2: This is a box that can take numerous inputs from various things (DVD player, game systems, etc). You plug it into your sole input. With a touch of a button or switch, you can change which item is "plugged" in and working, so I can merely punch a button on t up front to switch between everything. If either or both of these products exist, where? Thanks!
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03-07-2011, 05:20 PM
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Product #2 is probably your best bet, i think this is what you are talking about:
Amazon.com: 3 Way AV RCA Switch/Splitter: Electronics |
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03-07-2011, 05:21 PM
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Perfect!
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03-07-2011, 05:25 PM
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I bought it!
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03-07-2011, 05:32 PM
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Location: Los Angeles
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your dvd player probably can handle component cables (the 5 plug connection), then you wouldnt have to split the rca ones.
but since you ordered, your solution works too |
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03-07-2011, 07:27 PM
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Well, once I knew what terms to search on Amazon for, I checked, and found a 4 way and 5 way splitter, but those cost 45-60 dollars a piece, but the tri ones (there were three or four available) were in the $5 range. Of course, I could get another three tris, and have a 9 way mega splitter!
Region Free DVD Player Intellivision converted to RCA Cables PS2 GameCube Plug N Play things (like the hunting rifle game in rifle form, or that Atari controller with the 75 games on it, etc) NES And more! No reason not to get that TurboGrafx now!
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