splitting component

[TLS Guy]

You could always try the y-adaptors and see if you notice any real problems with the picture...I don't think there is anyway to cause damage to any of the equipment trying this.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.

-pat

You need a transformer based splitters one for each cable to equalize the impedance. No damage will occur, but the picture will be inferior.

 

[landonspop]

You can't split video with a Y connector, it will upset the impedance. You can use standard video splitters with F-connectors and use adapters.

Could you please send me a link to what these are. Mine look like this.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2465364&cp=2032058.2032231&cp=2032058&f=Taxonomy/RSK/2032231&categoryId=2032231&kwCatId=2032058&kw=rca&parentPage=search

Thanks in advance.

 

[JKL1960]

You can't split video with a Y connector, it will upset the impedance. You can use standard video splitters with F-connectors and use adapters.

Do you mean what I would call a cable splitter? (like this?)

 

[pzaur]

I believe these would be the appropriate adaptors.

This would create an RCA plug at each junction point.

-pat

 

[joe68]

WOW that was very entertaining Thanks.

 

[TLS Guy]

I believe these would be the appropriate adaptors.

This would create an RCA plug at each junction point.

-pat

Thanks pzaur you save me the trouble! So you are in no doubt, this is the splitter you need, one for each cable (3).

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062050&cp=&sr=1&origkw=video+cable+splitters&kw=video+cable+splitters&parentPage=search

 

[pzaur]

TLS Guy - You're welcome.

I personally think the monorpice splitter is probably the cheapest and best route to go. I'm not sure if it is transformer based, but, you could email and ask them.

-pat

 

[TLS Guy]

TLS Guy - You're welcome.

I personally think the monorpice splitter is probably the cheapest and best route to go. I'm not sure if it is transformer based, but, you could email and ask them.

-pat

That should work fine. It has to have three transformers in it. pzaur gets the gold star today.

 

[pzaur]

That should work fine. It has to have three transformers in it. pzaur gets the gold star today.

Woo-hoo! Do I get to stay for a longer recess too?!

-pat

(This is what happens when I'm home from work for 6 weeks with my little girl!)

 

[landonspop]

TLS Guy - You're welcome.

I personally think the monorpice splitter is probably the cheapest and best route to go. I'm not sure if it is transformer based, but, you could email and ask them.

-pat

Thanks guys, now we are getting somewhere. However, I read some reviews on this item at monoprice, some good but someone said this:

" Horrible product and waste of money. My HDTV picture was blurry and with loss of color after plugging in my Satellite receiver. I connected my HDTV and front projector to the outputs and both had SIGNIFICANT picture loss. The only way to get decent picture is to disconnect cables to one tv when not in use, so it defeats the purpose of buying.You should offer a rating of 1-10 instead of 4-10 so I can rate a 1... "

Since video is affected with this and probably y splitters also, it looks like the coax splitter with rca adapters might be the best choice now.

Thanks for the help, especially for those who understood what I was trying to do.

 

[Halon451]

Thenks guys, now we are getting somewhere. However, I read some reviews on this item at monoprice, some good but someone said this:

" Horrible product and waste of money. My HDTV picture was blurry and with loss of color after plugging in my Satellite receiver. I connected my HDTV and front projector to the outputs and both had SIGNIFICANT picture loss. The only way to get decent picture is to disconnect cables to one tv when not in use, so it defeats the purpose of buying.You should offer a rating of 1-10 instead of 4-10 so I can rate a 1... "

Since video is affected with this and probably y splitters also, it looks like the coax splitter with rca adapters might be the best choice now.

Thanks for the help, especially for those who understood what I was trying to do.

If the majority of the reviews were positive and there was only one negative remark like the one above, it could simply be that this guy happened to get a defective unit. It happens. If this was a common issue with this unit, I would suspect there would be a general consensus in the customer reviews to support it.

 

[landonspop]

If the majority of the reviews were positive and there was only one negative remark like the one above, it could simply be that this guy happened to get a defective unit. It happens. If this was a common issue with this unit, I would suspect there would be a general consensus in the customer reviews to support it.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10422&cs_id=1042205&p_id=2848&seq=1&format=4#feedback

If you want to look.
Otherwise, Scale was 4 - 10.
7 reviews. 2-10's, 1-8, 4-4's.
Even the 8 talked of degraded picture. So I think I will pass.

I am replacing my receiver tonight. So for now, I will have to hook up the system the best way for me. Everything through receiver, the video out to the tv. I will send audio out (red and white analog outputs) of the cable box to the 1080i input matching the input from rec. Wife and M.I.L. will have to turn on amp, turn volume off and watch tv with the tv speakers and cable boz remote for now. I have a large wall unit so I was trying to do this all at one time as it is time consuming moving things around and getting behind things.

As far as my cable box being defective, I have 2 and my father has 2 and only the hdmi and component video work on them. Like I said, these are high def boxes, so TWarner probably doesn't like to give them out unless you have a HD tv. I remember when I got my first hdtv cbl box I had to show a receipt or owners manual showing that I had a hdtv to even get it. I did get one of the first out for the public, though. I think things have gotten easier. But if you do not have hdtv, the cbl box wouldn't work anyways.

I might be switching to AT&T u-verse soon. My father just did, so I will see how that works out.

Thanks very much to all.

 

[Haoleb]

You can't split video with a Y connector, it will upset the impedance. You can use standard video splitters with F-connectors and use adapters.

I have had to split component video with Y cables before for an installation at a food court where they had two tv's. When my boss said thats what he wanted to do i researched it because I didnt think it could sucessfully be done and read that special equipment was needed. He disagreed and we tried it. Turned out that it worked just fine and I did not see any picture degrigration. The system was running component through a denon reciever which was split at the recievers output and then feeding two LG plasmas at the same time. Only when one of the cables was disconnected at the TV end were things upset, But as long as they were plugged in it was fine. You already have the cables so go ahead and try it.

Personally I would just use the composite video and analog L and R channel audio to the tv for you wife, And save the component and digital to the reciever for yourself.

 

[MDS]

Personally I would just use the composite video and analog L and R channel audio to the tv for you wife, And save the component and digital to the reciever for yourself.

That's what I would do too, but Jcpanny gave the most common approach to doing it and that would work just fine.

I'd also consider the other suggestion to use the RF out from the cable box. Just tune the TV to channel 3 and all is well.

Now if the wife thinks it is too loud in surround mode, even using the late night mode, you could always try switching to plain Stereo mode too.

 

[landonspop]

Originally Posted by Haoleb View Post
Personally I would just use the composite video and analog L and R channel audio to the tv for you wife, And save the component and digital to the reciever for yourself.

That's what I would do too, but Jcpanny gave the most common approach to doing it and that would work just fine.

I'd also consider the other suggestion to use the RF out from the cable box. Just tune the TV to channel 3 and all is well.

Now if the wife thinks it is too loud in surround mode, even using the late night mode, you could always try switching to plain Stereo mode too.

I guess no one has seen, where I indicated, that the only video outputs that work on my cable box, are the hdmi and the component outputs. And I don't have an hdmi compatible TV.

 

[Johnd]

Originally Posted by Haoleb View Post
Personally I would just use the composite video and analog L and R channel audio to the tv for you wife, And save the component and digital to the reciever for yourself.




I guess no one has seen, where I indicated, that the only video outputs that work on my cable box, are the hdmi and the component outputs. And I don't have an hdmi compatible TV.

Well, after three pages of this, it's still not clear to me if we've resolved your issue. I see you refuted one idea because of a negative post.

This will absolutely cure all you woes, and then some:

http://www.ambery.com/3hdcovidiaud.html

It has:
1x3 Component video splitter
1x3 RGBHV Video Distributor
1x3 Composite Video Audio splitter
1x3 Digital Audio Stereo splitter

 

[landonspop]

Well, after three pages of this, it's still not clear to me if we've resolved your issue. I see you refuted one idea because of a negative post.

This will absolutely cure all you woes, and then some:

http://www.ambery.com/3hdcovidiaud.html

It has:
1x3 Component video splitter
1x3 RGBHV Video Distributor
1x3 Composite Video Audio splitter
1x3 Digital Audio Stereo splitter

I refuted the one idea because of 3 neg feedbacks out of 7 ands a video loss on one of the pos feedbacks. Thats 4 out of 7 that spoke of losing video signal or more than 50%, which is good enough for me most of the time.

This new plan, included in this post, would work. But I have decided to send all signals to Denon 3808 and then back to the tv's one component input. I have sent the audio from cble box to the audio inputs on tv matching the component video input from rec. This way my wife can watch tv with the rec on, set to cable input, turn down the volume on the rec, and use sound from the tv. Her main concern was turning off all the speakers, especially the sw during regular tv watching while the kid is asleep. As for MIL, I will just leave rec on also so she can watch the same way just needing to use cble box remote.

My wife has had no problem so far she even figured out how to turn rec to cable input after I left it on dvd sat night.

So thanks to everyone.

I wish my tv didn't have such a good picture, so I could upgrade it to an hdmi compatible tv. Maybe in a couple years.

 

[TLS Guy]

Originally Posted by Haoleb View Post
Personally I would just use the composite video and analog L and R channel audio to the tv for you wife, And save the component and digital to the reciever for yourself.




I guess no one has seen, where I indicated, that the only video outputs that work on my cable box, are the hdmi and the component outputs. And I don't have an hdmi compatible TV.

Yes, we did take that on board. The monoprice unit looks like the best low cost unit for equalizing your impedance.

Have you got this solved yet.

I do have one comment. I think women are much more sensitive than men to audio aberrations, particularly in the mid and HF area. I suspect there is an audio evil in your set up that is driving your wife crazy. Dollars to doughnuts it's the speakers.

 

[TLS Guy]

I refuted the one idea because of 3 neg feedbacks out of 7 ands a video loss on one of the pos feedbacks. Thats 4 out of 7 that spoke of losing video signal or more than 50%, which is good enough for me most of the time.

This new plan, included in this post, would work. But I have decided to send all signals to Denon 3808 and then back to the tv's one component input. I have sent the audio from cble box to the audio inputs on tv matching the component video input from rec. This way my wife can watch tv with the rec on, set to cable input, turn down the volume on the rec, and use sound from the tv. Her main concern was turning off all the speakers, especially the sw during regular tv watching while the kid is asleep. As for MIL, I will just leave rec on also so she can watch the same way just needing to use cble box remote.

My wife has had no problem so far she even figured out how to turn rec to cable input after I left it on dvd sat night.

So thanks to everyone.

I wish my tv didn't have such a good picture, so I could upgrade it to an hdmi compatible tv. Maybe in a couple years.

Unless you use an amplified splitter there has to be some signal loss every time you split (3db)

 

[markw]

Deja vu?

This new plan, included in this post, would work. But I have decided to send all signals to Denon 3808 and then back to the tv's one component input. I have sent the audio from cble box to the audio inputs on tv matching the component video input from rec. This way my wife can watch tv with the rec on, set to cable input, turn down the volume on the rec, and use sound from the tv.

Didn't we hear something like this before. like in post eight?