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Using an optic splitter

  • December 14, 2018
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I would like to listen to my TV from my SONOS Playbase but I also have a Bang and Olufsen Beosystem with speakers that I can connect to the optical OUT of my TV. Can I use a Splitter to choose my TV sound? Any kind of splitter ?

Best answer by ratty

An active splitter ideally. Passive splitters reduce the light intensity in the fibre by 50%, but you might be able to get away with one.
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ratty
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  • December 14, 2018
An active splitter ideally. Passive splitters reduce the light intensity in the fibre by 50%, but you might be able to get away with one.

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  • Contributor I
  • December 14, 2018
Thank you for your help! I had bought a switch with 2 IN and 1 OUT but that didn’t work. I am not technically minded and was told by a shop that that was the way. ...but that was wrong! WhatsApp is an active vs passive splitter by the way?

ratty
  • December 14, 2018
The shop supplied you with a switch not a splitter. A splitter has one IN and two (or more) OUTs.

'Active' means that the box needs power, in order to receive and retransmit the optical signal.

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  • Contributor I
  • December 14, 2018
Yes. They gave me the wrong advice obviously. Thank you again!