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rumate
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December 14, 2018
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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 ?
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    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
    rattyAnswer
    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.
      rumateAuthor
      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
      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.
        rumateAuthor
        Contributor I
        December 14, 2018
        Yes. They gave me the wrong advice obviously. Thank you again!
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