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Switching between three input surround sources

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First post, by ynari

Posted on 2018-05-30, 23:24

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I'm pretty certain the answer to this is 'no', but does anyone know of a source to switch between three input surround sound systems as found on various Creative Labs cards, Aureal3D, and others?

I have a Z5500, plus three 5.1 surround systems I can plug into it - an X-Fi, an Aureal2, and an Audigy 4.

In the near-ish future, I was going to design a PCB with some DSDT switches, so I can easily switch between three inputs, and two outputs (Z5500 and wired surround headphones)

Reply 1 of 4, by Flare

Posted on 2018-05-30, 23:30

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Adapt the audio jacks to RCA and use something like this?

Reply 2 of 4, by ynari

Posted on 2018-05-30, 23:36

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Maybe, what's that?

Reply 3 of 4, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2018-05-31, 01:52

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Component video switcher.

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Reply 4 of 4, by chinny22

Posted on 2018-06-12, 10:13

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Also interested in the answer as eventually I want to do the same thing with same speakers no less.
Originally I thought it would be easy simply using optical. Nope, not without purchasing extra software from creative 🙁

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