Digital coax audio cable splitter?

[Chris2wire]

I've done some extensive reading on how the cable used in a digital coax setup does not matter. Cable made for "digital" seems to be a martketing ploy, and rca cables can be used with the same results...

So my question is this. My receiver has 2 digital audio inputs... Optical for the xbox360, and one coax. So... Can I hook up my dvd player coax out and tv coax out to a rca splitter and plug that into the digital coax in on the receiver?

Or would having a splitter ruin things?

Thanks...

 

[speg]

I need to know this also.

 

[EyeMWing]

I suspect it would not work properly - you'd be intermixing two digital signals. You could put in a SWITCH, but the "use-a-splitter-as-a-concentrator" trick probably wouldn't work for digital.

 

[Quasmo]

it would work, but you have to make sure you're not using them at the same time

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
it would work, but you have to make sure you're not using them at the same time

Yeah, if you make sure only one device is powered on at the same time, it'd work just fine.

But that puts a lot of trust in whoever's holding the remote.

 

[Chris2wire]

Hmm, perhaps a switch is the best option.

My girlfriend would blow something up.

 

[Chris2wire]

But heres another question... Since there does not appear to be anything made as a digital audio coax switch... Then obviously id have to use a regular rca type switch. While I can understand how RCA cables would work the same as digital coax cables, im wondering if a regular rca switch would ruin a digital audio signal since we're no longer just talking about wires here. Yes no?

Thanks