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| Digital Audio Bi-Directional Optical Toslink Switch and Splitter | 
 enlarge | Brand: Shoptronics
Category: CE
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $5.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  89 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
MPN: SWOPT2
Model: SWOPT2
UPC: 844632026041
EAN: 0844632026041
ASIN: B0002MQGR2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 1-OPTICAL SPLITTER! Toslink input to two Toslink outputs to connect one digital audio source to two inputs! Brand new, factory direct! Full manufacturers warranty included! Orders are immediately processed with FREE delivery confirmation and FREE tracking number! Shipments shipped out every business day! Our customer service representatives answer all emails within 24 hours or less guaranteed! 100% customer satisfaction! APO, AFO, FPO and other military address gladly accepted! Please visit our zShops for other great deals! We follow Amazons return policy.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Does exactly what I need! June 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this to use as a combiner (switch) because I had two audio devices outputting optical digital audio, but my AV receiver only had one digital audio input. I specifically didn't want a device with a manual switch because I didn't want to have to manually adjust that switch on top of already changing my TV input every time I wanted to go from watching TV to playing Xbox 360, or vice versa.
This device works perfectly for my application! Both of my audio sources go into the end with two inputs, and my AV receiver is hooked up to the end with one input (which I guess would make it an output?). If my Xbox 360 is outputting audio, the AV receiver plays that audio. If my cable box is outputting audio, the receiver plays that audio. The only caveat is that one of the devices *MUST* be turned off and not emitting any signal, because if the device is receiving two signals at once, nothing will come out of the receiver (as the signal will be a garbage combination of both inputs). This is fine for me, however, as I can easily have my cable box or Xbox off if I'm using the other device.
I see this product seems to have a lot of mixed reviews, and a lot of people claiming it doesn't work. It could have something to do with product defects, but mine seemed to be constructed well enough. Another problem I could foresee is that you need to make sure, if you're using this as a combiner, that only one audio source is being inputted to it at a time! Even if some devices are off, they could still be sending some kind of signal through the output (which you can easily tell by looking at the optical audio jack when it's off and seeing if its still got that red glow). To put it simply, if you got two audio signals going through, nothing will come out of this.
I also couldn't be happier with the price of this, especially when compared to the ridiculously priced switches that also include HDMI inputs and whatnot.
 Junk do not buy June 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this and it simple does not work. tried 5 different optical cables. (wanted to connect sat & ps3 to sony home theater)
Mine was defective June 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have years of experience from working retail (display setups at work, and personal home theater setups). I followed the simple steps. There was no sound coming through. After a sound check without this, no problems were found. When I made second attempt to re-connect I here that usual crackle of sound trying to get through. After that I simply gave up and now looking for another type with a better reputation.
GARBAGE! June 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mine is now in the trash. I decided to take it apart, since I know cheaply made products are usually very easy to make work.
Well I found the problem, and it can't be fixed, I tried. The problem with the design is that on the one end, the two fiber optic cables meet into one, but it is only two pieces of plastic slightly melted together to form one fiber optic, but it still remains as two and what happens is that the light does not meet up directly in the same place on the one plug end. So if your cables or receiver are extremely sensitive this product can not be salvaged. I tried re-aligning the two ends better so it made a more accurate alignment, but there is hardly any internal cable to work with. Spend the extra money on an actual switch, there is a reason why this is so cheap and the shipping so expensive.
Works great! June 23, 2008
Works excellent, I have it hooked up as a combiner feeding Xbox and PS3 to my sound system, no issues at all! One thing I will mention is that you can't have both devices on at the same time, it's a one or the other unit, in other words not a "switch". That's the impression I got from the negative reviews on why it wouldn't work.
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