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Works Great & it was a great price. With all the new HD things such as PS3, HD DVD Players and such this was the way I could plug everything into THe TOSLINK 3 way and plug that into my surround sound receiver's optical plug. Now I can just change the source by turning a dial.
After a couple minutes of trouble shooting I found out that it was the switch that was the problem and not the cables, or the receiver. I didn't think much of it because after a couple of minutes it would work fine, until one day I just couldn't hear anything. If you are looking for a quick, cheap, and short time solution then this product is for you. I have owned the switch for only 6 months and it has already broken. It started out great and as weeks went on you could start to hear the drop in sound quality.
I had the same problem. Mine had two springs on it and were too heavy for the retainer on the end of the cable to stay engaged.
Two springs are too much for this task, so I removed one. Two springs are supposed to keep the two pieces of fiber pressed together to ensure the most signal possible.
I just got one of these for myself today, and it's a pretty good device.The only problem I had was with the In/Out connector on the back. It's fairly easy to do, and I'm uploading pictures to show just how.The connector is spring loaded inside.
The single spring doesn't push the plug out of the connector, and the unit works just as well as before.Enjoy. Other reviewers had mentioned they had an issue with the fiber cable not staying plugged into this connector.
Being a tinkerer, I decided to fix mine.
Just a simple turn of the switch on top switches from HD Cable to Blu-ray, CD Changer, etc. Being that my 5.1 Onkyo receiver only has one optical input (like many receivers) it delivered as promised. I tried Radio Shack for such a device (multiple optical outlet hubs and even they don't sell such an animal) but the cashier directed me to the site, stating similar items were subpar compared to the Toslink.
What works works well and switches easily however. The toslink connections are kind of flimsy which could be the cables, but might be the input connections, and one of the 3 switch ports did not work at all right out of the box. Get what you pay for.
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