I wasn't aware of that.Originally Posted by DogP
But if that's the case, why do they also make ones specifically for that purpose with a switch to select between inputs? That's what I used in years gone by before I largely eliminated the hassles of RF with my videogames (They'd look just like a normal coaxial splitter but with a switch on top of it, just like a tv/game switchbox would have, to select between multiple inputs).
If you could use any old splitter and use it in reverse and have it work automatically for you, I don't understand why these ones would exist. Unless the ones with a switch were designed specifically for hooking something else up to the same input your cable television signal is hooked up to (Which is never off unless you have a set-top box, unlike a game console)?
I'm not sure if it's a good idea. People have had their game consoles damaged when they've tried using those multi system AV cables that places like GameStop sell with more than one console hooked up at the same time. They specifically warn against hooking more than one system up at a time to the same set of cables for that very reason
I would think using a regular RF splitter in reverse with two or more game systems hooked up to it might put you at risk of a similar problem.
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