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I got a passive hdmi spliter and ran an hdmi cable to a second tv. I intended to be able to watch in my main room and, seperately in another room. It turns out I cannot watch in either unless the tv's in both rooms are on. Is there a cure?
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There's some audiophile related site (I think) that hotrods these old ones. I just can't remember who at the moment.
This Monoprice box ought to work, unless it doesn't.
Anyways we've used these with no problem. Note the max distance for the HDMI is 45 ft and I'd get nowhere near that. You can also do component to one and HDMI to the other. You'd be pretty hard pressed to notice the difference between the two with the DTV boxes.
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Possibly powered splitter model 180-597 from Parts Express will do what you need. Monoprice offers powered models 8154 and 7522. Tripp-Lite, long known for its high-quality products, has model B118-302-R (see link) sold via Amazon and elsewhere.I have never used an HDMI splitter so I cannot be certain they will allow only one TV to be utilized at a time. Check with the seller or, in the case of Tripp-Lite, the company itself.
Alternatively, you can try using an HDMI cable to one TV and component cables to a second TV. The info in my DirecTV HD boxes says that all resolutions, including 1080i and 1080p, are passed through its component video output. (Go into the Settings & Help menu and select Display, then TV Resolutions; then move right to More Info and read the text.)
Please let us know if you get it working. It could be helpful to others here.
EDIT: A Q&A at the Tripp-Lite link indicates their splitter allows the user to power up and view one TV only or two TVs simultaneously.
EDIT 2: A Monoprice tech informed me that splitter model 8154 will work properly if one TV is on and one is off or when both are on at the same time. I did not inquire about model 7522.
Edits: 02/18/13 02/20/13 02/20/13 02/20/13
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Thanks. For what it is worth, they advise that both tv's will need to be on or neither will work. I'm just going to plug in the one I want to watch and unplug the one I don't directly off the receiver.
The way the passive switchers are supposed to work is that they toggle between the source that is on (ie, auto-detect the active source). If both sources are on, there is a manual switch so that the user can select which source he/she wants to watch.
Based on your description, their advice defeats the purpose of the switcher!
"The switch will automatically switch between inputs, depending on which one is on at the time. If both source devices are on, just press the small button on the switch to change the input."
The above is from description of the switcher linked below (3-input passive HDMI switcher).
he needs one in/two out
ET
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