Topic: splitting optical

[oniontaper]

i think i remember reading somewhere in the jb3 faq that you can't successfully split an optical line with a cheap barrel splitter to a jb3 and have it work
but can you use the 'hosa ody-314' and have it work?
seems like it should work better than some cheap splitter

I just bought a iriver h120 and want to run it side by side with a jb3 until i figure everything out on the new iriver, and always as a backup too.
my options now seem to be
1. split the optical (if it can be done)
2. odl-276 from the coax of my UA-5 to make another optical (no more digi patchers)

even now i run a dat as a backup to the jb3 just incase and I never mind running two recorders as a insurance policy 

[jeromejello]

i would run it out the hosa 276.  splitting has been done, but the jb3 is fussy when it comes to a signal and it may not take it all the time (basically not 100% reliable with a splitter)

i am eyeing a h120 for a stealth unit.  bring it to the les show... i am going to break in my bm2p+ for that gig.

[Brian Skalinder]

i would run it out the hosa 276.  splitting has been done, but the jb3 is fussy when it comes to a signal and it may not take it all the time (basically not 100% reliable with a splitter)

IMO, this is good advice.  Anecdotal evidence suggests the JB3 is unreliable when splitting the upstream optical signal with a passive splitter.  So in the above scenario, you'd run

• UA5 optical out > optical cable > H120
• UA5 coax out > coax cable > Hosa ODL-276 > optical cable > JB3

The Hosa ODL-276 converts the coax S/PDIF signal from the UA5 to an optical S/PDIF signal for the JB3.

(FWIW, the Hosa ODL-312 converts an AES/EBU coax signal to an optical S/PDIF signal.  But since the UA5 doesn't have an AES/EBU output, you don't need the -312.)

[rowjimmy]

You could also drop a 'Y' in the coax path to accept a coax patcher.

[oniontaper]

+t's all around for the advise

looks like it's going to be
1. coax out > splitter (for patchers) >ODL-276 > jb3
2. opti out > iriver h120