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