[suicidal_orange]

I am trying to wire up my room having redecorated, and am getting fed up with manually swapping cables.

Basically I need a 4 input 3 output stereo (RCA) switchbox, but it would be great if 1 input could output to 1 output independantly of the others as well as being switchable to the other outputs (to record vinyl on my PC while listening to a different source on headphones) and I can't get my head around a schematic. 3 (or more?) rotary switches at a guess, and a lot of RCA sockets. And a sizeable case to house all the wire and sockets...

Can anyone give me any advice?

If theres a bored builder in the UK (exchange rates make elsewhere unviable

) willing to make one I might be interested as my casework skills aren't great, but I'll have a go as this really is a case of functionality over looks and the sooner the better - not much on this weekend so I'd hope to have it by then.


Thanks for any help

 

[adamus]

if you dont want to make anything, why not just buy two of these and wire one 'back to front'

Four-Way Stereo Audio Switch Box > Maplin

cant think why it wouldnt work.... but then i dont know how they are made.

 

[suicidal_orange]

Thanks for the suggestion adamus, that would indeed nearly work but you can't stack them with the switches on the top, so would take up more desk space. And there would be no way of using 2 inputs/outputs at the same time...

It's not that I'm against building a box but couldn't quite get my head around the design but thinking of using two of those with one reversed actually makes it clear - join the output of two switches together, and add another to switch between a direct line to an output or one of the inputs on one of the main switches. Then the inputs of the second switch go to the output jacks... could even use it backwards if needs change in the future

Thanks again for the suggestion, mental block cleared - I'm off to order some switches!

If anyone thinks of something I've missed let me know, and any recommendations for a case would be appreciated

 

[adamus]

break before make!

and modushop.biz for cases, otherwise a simple hammond from rapidonline or farnell.