Audio Switch Box / speaker wiring questions

This isn't strictly to do with notebooks but you folks know plenty of technical stuff so I thought I may as well ask.

This is a bit confusing.

I currently have a TV in my bedroom. The picture is OK but the speaker is mono. I have a Gamecube and to get the full enjoyment out of my games I have got some generic PC speakers either side of my TV. At the moment:

Gamecube Video (composite / yellow phono) - goes to the TV.
Gamecube Audio (red / white stereo phono) - converted to 3.5mm male jack - converted to 3.5mm female socket - speaker 3.5mm male plug.

This means the game picture comes on the screen but the audio comes out, in stereo, through the speakers. All good so far!

However, after hearing the good quality of the speakers, I wanted to connect the TV to the speakers. I plugged the speakers into the headphone socket on the front, but since it is mono it only comes out of the left speaker. So I THINK I need one of these so that it converts the mono into two stereo channels, meaning it comes out of two speakers.

The I realised what a kerfuffle it would be to keep switching all these round, so basically what I want is an audio switch box, with input selectors that I can press the buttons of. I have seen these for Scarts so I assume you can get them for audio. It would preferably have 3.5mm jack inputs but red/white phono is acceptable too, I have plenty of leads lying around.

I would appreciate suggestions on what to buy, and if you think you know, could you please see if it is available on the maplin website ( www.maplin.co.uk).

Thank you!

So thanks for your hel

 

I cant seem to understand how that works. If your outputting in Mono, it cant simply change into Stereo. The audio Source needs to output IN Stereo.

Also, I dont understand what the problem is. Plug your gamecube directly into Speakers.

I couldnt mind one of the cables on Maplin, but its better to use one of these:

http://www.topmicrousa.com/03178.html

Composite Video (Yellow) goes into TV, and you use that adaptor to convert the Red and White into a standard audio jack. No need to mess about with Mono to Stereo conversions

 

Yep I have one of those. At the moment I am making an illustration in paint. I also forgot that I need to add my N64 in to the equation so I am going to need an audio and video switch. This is confusing!

Basically I am not trying to magically TURN the mono into stereo, but I am trying to get it to have 2 channels of mono so it comes out of both speakers. Would this work for that purpose?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=1227&doy=13m2

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/willcross61/splitter.png

OK there we go that is my best attempt at illustrating .
Basically what I am asking is, would that work? Thanks

 

That seems like it would work. I'm not too sure about the mono to stereo part yet. It is simple to do, but the original link you provided would be a mess to use. Ideally you would have the opposite of that, because that is designed to have a mono plug into it, and then have stereo out, so you would have to plug a cord to the TV, then this, then change it to the Red and White RCAs.

 

Well, the link you put on there for the mono socket adapter only has 2 bands. I don't think it's possible to get full sound with that. You would need one with 3 bands, but sometimes those don't work. Unless you are trying to do something else that I'm not getting.

 

I am not sure if that's right. I'm not sure if by bands you mean the black rings or the metal gaps in between. Assuming you mean the black bands:

Stereo has two, I think the top metal section is left channel, the middle is right channel (or opposite), and the bottom is ground or something like that.

Mono has one black band, the pointed metal section I think is ground, and the other section is audio.

The only time I have seen black bands is for mobile phones, which I assume is one ground, one microphone, one left audio and one right audio.

Of course that may be all rubbish and if so please correct me.


Anyway I need to convert the single channel audio which the TV headphone port gives out, and use the converter to turn it into 2 channels of the same thing. This is because if I plug it straight into the speakers, since it is mono, the speakers think it is just the left speaker and no sound comes out of the right speaker. So I THINK that by using this the same sound will come out of both speakers.