Splitting a PS3 output to two TV's?

[kerry-w]

Hi all, got a bit of a puzzle going on here and hope someone can help

Ive got my PS3 upstairs in my bedroom hooked up to the TV through the scart connection.

Im wanting to send this signal to downstairs to the TV in the living room (As the controller works down there too etc so can use it to play films without needing to constantly unplug the PS3, bring it downstairs and plug it all in again)

Ive tried using a wireless AV sender that I had lying around from my old house which I used to send SKY to another room, but it isnt picking up signal here (possibly because my wireless router is closer to the TV now so its messing the signal up)

Seeing as the other TV is in the room directly above, and theres already a hole going up to the other room where someone has previously split the aerial cable downstairs and put an extension to up there im wondering if there is a way to do this using some RCA cables or anything?

Also, would it be possible to plug a HDMI cable into the PS3 and have that going to the TV downstairs, or will the PS3 only work through either scart or HDMI individually and not simultaniously.

Thanks

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Are your tv's hd? What cables are you currently using?

You will be able to get a cable splitter.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-HDMI...es_Adapters&hash=item231b52813b#ht_3076wt_982

Then just use 2 HDMI cables to run from the splitter to both tv's

 

[kerry-w]

Are your tv's hd? What cables are you currently using?

TV the PS3 is plugged into isnt, the TV downstairs is.

Cables used are just the simple scart one going from the PS3

Ive got a scart splitter box here too if thats any help, or are there any kinds of wireless av senders that arent affected by wireless signals, the one ive got was a cheapo £7 one from tesco.

 

[DannyR]

Either or I believe.

Do it properly and split the HDMI

 

[McGherkin]

If I remember correctly I had a scart splitter like this:

with a button on the side which you could use to swap between the two. Plug one TV into each of the ports and the free end into the PS3. Hey presto, you can choose output to either the upstairs TV or the downstairs one. Have fun finding a long enough scart to go downstairs.

 

[kerry-w]

Either or I believe.

Do it properly and split the HDMI

Cant do that as the TV upstairs isnt HD and after just forking out on the new TV for downstairs im not replacing the one up there for a good few months.

 

[DannyR]

Using a PS3 over composite video is going to look terrible on your new TV though

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Or buy a used blu ray player on eBay for like £30

 

[DannyR]

If I remember correctly I had a scart splitter like this:

with a button on the side which you could use to swap between the two. Plug one TV into each of the ports and the free end into the PS3. Hey presto, you can choose output to either the upstairs TV or the downstairs one. Have fun finding a long enough scart to go downstairs.

That's not a splitter, it's a combiner to flick between two sources. Ie. PS3 and DVD into one TV Scart socket

 

[kerry-w]

If I remember correctly I had a scart splitter like this:

with a button on the side which you could use to swap between the two. Plug one TV into each of the ports and the free end into the PS3. Hey presto, you can choose output to either the upstairs TV or the downstairs one. Have fun finding a long enough scart to go downstairs.

Ive got one thats like this:

Could I run the PS3 into input A for example, then put an RCA into tv output and have the other end of the RCA going to the TV downstairs. Cable will only need to be 5m long

 

[DannyR]

Search RCA Y splitter and buy three

 

[McGherkin]

I deliberately put it the wrong way round, so in your case, it'd be PS3 into TV/Monitor and each TV into input A/B/C.

 

[kerry-w]

Ok just realised the TV downstairs has a USB port on there, and I can use the remote to scroll through movies, pictures and audio directly through the TV's menu. Meaning the PS3 wont be needed to play the files

Problem sorted, thanks for the help though, might do something eventually with it so I can play games downstairs while leaving the PS3 upstairs but thats not high on the list of things to do