Dad61
Novice Member
Hello from a first time poster.
I have a projector which is about 12 years old, HD ready and still going strong.
I bought an HDFury 2 a few years ago, to give me HD from an HDMI lead plugged into the HDFury from either my Virgin box or from my phone via Chromecast.
I recently bought a media player from Ebay. This accepts all kinds of inputs/outputs.
I want to plug my films into it on a usb stick, instead of using my phone.
I have a VGA/SVGA cable attached to my projector from my HDFury 2.
I'm told that because the media player already converts and outputs the signal to HD, the HDFury can't handle it, giving me a blank screen.
My solution is to use a Y splitter cable. I can turn off the HDFury when using the media player, and vice versa.
I found the cable I need - I think - after weeks of searching, on Ebay. -
VGA SVGA 1 Male to 2 Dual Female Y Splitter Monitor Video Cable for PC LCD.
It says it is for sending a signal from a PC to 2 monitors.
My question is, will it work in reverse? Can I send images from 2 'PC's' as it were, to one 'monitor'/projector?
The outputs on the HDFury and media player are male, and the projector cable is female.
Thanks for any advice.
I have a projector which is about 12 years old, HD ready and still going strong.
I bought an HDFury 2 a few years ago, to give me HD from an HDMI lead plugged into the HDFury from either my Virgin box or from my phone via Chromecast.
I recently bought a media player from Ebay. This accepts all kinds of inputs/outputs.
I want to plug my films into it on a usb stick, instead of using my phone.
I have a VGA/SVGA cable attached to my projector from my HDFury 2.
I'm told that because the media player already converts and outputs the signal to HD, the HDFury can't handle it, giving me a blank screen.
My solution is to use a Y splitter cable. I can turn off the HDFury when using the media player, and vice versa.
I found the cable I need - I think - after weeks of searching, on Ebay. -
VGA SVGA 1 Male to 2 Dual Female Y Splitter Monitor Video Cable for PC LCD.
It says it is for sending a signal from a PC to 2 monitors.
My question is, will it work in reverse? Can I send images from 2 'PC's' as it were, to one 'monitor'/projector?
The outputs on the HDFury and media player are male, and the projector cable is female.
Thanks for any advice.