Is it possible to get two optical cables to share an output?

Question

I have a surround sound system with a built in decoder that I would like to plug both my laptop and my xbox360 into using fibre-optic cables. Is there any way to get them to share the same socket?

Answer 1

Yes you can do this.  All you need to do is buy a toslink optical switch.

http://www.amazon.com/SW100-Digital-Opti...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/produc...

Answer 2

You would need to do this with a switcher if your sound system has only one input.  The link below has a 3 input switcher that has video switching capabilities too for $79:

http://www.avtoolbox.com/avt5231.shtml

Otherwise, unhook and rehook, when you want to go between devices.

Answer 3

use a optical splitter

Answer 4

you will need a seperate optical router box