line-in trouble

[diduknowthat]

My grandpa just got a tv tuner/video capture card. He's very satisfied with it except one thing, in order to switch from watching TV to recording video tapes, he has to disconnect the line-in cable that runs from the capture card to the onboard sound card, and plug in the line-in to TV stero cable splitter. Is there a way to combine these 2 cables into one big splitter to avoid changing cables every time? Thanks in advance.

 

[Starman*]

You can't just split it, you need to switch. Your best bet would be an audio switch box (Google it) so you can connect either signal cable to the line-in. I've got an old Radio Shack unit (actually on my stereo) that would do the job - it's all RCA/phono connections.

Here's a typical just for illustration purposes.

Starman*

 

[diduknowthat]

oo sweet, thanks!