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I wonder if anyone knows where I can get one of these cables? I have one already, so I know they exist, but I cannot find one anywhere as I don't know exactly what to search for... I sounds really simple, but I just can't find one anywhere - maybe I am being a bit daft?
If anyone can help I would be very grateful indeed as it's driving me mad... If I didn't already own one I would think they didn't exist.
The cable is a simple Y-splitter: It has a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack on one end and two RCA female phono type sockets on the other, BUT (this is the part I can't find as I don't know what to search for)...
The two RCA / phono connectors are also 3.5mm stereo headphones sockets!
So, the lead looks like a normal 3.5mm headphone to Left/ Right RCA female connectors, and you can indeed use it to connect your mobile phone, mp3 player, etc. to your amplifier just like a normal 3.5mm jack to RCA
BUT
You can also use the same lead to act like a splitter, so you can have two sets of 3.5mm jack headphones on one mp3 player.
It's a really clever idea and when I bought it from the £1 shop I didn't realise it was actually a combination splitter / adapter: It was only when I got home and looked at the packet that I saw two sets of headphones connected into holes on the female RCAs in a picture... Initially I thought it was an error or packaging for another lead, but I tried it out of interest and both sets of stereo headphones work, in stereo, as they should.
The £1 shop doesn't have any more of them and they buy end of line stock so they are unlikely to get more. Every search I do gets me a standard 3.5mm to RCA Y lead - none have the RCA that has the 3.5mm stereo jack inside it.
Everywhere I ask, I'm told that no such thing exists. As soon as I show them it, they are stumped and ask if I made it myself... Maybe these are really common and I haven't been searching for the right thing, but I can't find one anywhere. I'm beginning to think I've gone mad.
Follow Ups:
See here:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=304018&gclid=CI_Jg5fj1cwCFYSDaQodNq4ELA&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C92051677562%2C&A=details&Q=
Or see here:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-MUY1MFFS-Female-Stereo-Splitter/dp/B0081ZBNI4
Try searching, using - y adapter with 1 3.5m male to two 3.5mm female
Just to clarify, I am not looking for a 3.5mm jack to two 3.5mm female jack sockets. I have loads of those leads.What I am looking for is a 3.5mm headphone jack to two RCA phono type connectors
BUT
the phono connectors are ALSO 3.5mm female jacks
The lead I am looking for works as BOTH:
1. 3.5mm stereo jack to left and right mono RCA phono sockets
2. 3.5mm stereo jack to two 3.5mm stereo female sockets (y splitter)I've attached a photo as I know this is a strange lead... I have never seen another one like it, but it has been so useful I would really love a few more.
Edits: 05/13/16
Sorry, I missed the rca option.
Awe-d-o-file is right. Just get a cable like I linked to and one that is 3.5mm to female RCAs.
The cable you have is designed for convenience, not quality.
I'd say just get two different cables. The idea of one size fits both is a compromise
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