component cables with separate video and audio cables?

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My brother just got a Wii over the weekend and he bought the Nintendo component cables but is having a problem with them.

He wants to run the video cables to his tv and the audio cables to his receiver (due to a limit on the number of component inputs in his receiver, he can't run the Wii video through the receiver). With the Nintendo cable, there is one large cable and it splits into 5 cables only at the very end, not giving him enough slack to connect the 3 video cables to the tv and the 2 audio cables to the receiver.

Do any of the other component cables out there have longer independent cables to support this? He figures he needs a good 2-3 feet of separation. The other option would be cable extensions for the audio.
 
I use some couplers and the shortest red/white audio cable monoprice sells (just to make it pretty) for this situation. I don't know why you'd consider anything else.
 
I just bought uber cheap 6' extensions from monoprice.

For whatever reason, most cables like this seem to be forcibly joined. Kind of a pian in the ubtt if you ask me.
 
Just put all of the cables into the tv and run another red and white out of the tv into the receiver.


[quote name='vgossain']My brother just got a Wii over the weekend and he bought the Nintendo component cables but is having a problem with them.

He wants to run the video cables to his tv and the audio cables to his receiver (due to a limit on the number of component inputs in his receiver, he can't run the Wii video through the receiver). With the Nintendo cable, there is one large cable and it splits into 5 cables only at the very end, not giving him enough slack to connect the 3 video cables to the tv and the 2 audio cables to the receiver.

Do any of the other component cables out there have longer independent cables to support this? He figures he needs a good 2-3 feet of separation. The other option would be cable extensions for the audio.[/QUOTE]
 
What NeoshoTiger said.

Most TVs have an audio out port, so you can hook the nintendo component cables into the TV, and then run audio out cables from the TV to your receiver. I don't know if this degrades the audio quality, but my guess is it wouldn't be any worse than using couplers to extend the cable.
 
Doing that will probably kill the DPLII sound though, which might be an issue.

I'd get an extension cable from Monoprice. It'll only cost him like $5.

[quote name='daroga']I just bought uber cheap 6' extensions from monoprice.

For whatever reason, most cables like this seem to be forcibly joined. Kind of a pian in the ubtt if you ask me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that was the only good thing about having to run two different wires out of the GC when using component.
 
[quote name='rendil']What NeoshoTiger said.

Most TVs have an audio out port, so you can hook the nintendo component cables into the TV, and then run audio out cables from the TV to your receiver. I don't know if this degrades the audio quality, but my guess is it wouldn't be any worse than using couplers to extend the cable.[/quote]For some that would work well, but my TV then takes control of the volume as well, so I'd have to mess with the TV volume and the receiver volume. That's not really something I want to deal with. But if the TV acter as a true by-pass, it would certainly be a good option.
 
Only speaking from my TV, but it allows me to mute the TV itself and passes the audio through fine. I tested DPL II with that setup and it kept the signal intact. Worth a shot if you have a spare audio cable lying around, since it doesn't require any couplers/special equipment to test it.
 
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