Say you have a vido cable for a device, and this cable has a 2-position switch to select between 2 different output modes - HD and SD - and has separate connectors for the Component and Composite signals, with the Audio for either choice being shared, for a total of 6 connectors.
The cable is wired so that only one video format option is active at a time.
Now, suppose you were to modify the cable's switch so that both video options were always active, and selectable by the receiving device (say you have both sets of outputs to the same TV and select the Component Source for the HD and Composite Source for the SD in the TV's input options).
Would this modification cause an issue for the source device? I'm not sure of the exact pinout configuration, but I think each video source has its own ground. Would having shared grounds be a problem in this modification?
The cable is wired so that only one video format option is active at a time.
Now, suppose you were to modify the cable's switch so that both video options were always active, and selectable by the receiving device (say you have both sets of outputs to the same TV and select the Component Source for the HD and Composite Source for the SD in the TV's input options).
Would this modification cause an issue for the source device? I'm not sure of the exact pinout configuration, but I think each video source has its own ground. Would having shared grounds be a problem in this modification?
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