Question about Sony's MD Link

[Adrian Tung]

Is there any difference between a standard optical out and the MD Link on many Sony CD players? I'm thinking that once my optical cable has arrived, I may want to get a portable CD player with optical out so that I can record to my MD using the player instead of my computer (so that I can use my PC for something else, like games, while recording).

BTW is there any CD/MP3 player with optical out capability?


Thanks in advance,
atwl

 

[Oyeve]

Standard optical cables are toslink, sony devices are usually toslink on one end and optical mini on the other. They both function the same, its just sony being proprietary as usual. As for any CD/MP3 player with optical out capability I dont know of any. Sony is usually the only manufacturer who make and portable with optical inputs as they pretty much invented cd and MD and we all know how they hate mp3 technology so i dont think we will see a cd/mp3 player from them let alone one with optical.

 

[GoSharks]

the optical miniplug is most definitly NOT proprietary, all portable MD recorders of any manufacture uses the miniplug standard, and you can easily find an optical cable that has the adapters or is terminated in the miniplug. i know that rca has an optical cable that has regualr toslink, and the adapters for the miniplug.

theres no way you can fit a standard toslink jack on one of those portable cd or md units.