You know that little S/PDIF hole..

[DannyBoy]

The one on my A7N8X Deluxe, what type of cable to you plug into it? 😕

 

[IamElectro]

one of these

 

[silverpig]

Coaxial. Like the one you would use for a DVD/HT amp connection.

Same connection as RCA


edit: spelling

 

[DannyBoy]

So an optical cable no worky then no? 🙁

 

[silverpig]

No optical

 

[BaboonGuy]

how does optical work? does it send the info through a laser or something?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
how does optical work? does it send the info through a laser or something?

I believe it's just light. Similar to optical mouse.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
how does optical work? does it send the info through a laser or something?

I believe it's just light. Similar to optical mouse.

doesn't an optical mouse just use light to bounce off a surface and measure?

 

[IamElectro]

it uses a diode to create the light pulses

 

[DannyBoy]

is there anything I can have to be able to use an optical connection on my pootah? 🙁

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy
is there anything I can have to be able to use an optical connection on my pootah? 🙁

You could buy an audio card that has optical ins and outs but unless you are doing music recording or video editing it would probably be a waste of money.

My Soyo K7V Dragon Plus KT266A has optical in and out as well as coaxial in and out but I have never used the optical. I use coaxial to connect to my receiver.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

Optical cables tend to cost more and provide no acoustical benefits over coax cables whatsoever. I just stick with coax.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
Optical cables tend to cost more and provide no acoustical benefits over coax cables whatsoever. I just stick with coax.

It was just the fact my 10 split speaker + sub + amp setup has an optical input that I wanted to make use of and when i originally bought it it came with some optical cables 🙁

Oh well 🙁

 

[silverpig]

You should definitely have a coax input on that setup if you have optical. Just get a cable.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: silverpig
You should definitely have a coax input on that setup if you have optical. Just get a cable.

Yer its got a coaxial connection hole on the back, little orangey yella one..

Hmm wonder if i got a cable ...

 

[ThisIsMatt]

S/PDIF is either coax or optical...looks like you only have the coax connection, though.

 

[DannyBoy]

Omg how fvcking cool, i just found this coax cable that came with my setup, plugged it in and it sounds so much clearer!

My amp popped up a little message saying "Digital connection now engaged" and the lil dolby digital logo displays n everything.

Cool 😎