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Thread: Installing Optical SPDIF Port
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago by othland
Does anyone know how to install a digital optical (TOSLINK) port? Here's what I'm wanting to do: I have a device with a SPDIF (coaxial) line-in; I would like to replace the coaxial with an optical port. Does anyone have any clue as to how to do this. Please do not mention external converters, I know that it is possible to buy an external SPDIF converter.
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MTAtech replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One is electrical, the other is optical. You will need a device that accepts both, such as an AV receiver.
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othland replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"I have a device with a SPDIF (coaxial) line-in..." To the best of my knowledge there is no difference between SPDIF coaxial, and SPDIF TOSLINK other than the connection type. So I would assume that the device would be able to decode a digital signal whether it came over Coaxial or Optical. Is there anything which prevents me from swapping a coaxial input with a TOSLINK input?...
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MTAtech replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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othland replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I want to install it into a receiver. The receiver has a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), but only has a coaxial input, no TOSLINK. "There are no differences between the signals transmitted over optical or coaxial S/PDIF connectors—both carry exactly the same information." Source: Wikipedia article: S/PDIF
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MTAtech replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Read the next sentence from your source:
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othland replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Yes, well, the light which comes out of an optical cable is eventually converted an electrical impulse. SOURCE > CABLE > PORT > DAC > AMP > OUTPUT Indeed, if sound is coming out of a speaker, ultimately all the contributing sound sources are converted into the same sort of electrical impulse as every other source. Digital feeds must be converted to analog by a DAC, and...
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bigBonehead replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
AMF...
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bigBonehead replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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ShyguyXPC replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
LOL, had to look up and see what that was short for.
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ShyguyXPC replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Yes, well, the light which comes out of an optical cable is eventually converted an electrical impulse. SOURCE &gt; CABLE &gt; PORT &gt; DAC &gt; AMP &gt; OUTPUT Indeed, if sound is coming out of a speaker, ultimately all the contributing sound sources are converted into the same sort of electrical impulse as every other source. Digital feeds must be converted to analog by a DAC, and it is the job of the port to send the...
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