Anyone know if these beasties exist, and how expensive they are? I assume it would require a powersupply, as I doubt the laser diode in the optical sending end coupled to just a photocell would produce sufficient voltage to register on the coax receiving end...
Optical-to-coax SPDIF converter?
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Duh.
Let's replace this entire website with a link to google!
Dude, if you don't have anything constructive to say, please don't reply at all.
Let's replace this entire website with a link to google!
Dude, if you don't have anything constructive to say, please don't reply at all.
http://www.smarthome.com/77709.html
They are somewhat expensive for an adapter really. Any specific reason you need one?
They are somewhat expensive for an adapter really. Any specific reason you need one?
I have two SPDIF inputs on the surround sound system I use for my TV, one with an optical plug and one with coax plug. But neither PS3 or x360 will use coax SPDIF outputs (to my knowledge anyway), so as you see, I might need a converter... If PS3 supports VGA out through its analog port, then I could hook it up to my PC monitor and use the optical in on the Z600 sound system instead, but that requires that the thing DOES support VGA out, which sony hasn't announced yet...
And thanks for the link btw. 80 bucks, hmm... Let's hope I won't have to buy one of these.
And thanks for the link btw. 80 bucks, hmm... Let's hope I won't have to buy one of these.
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Guden Oden said:I have two SPDIF inputs on the surround sound system I use for my TV, one with an optical plug and one with coax plug. But neither PS3 or x360 will use coax SPDIF outputs (to my knowledge anyway), so as you see, I might need a converter... If PS3 supports VGA out through its analog port, then I could hook it up to my PC monitor and use the optical in on the Z600 sound system instead, but that requires that the thing DOES support VGA out, which sony hasn't announced yet...
And thanks for the link btw. 80 bucks, hmm... Let's hope I won't have to buy one of these.
You could get a optical switchbox. I believe I've seen these at Gamestop. They have 3 component video inputs, 3 optical inputs, 3 ethernet inputs, and 5/6 standard video inputs. I think it was around $70.
Yeah, I'm an evil bastard, sure. Whatever. Like I'm not already aware of the existence of google without some random person having to point it out to me?_xxx_ said:Sometimes you're so friendly...
Look... The reason I made the post in the first place was that I wanted to see if anyone here had any (personal) knowledge on the subject. I could google all day for these things, wouldn't do me half as much good as if another forum member gives a tip or a recommendation. Do you understand what I'm saying here?
So the advice that I should google for it, when I deliberately chose NOT to, is hence useless to me. If I just wanted to google a converter up, I wouldn't have bothered to make the thread in the first place. You don't even want to know the stuff I google for without making any posts about it here...
Look, it's not wrong to point out an unhelpful reply wasn't helpful. Saying "use google" when even the poster should reasonably know I too am perfectly aware of the existence of intarweb search engines is nothing short of a waste of time. Mine AND his.
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pcchen said:
You also pointed out that the optical connection was referred to as toslink which was new information to the thread and made a google search much more productive.
Here's another less expensive one:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=504&sku=40019
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=504&sku=40019
