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S/PDIF woes

post #1 of 8
4/29/03 at 12:25am
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I have a 5670 and I can't seem to get the S/PDIF port working. After my unsuccessful attempts, I'm left with a couple of questions.

1) This is coaxial, right? I saw some confusion on this forum about whether it was coaxial or optical. There's no shiny red spot, which is a good thing because I've never even seen a 1/8th optical plug, much less do I own one.

2) When you plug a 1/8th two-conductor plug into this port (or a three-conductor for that matter), isn't it supposed to shut off the built-in speakers like the headphone jack does? Mine doesn't.

I'm starting to think my S/PDIF jack is DOA.

If anyone can point me in the right direction on this, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks!
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post #2 of 8
4/29/03 at 1:49am

Hm...

I have an 8887 and the spdif jack in it is coaxial, not optical. Also, when I plug in my spdif speakers it does not mute my built-in front speakers. The speakers I have came with an rca to 1/8" converter and it works just like the 'Y' splitter that came with my 8887.
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post #3 of 8
4/29/03 at 12:16pm
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the 'Y' splitter that came with my 8887
Er, was there supposed to be one of these with my 5670?

Is it the usual kind? Ie, 1/8"-3-wire to dual-RCA-Phono?

Thanks for the response!
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post #4 of 8
4/29/03 at 12:34pm

Not quite...

It's actually more of a pass through for both your microphone and for your spdif. The male end is 1/8" and plugs into your Sager. The cord then splits into two seperate ends, one is a female rca/spdif/coaxial and the other is a female 1/8" plug-in for the microphone. The spdif doesn't require a left and right rca. Hope this helps.

You said you don't see a red light? This guy that owns a 5670 sees one.

http://sagerforums.com/showthread.ph...ight=red+light

Could the 8887 come with a coaxial output and the 5670 come with an optical?

Have you enabled spdif in your bios? Maybe if you do then you will see the light
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post #5 of 8
4/29/03 at 2:56pm
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Aha! I see the light!

I didn't find anything in the BIOS, but I clicked "Advanced" enough times in the Audio properties found a S/PDIF volume control, added it, and discovered that it was muted.

A quick trip to Best Buy netted me this cable (actually a TOSlink adaptor for "portable devices" - new to me, but I like to learn).

So now it's hooked up to a dedicated DD decoder and it appears to work, interference free. Yay! One more check off the concern list.

It's only two-channel output, but it sounds fine for a laptop.
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post #6 of 8
4/29/03 at 2:58pm

CONGRATS!!!

Good job! Way to go! That's interesting that the 56xx models have different digital outputs than 88xx...i guess I'm just glad they both work

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post #7 of 8
5/2/03 at 7:34pm
A quick trip to Best Buy netted me this cable (actually a TOSlink adaptor for "portable devices" - new to me, but I like to learn).



Do you have a part number for that item (Either, MFG part number or Best Buy part number)?
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post #8 of 8
5/2/03 at 8:35pm
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Sure! I just pulled them up on BestBuy.com with no problem.

Recoton 6' Digital Optical Cable (w/2 adapters) - VDC-901 - $17.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...t=783&scat=807

Recoton 3' Digital Optical Cable (w/2 adapters) - VDC-900 - $14.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...t=783&scat=807

I got them at the store because I was in a hurry, but I'm sure a little digging will find the equivalent online for much less. I saw the adapter by itself somewhere for $5.00. Sorry, no link on that one.

The adapter is a tiny little guy that clips onto the end of the TOSlink cable and fits into the 1/8th optical S/PDIF jack on the 5670.

I think I heard this week that Recoton filed bankruptcy, so get 'em while they're hot.
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