Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-19 Thread Steve Jacobson
Thanks, and yes, that's what I referred to as the optical connector, optical as in using optical fiber, but the content is digital audio. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:49:43 -0700, Donald L. Roberts wrote: The toslink connector is the small rather square indentation

Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread Donald L. Roberts
This question pertains to the toslink connector on my Apple TV box. Is the signal which comes from the Apple TV's toslink connector a digital signal or an analog signal? If digital, then I need to convert it to analog as my receiver is quite old and has no digital inputs, only RCA analog

Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread Darran Ross
Yes, that will indeed be a digital signal. - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 4:28 PM Subject: Toslink connector question This question pertains to the toslink

Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread Gary Schindler
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 11:28 AM Subject: Toslink connector question This question pertains to the toslink connector on my Apple TV box. Is the signal which comes from the Apple TV's toslink connector a digital signal or an analog signal? If digital, then I need to convert it to analog

Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread ken reed
yes, it's digital. look for an analog to digital converter. scratch that. an digital to analog converter. -Original Message- From: Darran Ross Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:08 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Toslink connector question Yes, that will indeed

Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread Steve Jacobson
Apple TV has no analog outputs that I know of but which is the connector that you are referring to as TOSLINK? Is that the optical connection? There are a number of ways to get analog output from your Apple TV. If your TV is connected using the HDMI cable, it is also decoding the audio.

Re: Toslink connector question

2014-07-18 Thread Donald L. Roberts
The toslink connector is the small rather square indentation immediately to the left of the HDMI connector if the box is oriented so that the connectors are facing you. I realize that that is the back of the box, but when messing with the connections, I turn the box so that the connectors are