Digital audio on the XMS 007

[cc]

Hi there all,
I recently got an XMS 007 STB.

Was pretty cheap, $188 from Strathfield.

Anyway, I had a question.

It has a digital out on the back.
However it is not an optical TOSLINK output.
It is just a single RCA jack.

So where does one connect this to the amplifier?

Is there a RCA to TOSLINK optical cable?

Or do I need to get one of those 2RCA->1RCA cables
and plug the 2-end part of the cable into the amplifier?

Thanks in advance.
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[Gregory Kleverlaan]

The surround sound amp should have provision for both rca and optical
digital cables. Its just a matter of making sure you buy the correct rca
cable type suitable for digital signal transmition.

The one your looking for is Double shielded RG59U cable, suitable for
sending digital or Analogue signals t the TV/VCR?Editing Suite or Home
Theatre Sytem.

The ones available at Jaycar are decent quality and will do your job as
specified.


"cc" <ccang@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi there all,
> I recently got an XMS 007 STB.
>
> Was pretty cheap, $188 from Strathfield.
>
> Anyway, I had a question.
>
> It has a digital out on the back.
> However it is not an optical TOSLINK output.
> It is just a single RCA jack.
>
> So where does one connect this to the amplifier?
>
> Is there a RCA to TOSLINK optical cable?
>
> Or do I need to get one of those 2RCA->1RCA cables
> and plug the 2-end part of the cable into the amplifier?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> | Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at
> | that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it's made up of
> | two separate words "mank"and "ind." What do these words
> | mean? It's a mystery and that's why so is mankind-J Handy
>

[Louis Solomon [SteelBytes]]

> However it is not an optical TOSLINK output.
> It is just a single RCA jack.

sure, digital can be sent over a coax digital connection
not just optical toslink

> So where does one connect this to the amplifier?

to the digital in marked as "coaxial"

> Is there a RCA to TOSLINK optical cable?

I have heard of them ... dunnmo where, or how much

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Louis Solomon
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