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    s/pdif general information?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tyeh26, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. tyeh26

    tyeh26 Notebook Geek

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    recently I bought the logitech z680 5.1 speakers for my lenovo T61. Obviously, lenovo did not put three required jacks for the rear speakers. Then recently a friend brought up the fact that current motherboards usually support s/pdif protocols, and my speaker console has a jack for the s/pdif cable. After a quick search, product descriptions of the T61 and Advanced mini dock for IBMs support s/pdif. My friend told me to just plug it into to headphone jack and it should work.

    I've only seen pictures of these cables, for I have not had time to go get one yet. I was wondering if this is right, and if this cable is capable to carry a 5.1 signal to the speakers. thanks all.
     
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    jessi3k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    My laptop has n s/pdif "jack" that dubs as the headphone port. You have to buy a little adapter for like a buck that converts 3.5mm stereo into an s/pdif input port. I bought one and it works great! I cant remember the website so i cant send you an actual link. When I get home from work I'll post up a picture of the adapter.

    It's one of these
    http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/.../toslink-to-3.5mm-jack-converter/display.html

    Except I bough it for a dollar on some other online store.
     
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    tyeh26 Notebook Geek

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    alright thanks a lot.
     
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