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    Headphones-out SPDIF Digital Audio

    Discussion in 'HP' started by swissair, Mar 10, 2007.

  1. swissair

    swissair Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,

    Anyone has already tested this ? if it gives really a digital audio or not ?
    What can we do if it does not ? anyone knows the troubleshootings steps ?

    Thanks..
    Craig
     
    swissair, Mar 10, 2007
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  2. solmnc

    solmnc Notebook Consultant

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    If you plug in an optical cable (3.5mm adapter needed) in the SPDIF jack on your laptop and see a red light at the other end of the cable, then it works (you can't tell just by looking in it as there seems to be a small cover door at the end that is pushed open when you plug in the optical cable). To tell whether or not it outputs a true 5.1 dolby digital signal (like during dvd playback), you'd need to plug it into a receiver of some sort to be able to tell.
     
    solmnc, Mar 10, 2007
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  3. dpippel

    dpippel Notebook Enthusiast

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    I use the Toslink digital output on my dv6226us to a Channel Islands Audio VDA-1 external DAC and it works wonderfully.
     
    dpippel, Mar 11, 2007
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