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    P8150: S/PDIF output jack has a red light that remains on

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by upswimdn, Apr 30, 2011.

  1. upswimdn

    upswimdn Notebook Enthusiast

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    Doesn't it usually means something is plugged into it? Or does the THX studio's surround setting have something to do with this?
     
    upswimdn, Apr 30, 2011
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    on mine P170HM there is also always red light on output jack , i think it's normal. but i don't know what is a reason for that :)
     
    LightningPL, Apr 30, 2011
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    Yeah I was just checking this was normal. On macbooks a light inside on of the audio input/output jacks meant something was plugged into it.
     
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    I think it means that it is working since S/PDIF use fiber optic connections. If you ever look at the end of a Toslink cable when one side is plugged into a source, there is a red light coming from it.
     
    Aeyix, Apr 30, 2011
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    It's both a digital SPDIF jack an an optical one. :)

    Then how do you see the light when something is plugged in? :D
     
    sarge_, May 1, 2011
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