I've found various options to purchase online including this at Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/OPTICAL-ADAPTOR-Digital-signal-converter/dp/B005OD16MO and since that will undoubedly go over two lines here's the tiny version. http://tiny.cc/5us3dwDoes this sound like the right thing? To me it does, but then I know almost nothing about this type of connection.
Oh, the Optical port does have a little cover, its on a hinge and when you push a cable in, or your finger the door opens inwards.
Cheers Yusuf On 10/05/2012 18:25, Steve Hyde-Dryden wrote:
Andy, if the sound is taken from the optical out on the TVonics, it will not play through an anologue amp unless as you say, it is converted through a Digital Analogue Converter. These are available as separate units such as the Arcam DAC for around £300 but also, some CD players and Mini-Disks will have an optical in where you could use them to monitor the audio. Some of the upper end CD players provide access to external sources to their DAC converters. If though you have a Digital Amp which has dedicated digital inputs then this will provide the amplification you need without going through an external DAC. Cyrus for example do some digital amps which are not AV but have optical inputs for the likes of a CD player, DAT machine or Minidisk player. Hope that helps and sorry if you already knew this. Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: 10 May 2012 17:10 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics connection question Hi John - Does this mean that all digital output has to be converted to analog in order to be amped through a sound system? I had imagined the sound going from the optical out in to a digital amp, so no need for conversion? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "john coley"<johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:47 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics connection questionHi Andy, the only way you could do that is to route through an digital to analog converter, and from the DAC into the amp. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDY COLLINS"<Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:07 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics connection question- So this is where you'd probably want to use the optical out that people have been talking about - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yusuf"<yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics connection questionI don't. I'll be quite happy to disconnect it. But I'd like the new box to be connected to the amp in the same way that the Goodmans is at the moment. Yusuf On 10/05/2012 13:17, Kulvinder Singh Bhogal wrote:Just a quick question, since you have the new box, why would yu want to keep the goodmans connected? Just wondering, that's all. Regards. Kulvinder Singh Bhogal Skype: bobba2006 Messenger: Kulvinder@xxxxxxxx Tel: 01332 514323 Mobile: 07581483856 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yusuf"<yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: [access-uk] TVonics connection questionHi, Like so many others I've just taken my delivery of this product. My current set-up, using the Goodmans, is that I've got a Scart to fono adaptor. This connects the Freeview box directly into the back of my amp, thus allowing me to have the Freeview sounds coming out of my amp's speakers and avoid turning on the TV. The current box is also connected to the TV using a scart cable and the external arial also goes into the box. I've looked at the back of the TVonics and have found the Scart connector. If I use this to connect to the back of my TV, what would I need to also connect the TVonics to my amp. At some point I'm probably going to want to connect my DVD player up to all this as well. Can anyone offer any advice on how this might be done? I've not yet looked at the manual but obviously am planning to. Any help in the meantime would be much appreciated. 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