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standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« on: May 24, 2017, 09:31:18 PM »
I have an old iriver h120 (which takes mini-optical in) which I'd like to use to transfer 32 khz DATs from a standalone DAT player.  Does anyone have advice on what cable to use for this (I'm having trouble figuring out what would connect out of the DAT player)?  Thanks in advance.

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Re: standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2017, 10:07:50 PM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSLINK-to-Mini-Plug-3-5mm-Mini-plug-1-8-Optic-fibre-Cable-10ft-/172671340513


the iriver has a 1/8" optical input your DAT would have a toslink  (or COAX)
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Re: standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2017, 10:13:25 PM »
Kinda depends on what the DAT machine has, no? You'd probably want a Toslink to mini Toslink, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-27016-Toslink-Cable/dp/B0002JFN1A
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Re: standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2017, 08:00:34 AM »
My DATs have coax.  I have a cable like the one H2O posted but I can't figure out where the square end would connect to, so I think I either need to find an adapter or get a new cable.  But I can't seem to find any cable that would have the right connections so I'm very confused.

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Re: standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2017, 10:40:36 AM »
My DATs have coax.  I have a cable like the one H2O posted but I can't figure out where the square end would connect to, so I think I either need to find an adapter or get a new cable.  But I can't seem to find any cable that would have the right connections so I'm very confused.

If your DAT players only have COAX you will need to get a format converter like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Midiman-M-Audio-Coaxial-Bi-Directional-Converter/dp/B00006J074


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Re: standalone DAT to iRiver h120 mini-optical cable advice
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2017, 07:26:40 PM »
Thanks!  That solves the puzzle!

 

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