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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: DCDireWolf on July 18, 2004, 08:46:53 PM
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Hey there good tapers . . .
I recently bought an iRiver H140 because I wanted a .ogg player and a new toy.
And since it has recording capabilities, I figured I'd plunge into the hobby. While I research and save up cash for all the equipment, in the meantime, I'm just going to try to patch in to folks at shows.
So of course I need a cable that goes from the optical in jack on my iRiver, to some kind person's or soundboard engineer's optical out jack, (which I'm told will be llikely be a pin connection?).
I've looked online for such an animal, but because i'm woefully new at this and don't understand the terminology, I'm not sure what i need to buy.
Can someone point me in the right direction? What is the exact name of the connector/cable I need?
Thanks!
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sounds like you're looking for a sony 7-pin?
but i don't see why you would need that. just a straight optic cable should do it if you get an optic patch.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm confused though, on my device, the optical in is a round port that any old analog cord seems to fit into (analog cable, headphones, whatever). The optical out that I patch into however, seems to be a square (pin?) type optical port (although I guess it depends on what I'm patching into on any given night?).
Wouldn't a regular optical cable be the same on both ends? Does somebody make a cable that is different on each end to fit my situation, or is there some sort of converter attachment I can buy?
Thanks again!
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let me try not to confuse things any more than i have.
your optic in is a fem mini? btw i wouldn't try pluging a regular mini plug into it. not sure if it would hurt but probly woun't help.
your optic out is a regular toslink plug?
you could get a cable to match toslink>mini or toslink>toslink w/ an adapter. since "your" input is a mini optical plug, i'd go w/ the former.
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Beautiful! Thanks!