Right. The digital output is optical while the electrical output is analog. So you can't just plug in a mini headphone to RCA and get 5.1 audio out of a DVD playing on your Mac. You'll need the mini toslink cable as Blake suggests and then something that can decode the optical digital audio stream like a typical AV receiver with optical hookups. Probably something like this cable from newegg for $8 would do the trick:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882339090&cm_re=toslink_mini-_-82-339-090-_-Product CB Blake Sinnett wrote: > Actually, the connection is a bit odd. They use a Mini Tosslink > optical plug. I've used this to transfer to my PCM-D50 digital > recorder with success. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: david.mcl...@cox.net > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:12:13 -0400 > > Hello, According to the Apple website the mac mini shares digital and > analog output and inputs which I would assume means you can plug a one > eighth inch coax digital output cable from the mini into a device that > supports digital. > > However when I try that it still seems to think I am using headphones > according to the systems preferences menu and I don't get any sound > from my digital device. > > Has anyone done this and if so how? > > Thanks in advance. > Dave > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
