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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Iriver H120, SP Dif or optical?RE: Iriver H120, SP Dif or optical?
From: Christopher Woods <christof_at_infinitus.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:06:47 -0000 Those squarish things sticking out might be the dust covers which pop into the holes to stop crap from getting in and obscuring the optical pickup? > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Harding [mailto:bharding_at_doorpi.net] > Sent: 09 November 2006 01:51 > To: Rockbox > Subject: Re: Iriver H120, SP Dif or optical? > > I think I have, according to what I remember when I got the > card, 3 or maybe > 4 analog output jacks that would be used for 7.1 sound. I > just looked at a description online, and they say optical > output, which is good. I also felt these 2 little squarish > things sticking out next to the miniplug connectors, wonder > if those are the optical in and out as they seem to have a > little hole in them that a pin in the end of some cable would > connect with. The good thing is that I don't appear to have > to convert the signals, it's just a matter of which cable to > buy and use. I hope also that it sends the 2-channel signal > instead of DTS or whatever. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Hooper" <dave_at_beermex.com> > To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: Iriver H120, SP Dif or optical? > > > > spdif refers to the digital signal that is transmitted. > The signal could > > be transmitted electrically or optically, but the signal > itself is still > > an spdif digital signal. Optical spdif uses a light beam > to transmit the > > digital signal, and coaxial spdif uses a coaxial electrical > cable to > > transmit the digital signal. The H120/140 have the optical digital > > output. I'm afraid I don't what kind of digital spdif ports > you soundcard > > has - mine has both optical and coaxial, for example. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brent Harding" <bharding_at_doorpi.net> > > To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:53 AM > > Subject: Iriver H120, SP Dif or optical? > > > > > >>I could've had a 320 or 340 on Ebay, but I decided at the > time I received > >>their phone call alert not to bid because I wanted to try > for the 120/140. > >>If I could use the digital out off my sound card into that > 120 I bought, > >>it could solve problems I have recording with the stereo > mix In the specs > >>of the H120 as I found them they mention optical and SP dif > being the > >>same, like optical (sp dif). I thought they were 2 > different digital > >>connection standards. My Turtle Beach Montego DDL has SP > dif in and out on > >>it, according to the volume settings in Windows. Would I > need an adapter > >>to be able to record the digital sound card output on the > Iriver? I was > >>hoping that, since stereo mix records bad quality for some > reason, that > >>the hardware digital out would be as good as what I hear > out the speakers > >>when playing anything but stereo mix recordings. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > Received on 2006-11-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |