This is correct. That's how the jack works.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:31 PM, shane christenson <[email protected]> wrote: > The audio jacks are located on the very back bottom panel of the mac mini. I > believe from what I've read, the jacks are capable of accepting optical > cables, provided they have the correct tips to correspond with the jacks. The > left most jack, if you're looking at the mac mini, reaching around to the > back, are, going from left to right, audio out, then audio in. They are > located below the SD card slot. HTH > > Shane > > On Apr 26, 2013, at 8:16 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Huh? the mini as an optical audio out? OK? Where is it located. I've >> never seen it. I know it's got h d m i, but... >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:14 PM >> Subject: Re: Good speakers for mac mini >> >> >> Just an FYI, if you really are doing a 5.1 surround sound setup you can >> run the optical output from your mini to a standard 5.1 decoder receiver >> so when you play a DVD you get all the surround-sound goodness. Other >> than that, what speakers sound good is a pretty subjective thing. >> Personally I like my old JBL 4408 studio monitors. >> >> CB >> >> On 4/26/13 12:13 PM, Marc Rocheleau wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've been making due with my mac mini's internal speaker since my old >>> PC speakers, a 5.1 set that hadn't worked properly in years, went >>> kaput. After grieving the loss for months (not really,) I think I'm >>> finally ready to move on and get a nice set of speakers. >>> >>> Now I throw it to you for any recommendations you may have. I do have >>> a certain criteria though: >>> >>> - I listen to music... a lot. I want it to sound good coming out of >>> these things. >>> - I will most likely be setting this up to watch DVDs since, when I >>> move out eventually, we'll be hooking up a TV as a display with HDMI. >>> We're getting a futon so our office will double as a movie room. >>> - I'm moving into an apartment building and don't want something too >>> bass heavy because of that. I don't think the neighbours would >>> appreciate it. ;) >>> - The less space it takes up, the better. I am not opposed to 5.1 but >>> don't want huge speakers since we'll have other stuff taking up space. >>> - I don't want to spend tons of money on these. $500 is my absolute >>> limit but I'd like to keep it quite a bit lower than that if possible. >>> - I'm in Canada... any links provided would be even more useful if >>> they're from Canadian sites. >>> - I want something easy to set up on the mac mini... I don't want to >>> mess with a bunch of adapters. >>> >>> I think that's about it. There's a couple of two-speaker sets from >>> Bosse on the apple store but reviews are so varied that it leaves me >>> unsure. Many say that it has tons of bass too so I am reluctant to put >>> out the cash for one of those. I have had a hard time finding other >>> options though so I am hoping some of you may have recommendations >>> and/or experience that could help me make a decision. >>> >>> Either way, thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer! >>> >>> -Marc >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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