Hi James,
Thanks for the note. This is the first I've heard of TOSLink optical
cables with miniplug adapters. I'm forwarding your note to the MD
mailing list, I think others will find it interesting.
Rick
"James G. Owen" writes:
>I found at Target (big mall retailer) "Recoton" brand "dvd" "Digital Optical 6
>ft. Stereo Audio Cable" for a mere $15 (!!) or so. On the back of the card it
>says "DVD901". It did take me half an hour of looking at every single thing in
>their video/audio section.
>
>But not only are these cables considerably cheaper than the $40 offerings
>elsewhere, they are "universal" in that they come with "miniplug" adapters for
>both ends. That is, out of the bubble-pack they have the square post style
>optical connectors which I gather you can plug into some CD players; however
>there are supplied two little plastic gadgets which you can snap over the
>square posts to convert them into the Sony-style 3.5 mm stereo/optical
>miniplug connectors.
>
>One of these has worked here at least twice for digital copying minidisk to
>minidisk from a Sony MZ-1 to a Sharp MD-MT15 and I look forward to using it to
>connect to my VS840ex, which has a square post style output.
>
>Much thanx for minidisc.org; the info has been priceless.
You're welcome!
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