Analog Audio OK, DIgital Optical a No-Go
Hello Everyone,
I just bought a new mini from Apple to use as a HTPC. I've been setting up everything and for a few days I was content with everything because I was missing the TOSlink to Mini-TOSlink cable. I could hear sound on the onboard speaker using the mini to left/right audio splitter worked fine. My digital optical cable finally arrived and the first thing I did was plug it into the mini and then into my receiver. I have a Sony SA-WCT100 Sound Bar that has a built in HDMI switcher. I have the mini video out configured with a mini Displayport to HDMI that I bought at Amazon. As you can see, I was ready and pumped to get the mini set up to watch even just podcasts in iTunes.
This is where everything started going downhill. As soon as I plugged in my TOSlink cable, the sound output converted from analog to digital. In system prefs --> sound, the output changed to Digital and the volume bar became grayed out at 100% volume. Basically all the signs were there to let me know it recognized that there was a digital optical cable in. My problem, no red light, no sound.
*I AM NOT GETTING SOUND NO MATTER WHAT!!!*
I pulled the cable out and put it in my MacBook Pro, also early 2009, and I had no issues whatsoever, the red light was there and the audio was streaming out.
I perused the forums and even tried setting up speakers in the Midi setup utility in the Utilities folder in Applications.
Desperate. Any suggestions anyone can make so that I am not forced to return this thing.
Thanks.
I just bought a new mini from Apple to use as a HTPC. I've been setting up everything and for a few days I was content with everything because I was missing the TOSlink to Mini-TOSlink cable. I could hear sound on the onboard speaker using the mini to left/right audio splitter worked fine. My digital optical cable finally arrived and the first thing I did was plug it into the mini and then into my receiver. I have a Sony SA-WCT100 Sound Bar that has a built in HDMI switcher. I have the mini video out configured with a mini Displayport to HDMI that I bought at Amazon. As you can see, I was ready and pumped to get the mini set up to watch even just podcasts in iTunes.
This is where everything started going downhill. As soon as I plugged in my TOSlink cable, the sound output converted from analog to digital. In system prefs --> sound, the output changed to Digital and the volume bar became grayed out at 100% volume. Basically all the signs were there to let me know it recognized that there was a digital optical cable in. My problem, no red light, no sound.
*I AM NOT GETTING SOUND NO MATTER WHAT!!!*
I pulled the cable out and put it in my MacBook Pro, also early 2009, and I had no issues whatsoever, the red light was there and the audio was streaming out.
I perused the forums and even tried setting up speakers in the Midi setup utility in the Utilities folder in Applications.
Desperate. Any suggestions anyone can make so that I am not forced to return this thing.
Thanks.
MacMini (Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.5.6)
