Mac mini digital audio out through the headphone jack

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I'm misled by this sentence for audio out port from the support page: "For digital audio, you can use Apple iPhone headset with microphone".

It is there for all mac minis starting from 2010 model.

Does it mean electrical digital signal? Any chance to get S/PDIF coaxial signal?

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 11, 2013 10:15 PM

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Answer 1

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If an optical signal is OK, you just need one of these:

To convert the optical signal to a co-ax one will need a more complex/expensive convertor.

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I know about optical out and converters.

I'm curious about that exact sentence: what did they mean about digital and iPhone handset? Is it just a mistake?

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