Digital out is no option in sounds

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Digital out is no option in sounds

Dear you,

I have bought a belkin optical cable for my new minimac intel duo. In this new minimac they made an analog and a digital out in one plug. Beautifull design, but how can I convince my Minimac to give an optical signal instead of an analogue signal. I first thought that the minimac recognizes the belkin optical cable, but it dindn't. Than I thought I could change in " sounds" under " properties" from "headphone" into "optical out" (this is what I learned from different sites), but this selection is not possible.

And now I don't know what to try next.

Who can help me?

David

mac mini early 2006 dual core, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 26, 2006 3:44 AM

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RothenbergXXX

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Dec 26, 2006 7:32 AM in response to David Rietveld

Your computer should recognize the cable as an optical one when you insert it, just by the physical difference in size and shape, so are you sure it's not doing this? Test it by trying to adjust the volume in Mac OS X. If the system locks your audio level in one place, you're good to go. But if it doesn't, something has gone wrong somewhere and I would consult an apple specialist.

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Jan 7, 2007 9:41 PM in response to David Rietveld

Hmmmm

My best guess is you don't need to change anythng.

Since its impossible to use both, (can't have an analog and a digital cable connected at the same time), there really is no need to choose between the two.

Just plug it in, connect it to something that has an optical input, and see what happens. Like most things Apple, I bet it just works.

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