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    Minijack TOSLINK on MSI notebooks?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by vinayp, Jun 6, 2006.

  1. vinayp

    vinayp Notebook Enthusiast

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    The other day I noticed a nice red glow coming out of the headphone jack on my MS-1057. Do these laptops (or any other models) have optical out?

    The specs and the docs don't mention anything about built-in optical out, but that red light is definitely looks like a TOSLINK light source.

    Has anyone plugged in a 3.5mm minijack TOSLINK cable into their headphone jack to see if digital output works?
     
    vinayp, Jun 6, 2006
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    vinayp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I finally got around to buying the toslink cable to test the optical out on the MS-1057 and I can confirm that the digital audio out works perfectly. When I plug it into my home theater receiver, it is able to decode DTS, AC3, and PCM audio coming out of the 1057 without any problems. :) I wonder why MSI doesn't advertise optical out on their website. Seems like a useful feature to me.
     
    vinayp, Jul 25, 2006
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    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    My 1022 has that as well. I really like it, the output to my digital receiver sounds great!! I thought it was pretty noteworthy as well. Not sure how many others include that feature.
     
    ttupa, Jul 29, 2006
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