SPDIF port/cable
what is SPDIF? is it using a special cable?
smileemile wrote:
yeah. my computer has a 3.5mm jack labelled spdif out, but when i try to connect a regular cheap laptop speaker and it is still working fine. could that mean that my speaker can decode digital optical signals?
Nope, as I said, usually such jacks can also output standard audio signals.
It could be optical output, or it could be digital output that is "switchable", e.g. the port can be used as either standard line out or digital. I know my Asus has an LED for optical on the end of its line out jack, so it can do either analog line out OR digital output. Most Sound Blaster cards put a digital signal on one of the pins of the 3.5mm jack, and require a 3.5mm-to-RCA adapter in addition to changing some driver settings.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.
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