Time Capsule cables for playing music

With Airport Express, you can have a cable run to your receiver and play music. There doesn't seem to be the same cable port available on the Time Capsule. Is there a converter cable to achieve this?

ejsmith73, Welcome to the discussion area!
No. This is not a feature of the Time Capsule and it has no ability to play music.

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    This is a lion bug..
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    http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Time_Capsule_Early2009Setup.pdf
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