Macbook Pro "digital audio i/o" question

[joe h]

Hello,

I have a Macbook Pro. The specs on the Apple site are vague:

Audio line in minijack (digital/analog).
Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog).

I'm very curious about the "digital input". Is this a spdif digital
input?

[joe h]

It's a recent Macbook pro to clarify. OS 10.6.something.

[Phil W]

joe h:

> I have a Macbook Pro. The specs on the Apple site are vague:

Unless you manage to find the more detailed info page... ;-)
BTW: found with "bing" searching for "macbook pro digital audio connector"

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1596

> Audio line in minijack (digital/analog).
> Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog).

"... Connect external speakers, headphones, or optical digital audio
equipment. The headphone / line output jack accommodates optical digital
audio output, analog audio output with a 24-bit, 44.1-192 kHz D/A converter,
digital audio output up to 24-bit stereo and 44.1-192 kHz sampling rate and
supporting encoded digital audio output (AC3 and DTS).
For analog headphone / line output a standard audio cable with 3.5mm metal
plug should be used.
For *digital* audio, a standard toslink cable with a toslink mini-plug
adapter can be used."

> I'm very curious about the "digital input".
> Is this a spdif digital input?

"... Optical audio input is SPDIF format and uses a standard toslink cable
with a toslink mini-plug adapter, accepting up to 24-bit stereo and
44.1-96kHz sampling rate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK

shows an adaptor from normal TOSlink to mini-plug one. IIRC there were
optical cables with fixed mini-plugs on the market about 10 years ago. Don愒
know, if they愉e still around, but the adaptors are still available cheaply.

Hope, that helps,

Phil

[joe h]

Thanks for the specs on that. That's great to know it has a spdif
capability.