Re: data & tv broadcasts

[Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>]

Ralph Metzler wrote:
...
> There is really not much one can do in the firmware regarding SP/DIF
> besides switching it on/off.

It may be far fetched, but after all: that's what I'm observing.
The signal appears to be switched on/off.
Maybe I should attach a scope to see if that is really the case
or the receiver just gets out of sync with the card occasionally.


> How did you connect the pin to your receiver?

I used an internal high-quality shielded cable (about 20 cm) from 
pins 4 and 10 to a cinch socked that I put into a slot cover. 
I used a regular cinch-cinch coax from there to the receiver.


> I donīt know what kind of signal levels the SP/DIF pin delivers.
> So, it might not be possible to connect it directly without having
> this kind of problems. And of course it might damage your hardware.

Well, subjectively, the sound quality was not any better than
through the analog output (between the interruptions, that is).
If there is nothing to be gained and the hardware to be lost,
I suppose it is best to give up on a direct digital sound connection.

Carsten.