mill(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 30th September 2002, 11:05
I have just purchased a new dvd player and need to use a digital coax cable for the first time. my problem is that i can`t get a signal to my amp ,I have tryied two different cables and two dvd players. Now the cables I used I admit are not digital coax cables ,they are video cables which I assume are coax. I went comet and the cheapest digital coax cable was £20 which I thought was a bit much just to try on the off chance does anybody know if these cheap video cables are my problem
RE: digital coax cables
mickl(Competent) posted this on Monday, 30th September 2002, 12:22
have you set the players to output a digital bitstream in the audio options?
also, does the amp not have an optical connection, cables for these are usually cheaper
RE: digital coax cables
RichardH(Elite) posted this on Monday, 30th September 2002, 14:31
A normal phono to phono cable WILL work. When you`re happy it`s working, go to http://www.beyondhifi.net for a decent one at a good price.
RE: digital coax cables
mill(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 1st October 2002, 00:02
thanks all sorted now the problem was my av amp, a kenwood, seems the cd/dvd setting is optical but the dvd/6ch is coax I have only ever used the optical cable so the cd/dvd input seemed the obvious choice, still you live and learn
