Cheap Electrical->Optical Digital Converter?

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    thespirit3

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    Quick question ...

    Any ideas how I can either a) modify my Marantz CD player, to turn its coaxial electrical digital out into an optical TOS style out ... or b) find a cheap converter - to convert from electrical to optical?

    Both my CD players have an electrical digital out ... and my minidisk only has optical in. :(

    I'm not afraid to open up a CD player - and in a way, would prefer to do this as a) it'd work out cheaper and b) would be the tidiest solution. Is it as simple as the pulse triggering an LED? or - are there additional electronics to 'encode' the digital signal ?

    Anyone?


    Steve
     
    thespirit3, Aug 25, 2003
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    oops - just realised this isn't the DIY Section - sorry!

    Still, anyone any ideas?
     
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    themadhippy seen it done it smokin it

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    I can give you a curcuit .....if you PM me.

    Its lifted from a sony manual, and runs on a 3.5v supply.
     
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    there was a convertor from someone called 'digimate' which was about £45 and was optical to coaxial or vice versa... thats all i can remember- good luck!
     
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