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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
Hi Folks,
I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to this question. Can I take the optical digital output from one band and run it into the optical digital of another. I imagine that the audio component mighti be standard, but any device control would be proprietary. Does anyone have any firm knowledge about this? Thanks, Mark |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
Hi, just to check, if that being the case can I connect Sony CDX-C90
digital toslink out to Alpine PXA-H700 digital toslink in? Will it work? Please advice. Thanks. Regards. Vincent Digital signals when using optical digital inputs/outputs are not proprietary from brand to brand. They are compatible with any device using optical digital as a connection. Most likely it is a Dolby Digital or DTS signal. They are standard surround formats. Optical Digital can carry regular stereo signal as well. It is a standard cable format. Others like IP-Bus (Pioneer), or CE Net (Clarion), AI-Net (Alpine), etc. are propietary formats, but optical digital is ABSOLUTELY, FOR CERTAIN, MOST DEFINITELY not. |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
"EFFENDI" wrote in message ... cyrus wrote: In article , EFFENDI wrote: Digital signals when using optical digital inputs/outputs are not proprietary from brand to brand. ADAT Lightpipe. We are talking car audio here. Obviously. EFFENDI Obviously? Are you sure we are only talking car audio? The OP may have posted the same thing to several groups but did not crosspost as to maintain usenet protocol. He never mentioned anything about car audio, only optical digital. You must be careful when making blanket statements like "ABSOLUTELY, FOR CERTAIN, MOST DEFINITELY not." Because there are obviously things that defy that. Les |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
I was thinking of something similar: the Pioneer P5000MP with the
Alpine PXA-H700. If Murphy rears his head, I could use the RCA's. Thanks, Mark On 16 Mar 2004 08:06:02 -0800, (cordoba) wrote: Hi, just to check, if that being the case can I connect Sony CDX-C90 digital toslink out to Alpine PXA-H700 digital toslink in? Will it work? Please advice. Thanks. Regards. Vincent Digital signals when using optical digital inputs/outputs are not proprietary from brand to brand. They are compatible with any device using optical digital as a connection. Most likely it is a Dolby Digital or DTS signal. They are standard surround formats. Optical Digital can carry regular stereo signal as well. It is a standard cable format. Others like IP-Bus (Pioneer), or CE Net (Clarion), AI-Net (Alpine), etc. are propietary formats, but optical digital is ABSOLUTELY, FOR CERTAIN, MOST DEFINITELY not. |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
Obviously? Are you sure we are only talking car audio? The OP may have posted the same thing to several groups but did not crosspost as to maintain usenet protocol. He never mentioned anything about car audio, only optical digital. You must be careful when making blanket statements like "ABSOLUTELY, FOR CERTAIN, MOST DEFINITELY not." Because there are obviously things that defy that. Les Well this is rec.audio.car. (so it is safe to asume) the "absolutely,for certain most definetely" was just a play on what the OP said: "does anyone have a FIRM knowledge...." i know there isnt a be all end all answer. but most optical digital devices ARE compatible with eachother. i answered his question, that is all i think he wanted from anyone. dont make this into a "thing" like everyone else does on r.a.c. feel free to show examples of where my answer does not apply. i would actually like to know for myself. EFFENDI PS: relax. |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
"EFFENDI" wrote in message ... Well this is rec.audio.car. (so it is safe to asume) the "absolutely,for certain most definetely" was just a play on what the OP said: "does anyone have a FIRM knowledge...." i know there isnt a be all end all answer. If you knew that then why did you give an end all be all answer? but most optical digital devices ARE compatible with eachother. i answered his question, that is all i think he wanted from anyone. dont make this into a "thing" like everyone else does on r.a.c. It is a "thing". If you would have said that most optical digital devices are compatible then it would be fine, but you gave a this is the only way and the only thing it is used for answer which was wrong. You gave the OP only half correct information, which could be just as bad as outright wrong. So, yes, most optical digital devices are compatible with each other. But before laying down money on something double check, there are a few companies that will use the same cable and jacks but encode it differently. It is easier for a manufacture to use a cable system that already exists and rewrite software rather than reinventing the wheel everytime. PS: relax. PS: I am relaxed. You gave a wrong answer and it was pointed out. Just be wary of end all be all statements. Les |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
Les wrote:
"EFFENDI" wrote in message ... Well this is rec.audio.car. (so it is safe to asume) the "absolutely,for certain most definetely" was just a play on what the OP said: "does anyone have a FIRM knowledge...." i know there isnt a be all end all answer. If you knew that then why did you give an end all be all answer? but most optical digital devices ARE compatible with eachother. i answered his question, that is all i think he wanted from anyone. dont make this into a "thing" like everyone else does on r.a.c. It is a "thing". If you would have said that most optical digital devices are compatible then it would be fine, but you gave a this is the only way and the only thing it is used for answer which was wrong. You gave the OP only half correct information, which could be just as bad as outright wrong. So, yes, most optical digital devices are compatible with each other. But before laying down money on something double check, there are a few companies that will use the same cable and jacks but encode it differently. It is easier for a manufacture to use a cable system that already exists and rewrite software rather than reinventing the wheel everytime. PS: relax. PS: I am relaxed. You gave a wrong answer and it was pointed out. Just be wary of end all be all statements. Les understood |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
EFFENDI wrote in message ...
cyrus wrote: In article , EFFENDI wrote: Digital signals when using optical digital inputs/outputs are not proprietary from brand to brand. ADAT Lightpipe. We are talking car audio here. Obviously. EFFENDI ADAT Lightpipe is becoming standard for a lot of things, What if you could take (someday) ADAT lightpipe out of a head and pass through amps, keeping all the speaker processing at the head and telling the amp which signal to peel off? Don't discredit technology, Car audio is a tad behind the rest of the audio world, which suprises me. Seems now it's all about chrome baskets and animated faces on headunits. BFD Keep your eyes on the road. Back in the day (I won't say how far back to protect my grey beard) car audio was innovative, now it looks stupid and sounds no better. Embrace technology, use an 8x8 lightpipe interface and get rid of ground loops, I'm sure many here can find a use for hauling many channels of audio down fiber. Chad |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
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EFFENDI wrote: cyrus wrote: In article , EFFENDI wrote: Digital signals when using optical digital inputs/outputs are not proprietary from brand to brand. ADAT Lightpipe. We are talking car audio here. Obviously. EFFENDI Obviously, but it sure would be nice to blow 8 channels from your hu back to your amps digitally. For the chosen few who want more than 2 channels of course. -- cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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Optical Digital is it a standard or is it proprietary
ADAT Lightpipe is becoming standard for a lot of things, What if you
could take (someday) ADAT lightpipe out of a head and pass through amps, keeping all the speaker processing at the head and telling the amp which signal to peel off? Don't discredit technology, Car audio is a tad behind the rest of the audio world, which suprises me. Seems now it's all about chrome baskets and animated faces on headunits. BFD Keep your eyes on the road. Back in the day (I won't say how far back to protect my grey beard) car audio was innovative, now it looks stupid and sounds no better. Embrace technology, use an 8x8 lightpipe interface and get rid of ground loops, I'm sure many here can find a use for hauling many channels of audio down fiber. Chad It would be nice ... I remember in 1998 I had a Clarion setup that had optical connections between the HU and cd changer and DSP. I always wondered when I'd be able to go fiber all the way to the amp. Now I have a whole new Alpine setup and still can't do fiber to the amps (though my amps are old, I haven't seen new amps that do this) and have to deal with ground loops and hated rca cables. -Z |
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