---------------------------------------------------------- XDP4000X-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 02/28/03: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:53 AM - Re: Signal converter (Doug Dobson) 2. 06:01 AM - Re: Signal converter (owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com) 3. 08:16 AM - Re: Signal converter (owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com) 4. 03:00 PM - Re: Signal converter (Roland M) 5. 04:46 PM - Re: Signal converter (owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:53:04 AM PST US From: "Doug Dobson" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Doug Dobson" Why all of this discussion. Sony has the right part, it is cheap and you know it will work. Am I missing something? I'm a do it myselfer too, but that is just silly. One hour of my time is worth more than the part costs. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:01:11 AM PST US From: owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: I live in Argentina and here Sony does not sell this part. Buying it directly would generate a cost of 2X or even 3X; add to that the fact that my country got its currency de-valued a year ago from 1:1 to 1:3,5 and you get a price at least 7X the one you pay there. Simple reson, hu..? Besides, not even 30 hours of my work are worth that; Im a student and have free time. -Edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Dobson" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Doug Dobson" Why all of this discussion. Sony has the right part, it is cheap and you know it will work. Am I missing something? I'm a do it myselfer too, but that is just silly. One hour of my time is worth more than the part costs. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:16:37 AM PST US From: owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Well, just came back from the Audio store and confirmed that the plug is totally diferente than the 4 contacts one used in A/V applications (besides the external ground). The only think left is to buy the one from Sony : ( -Edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Anybody know if this "mini-plug" with 4 contacts is similar to the ones used to carry audio stereo (2 contacts plus ground) and video (one more contact using the same ground) in some portable DVD players, for example? I think that I can manage to find this plug in some Audio store. I could confirm that the ouside of the socket is the same ground connected on the inside (from the 4 contacts in the mini-plug, it is the same than the one which is closer to tha cable). Thanks guys -Edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland M" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Roland M" >--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Eli A." > > >As Dan said, the XA-D210/211 is theadaptor that Sony sells and uses for the >coax. to optical conversion. I don't know the schematics of the adaptor, >but some how it converts the coax signal into electrical optical. I don't >think anything else will work. I believe they sell for $30 to $40. >Sometimes they can be on backorder. > > >Eli Anthony Yep, indeed the D210/D211 is the part like everyone said. I'm pretty sure the format of the digital signal is coax S/PDIF but in a non-standard connector... The XA-D211 is too small to be converting the signal from anything else but electrical S/PDIF (coax) to optical (Toslink). For the person interested the D210/211 has a miniplug with 3 "lines" (creating 4 contact points) plus a grounding "ring" like the outer sheild of an RCA cable. I THINK that is right, or maybe it was a 2 "line" miniplug? The reason for all the contacts is simple and the conversion process is just a regular coax--->optical conversion, I'm pretty sure. The optical emitter in the adapter needs power, so it gets something like +5V for that signal and there are two grounds if I recall correctly from the service manual (I had to do a small fix on the optical out board on my MDX-400 as the connector to the main board had some of its solder points damaged). Anyhow I think there are two grounds (actually I guess 3 if you count the sheild?) and then there is the digital signal and +5V for the emitter. The thing is I don't know how they correspond to the the points on the miniplug part of the adapter :( As another note, I'm not quite sure why they changed the model from the D210 to the D211 (I don't know what change/"fix" there was) but mine is a D210 and it works fine. Roland M. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:00:49 PM PST US From: "Roland M" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Roland M" >--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: > >Well, just came back from the Audio store and confirmed that the plug is >totally diferente than the 4 contacts one used in A/V applications (besides >the external ground). > >The only think left is to buy the one from Sony : ( > > >-Edu Really? I thought it was pretty close, myself... Guess Sony made sure to make it different enough so that you HAVE to buy theirs :( As for it being cheap--I think the adapter is a little expensive, even buying it in the US. But not because of the price, but because it is obvious that Sony could have just built the optical emitter into the HUs that have "UniLink Digital Out", just like the various changers with optical output have. $30 US isn't that bad, but if you could use a $15 Coax-->Optical converter and a miniplug connector that costs a few bucks to "extract" the S/PDIF signal from the connection on the HU, you'd net the same thing but with a likely brighter signal (better for longer runs). But you can't do it because Sony's miniplug is slightly different. I guess since the little D210/211 adapter is so small and does the conversion to optical in a compact area, $30 isn't so bad. Still I think Sony should have built the emitter in... Roland M. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:46:21 PM PST US From: owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: I share your opinions, thanks. -Edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland M" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Signal converter --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Roland M" Really? I thought it was pretty close, myself... Guess Sony made sure to make it different enough so that you HAVE to buy theirs :( As for it being cheap--I think the adapter is a little expensive, even buying it in the US. But not because of the price, but because it is obvious that Sony could have just built the optical emitter into the HUs that have "UniLink Digital Out", just like the various changers with optical output have. $30 US isn't that bad, but if you could use a $15 Coax-->Optical converter and a miniplug connector that costs a few bucks to "extract" the S/PDIF signal from the connection on the HU, you'd net the same thing but with a likely brighter signal (better for longer runs). But you can't do it because Sony's miniplug is slightly different. I guess since the little D210/211 adapter is so small and does the conversion to optical in a compact area, $30 isn't so bad. Still I think Sony should have built the emitter in... Roland M.