[LAU] Spdif cable

[David Santamauro]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:47:11 +0100
Arnold Krille <arnold at arnoldarts.de> wrote:

> On Saturday 13 November 2010 14:00:07 David Santamauro wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:47:39 +0100
> > 
> > "rosea.grammostola" <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have now this one:
> > > http://www.hqproducts.com/eng/products/audiovideo/audioconnection/page_1/
> > > artl_HQSS3471/1.5
> > > 
> > > But it has one 'connector' instead of the spdif inputs of my
> > > soundcards (red | white).
> > 
> > Check your soundcard docs, one of red or white is spdif "in" and the
> > other is "out".
> 
> If there is any sense in the coloring, red in the input ('record')
> while white is the playback. Cheap soundcards with only
> spdif-playback tend to use a yellow connector.

Sorry so late ... I can't find anything regarding 'in' vs 'out', but
manufacturers seem to agree when there is only 'out', that it is yellow
or even orange.

David