toslink to Conexant CX20671 SmartAudio HD

[mike_x]

HI...

i bought a toslink to 3.5mm cable and i connected it from my ps3 to my laptop which has a
Conexant CX20671 SmartAudio HD sound card...


but the sound wont come out from my laptop speakers...

i read that some of the sound cards doesn't support that cable...

if any thing is not clear to u just ask me...

 

[violetblueskies]

does you laptop have line-in inputs?
i thought line-in inputs were 2.5mm?

 

[mike_x]

it has a mic input if that what you mean and the 3.5mm fits just right

 

[violetblueskies]

okay i think 3.5mm is the standard.
are you plugging this into the mic jack?
where are you plugging into?
what are you trying to achieve?

 

[mike_x]

yes i'm piugging it into the mic jack...

i want the ps3 sound comes from the laptop speakers...

 

[violetblueskies]

does you laptop have line-in input?
mic ports generally provide some power down the socket to power the microphone whereas the linein port doesn't have this.
the mic port also is a lot more sensitive, a very low level input where as linein is a line level input.
you could get this to have line-in jack:
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-CH-Audio-...023?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e7c65b87

 

[mike_x]

are sure it'll work!!?

 

[violetblueskies]

it should work. i can't give you the guarantee.
the point is you need line-in to hear your ps3 sound from your laptop speakers.
i'm not sure why you even want to do this but this would be the logical way.
spdiff from ps3 is output and then it need to go into some kind of input which would be line-in.
you would have to disable your laptop onboard sound and use the external sound.
of coarse you need to enable line-in in your software and the volume needs to be up.

 

[violetblueskies]

if you prefer name brand here is a used creative brand on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/External-24bit-...417?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb9e60d59
just make sure your looking for anything that has "line-in" not line-out.

 

[mike_x]

thanx mate