Re: [Avid-L2] Re: monitor audio off laptop edit

There's an optical source as part of the socket itself - It's in the
far back of the socket. If you compare a regular headphone plug to the
mini-Toslink plug, the optical is slightly longer... MacBook Pros of a
certain vintage had problems with the microswitch in the socket that
detects an optical plug sticking a bit, and locking your audio control
panel to optical digital out- the fix is to dampen a toothpick with
contact cleaner, and scrub it carefully along the bottom of the
headphone/optical output.

On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:31 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:

> So is the MacBook Pro actually spitting out an optical light source
> in the mini socket. I read that the option only appears once a
> TosLink to mini cable is plugged in the socket. Is the optical
> light source created in the MacBook socket or in the adapter cable?
>
> -

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