azbro's idea is very cheap solution, but I don't think he understand

try ebay



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not hard at all as long as you got credit card

very unlikely to have no power, circuit need power to drive LED/laser to produce optical signal

motherboard usually provide 5 VOLT to power S/PDIF module

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Added on December 11, 2010, 7:14 pmvery wise choice

This post has been edited by neb: Dec 11 2010, 07:14 PM

lot of cheap solution ideas especially scsoo's single optical cable solution, but TS don't appreciate it

buy TWO optical cable, and follow scsoo's instruction

you got bdv-e370 with 1 optical in and 1 coaxial in

you got byond with HDMI out and coaxial out

you got whatever player with coaxial out

so the problem is how do you fit 2 coaxial out into 1 coaxial in, right?

the solution is your Sony 55EX500 HDTV, which I presume can divert HDMI audio to optical out, by using this HDTV's optical out, you are now can connect your 2 digital audio source device into your BDV-e370

byond --(HDMI)--> HDTV --(optical)--> bdv-e370's optical in
whatever player ------- (coaxial)------> bdv-e370's coaxial in

this is what scsoo trying to tell you, oh by the way I told you to buy 2 optical cable, use one and one for spare, it is made out of glass, very fragile

HAHAHA my english must be very bad, TS still don't get it

I must get myself to those english tutor classes, to improve on my english grammar

btw thanks ariff_tech, someday will experiment with the diy LED optical driver, look interesting, yet another cheap solution that TS don't appreciate

This post has been edited by neb: Dec 12 2010, 06:35 PM