ptaylor wrote:
Arny Krueger wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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IME this connection on the SB Live! is NOT an input for true SPDIF
signal.
Instead, it is designed a for SPDIF-like signal that uses TTL
levels. This
signal is provided by some CD ROM drives. Level translation
circuitry is
required to make a true SPDIF signal appropriate for it.

Please see

http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html

"S/PDIF coax input circuit"

for more information.



I've got a SB Live! value card,and I found the S/Pdif connections on
the
longer connector on the rear of the card,there are sites with the
pinouts,etc (i'll post the links below,if i can find them.)
Anyways,I just connected an RCA jack to those pins,and fed the
Digital
output of my DVD player into it.Works great. ;-)
Also,I think there is a 2-pin digital input in the edge of the
card,near the connectors for the CD-rom audio/TAD/etc.


http://atlas.csbnet.se/livecenter/sh...p?id=10&page=4
And a neat volume control. http://bit-tech.net/article/54

A couple of the pages I've bookmarked,I'm sure a Google search would
turn up more. ;-) Good luck!

Thanks for the info. It may be easier (but less fun) to get a whole
new card with the right inputs.

My soldering is a story of burnt fingers and melted connectors