Problems with Optical Output on White MacBook
Hi All,
I recently purchased a optical to mini-toslink cable that I started using with my Airport Express and I absolutely love it. The thing I don't like is that I can't stream Pandora, so I just decided to hook my MacBook up to it directly using the same cable and port, but for some reason it doesn't work.
When I plug the cable in, it switches to optical output so I know it's recognizing the cable. In addition, the other end of the cable (that goes to my receiver) does show the red light on in the cable, so it does seem to be sending a signal, I just can't figure out why I'm not getting any sound out of my receiver.
The cable works with the airport and I'm using the same port in my receiver, so I know both of those devices are good, but I can't get anything with my mac. I also tried using iTunes thinking that it may be an issue with Safari/Pandora, but no luck their either.
Any thoughts?
For reference, I'm using a white macbook running 10.5.8, Safari 4, iTunes 8.2.1, the receiver is an Onkyo HT-R540 and this is the cable I'm using.
I recently purchased a optical to mini-toslink cable that I started using with my Airport Express and I absolutely love it. The thing I don't like is that I can't stream Pandora, so I just decided to hook my MacBook up to it directly using the same cable and port, but for some reason it doesn't work.
When I plug the cable in, it switches to optical output so I know it's recognizing the cable. In addition, the other end of the cable (that goes to my receiver) does show the red light on in the cable, so it does seem to be sending a signal, I just can't figure out why I'm not getting any sound out of my receiver.
The cable works with the airport and I'm using the same port in my receiver, so I know both of those devices are good, but I can't get anything with my mac. I also tried using iTunes thinking that it may be an issue with Safari/Pandora, but no luck their either.
Any thoughts?
For reference, I'm using a white macbook running 10.5.8, Safari 4, iTunes 8.2.1, the receiver is an Onkyo HT-R540 and this is the cable I'm using.
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