Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter

by Cblwhl

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000I98ZQY
• Item model number: 10TR-08300.
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #12 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Cables & Interconnects > Audio Cables > Digital Coaxial Cables
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 18, 2006

Product Description

Cable Showcase 10TR-08300 Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter - Audio / Video Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly, June 26, 2009

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Ricardo Santiago (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter (Electronics)

Just make sure this is the model you need, since it is not bi-directional. You must have an Optical OUTPUT and a Digital INPUT to connect, not the other way around.

Since it was what I needed, it works flawlessly.

Another concern I had was if it would heat up too much, either when in use or when just connected but not in use. Heating up would indicate a waste of energy. It does not.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No problems whatsoever, February 2, 2009

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Oreguy (Beaverton, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter (Electronics)

I read most of the reviews prior to purchasing, especially the ones complaining about intermittently having to reset the unit. I'd be lying if I wasn't slightly skeptical, but for the low price, it was worth a try. I haven't touched the thing once since adding it to my setup. It has worked flawlessly and the sound is excellent. Definitely recommend it - for this price you can't go wrong.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great non-HDMI connection to my H/K receiver., May 7, 2007

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edanc (Florida RV Park) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter (Electronics)

This is by far the quality (BUT FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE) answer to connecting a PS3 to an older Harman/Kardon AV100 receiver when connections are limited or already used. My optical connection from my HDTV satellite receiver to the H/K receiver was already in place, no HDMI inputs were available, thus leaving the digital coax inputs as my best solution.

I connected the converter via a short HDMI (PS3) to Digital input cable (converter). Then from the Digital Out (converter) to Coax. 2 of the H/K. Then plugged the converter into a 110 outlet and I was up and running.

It took a bit of research to determine how to tell the H/K that a digital signal was coming in. WOW! NOW MY
BLU-RAY DVD'S and PS3 have the necessary Dolby 5.1 outputs.

Being a tried and true Amazon.com believer, I chose to order all three products from them. The only problem was that the three products all came from three destinations (known in advance) so tracking the order(s) is a little cumbersome although not a problem otherwise.

All 3 products have worked like a charm.