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Recoton Fiber Optic Toslink to 3.5mm Mini Adapter

by Recoton
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)

Price: $3.98
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  • Converts TosLink plug to optical mini plug or optical mini jack to TosLink jack
  • TosLink-F to Mini-M 3.5mm Adapter
  • Gold plated tip
  • Brand new high quality adapter
  • Gold Connectors: TosLink Female to Male
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Technical Details

  • Brand Name: Recoton

Product Details

  • Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • ASIN: B0002MQGRM
  • California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Use this adapter to change your toslink connector to a 3.5mm mini connector to enjoy the best digital audio has to offer. This is a premium quality product for an unbeatable price, please let us know if you have any questions!


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for my Mac Mini January 14, 2009
I use this for my Mac Mini with the digital out. Works great hooked up to a stereo receiver with awesome, clear sound. The only downside to using on a Mac, it disables the internal sound volume controls when a digital out adapter/cable is plugged in. You'll have to control the volume from the receiver all the time. Not a huge problem.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good quality & price December 23, 2006
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This product does exactly what I needed it to do. In my Macbook Pro it efficiently (with no sound distortion) transfers the laptops optical signal through my regular toslink cable into my surround sound receiver.

Works great, quality sound.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Need this for Audigy 2 ZS Notebook March 22, 2006
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If you have the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook sound card, you need this for optical audio, one for input and one for output. You can't find this anywhere else, I'm serious. Bestbuy and Radioshack dont have them. This took me a while to figure out.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 200% Satisfied ! October 14, 2007
Used to connect the "mini spdif" plug on my HP Pavillion dv 6400 to the optical Super CD toslink [...] input on my Sony STP-k9900p home theatre system (Dolby 5.1). Mini refers to the speaker jack size (like the green speaker plug for any PC). SPDIF refers to the protocol used over the optical connection. Using Amazon's select similar or related search (or whatever it's called) I also bought two 12 foot cables (cables4less) and a toslink to toslink cable connector. 3 separate suppliers, one purchase from Amazon - how neat. I ended up with a 24 foot connection from laptop to home theatre system that reaches every seat in the living room. AND IT WORKS and SOUNDS GREAT. You should hear how good even Pandora.com sounds! I don't mind paying $5-$6 for parts and $20+ for S&H for something I can't buy locally. I got what I wanted. Also, at many places you'll pay $30+ for just one 12 foot cable. All three packages were shipped promptly and arrived within 1 week. (Good job Amazon). The jack, connector and cablesare all top quality. Cable ends have protective caps attached to the ends to keep the optical end clean. The cap for the laptop end reaches to cover the mini spdif plug when it is not in the laptop.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Rez(g)
Amazon Verified Purchase
Apart from the fact that it took 2 weeks to receive the weightless miniature adapter (maybe it was the Hurricane), I am extremely pleased with this item.

For $2, I get surround sound from my S/PDIF output, which is converted into a Toslink cable. This allows me to use my Astro A40 mixamp with Dolby Digital sound through my laptop's S/PDIF-out, or output true surround sound from my laptop to any 5.1 system, TV, or any optical-in for that matter. Just don't forget the optical cable. :)

That's about it. Don't waste $10-15 on other solutions. This is what you need to turn any regular S/PDIF-out (or combo 3.5mm slot) into a digital optical output at lossless quality.

Just make sure you need a S/PDIF output converted to an optical cable. I don't want anyone to order the incorrect/backwards adapter and waste 2 weeks for nothing (like that one guy who did).

PS. If you don't have S/PDIF, I don't believe you can achieve an optical connection in a regular 3.5mm slot using this adapter. While this is a "3.5mm" mini adapter, the regular 3.5mm/speaker slot on a given computer does NOT output Toslink red light, so there is nothing to adapt/convert to begin with. So technically speaking, this is a S/PDIF(male) to Toslink(female) adapter. If you might not have S/PDIF, or just aren't sure, simply look for a 3.5mm-sized output glowing an ominous red light somewhere on your computer. That means you are ready to convert S/PDIF red light to Toslink red light using this adapter.

Hoped this helped somewhat!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I'm going to keep this simple. With one of these adapters, a toslink cable and a Optical cable switchbox (like 15.00, if that) I can hook up my MacBook to surround sound with ease. Every laptop is different although the late model Mac's have a built in mini-optical out in the headphone jacks so it is literally plug and play. Pair this with the Mini-DVI to HDMI cable and you can hook up your laptop to your television and still have full surround sound. For a 40.00 investment (w/ shipping) , you are literally enhancing your computing experience.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to find, but works great September 24, 2006
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Seriously, these things aren't easy to find. Amazon has them at a good price and you'll need it if you have a MacBook Pro or any other Mac with an optical in/out capability. I'd also recommend that you'd buy MORE than one, as they're not the hardest things to lose.

I bought three just in case, and I have a feeling that I might need more... :D

Amazon made it super easy to find, by the way.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly - amazing price October 23, 2007
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I needed this item to connect my X-Fi Sound Blaster card to our 7.1 surround sound system. The adapter has good fit with the cable and input device. Quality is excellent and shipping for this particular seller was quick. BTW, you can't get this at Fry's, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, or any other national retailers.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Products
Does the job in every way and with my mac truly a great a range , recommend it for all =D
Published 7 days ago by Consuelo Tobias
2.0 out of 5 stars paid more on the transport... than on the product
i made a 5-product order... and i have received it in 2 shipments : 1st with 4 products... and a 2nd one with the adapter (are you kidding me ???)

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Published 20 days ago by inFormal
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply worked
It has a small form factor and could work with a 15 ft toslink cable connected to a switch, which is connected to another 2 ft cable. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Javier Fonseca
1.0 out of 5 stars this was a lie
The last product I got at least said it was digital optical but this says fiber optic to 3.5mm mini adapter. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr.electronic
5.0 out of 5 stars Works great!
Works just fine and does what it needs to do. Simple and cheap. Only comes with one though so the picture with two threw me off a little.
Published 2 months ago by G. Alanis
1.0 out of 5 stars Bye bye, $1.99...
I really don't have much respect for these Toslink to 3.5mm Mini adapters anymore after I found out what a pain it is to have it and use it. I have a MacBook Pro 2. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alexander Tsui
4.0 out of 5 stars Works!
Works as advertised. Shipped fast, so far i'm happy with it. Would very much recommend this product. Thanks you !
Published 2 months ago by Luis E. Arzate
5.0 out of 5 stars Great price
What can I say? It fits the my optical cable, seems to transmit light just fine. It's cheap! Ordered two! Hooray!
Published 2 months ago by J. Hicks
5.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected.
Pros: it was cheap, came by the promised deadline and works great with a Mac Mini and receiver.
Cons: none so far.
Published 3 months ago by Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Works great
I was a bit nervous ordering this product, as it shipped from China. It took a little longer than normal to arrive (which was to be expected) but I was not in a rush. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Gladding
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