Jason Tee Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Hi Guys, Pls advise me where can I get 4m of optical cable. Thks. :)
DIRTRUN Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Hiya D, Maybe you can PM dbChoong and see if he has any glass opticals left over? Good stuff that.. Regards Dirtrun
dbchoong Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 No spare. The cables we order are in 1m, 2m and 3m lengths. ;D
media2368 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 No spare. The cables we order are in 1m, 2m and 3m lengths. ;D dbchoong, how about another MO? ;D
dbchoong Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 dbchoong, how about another MO? ;D Ok. No problems. Let me check with supplier if stocks available or not. ;D
Guest AT Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Hi, Hijacking this thread because I'm also looking for a thin optical cable of 3m length with mini-jack adapter for AirTunes. Price and location? Found a lot of optical cables but all super fat and thick. :P Thanks.
UpGuy Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 the glass opticals that dbchoong is bringing in are thin....and good....
dbchoong Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 The glass cables in the MO are Toslink, not mini-jack. The cables are thin although not super-thin.
Guest AT Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Me looking for a 3m length, like this one. Click image for specs. But it's only available in 2m. 4 - 5 mm diameter thick would be nice. If you have it, we will PM from there. Thanks, AT
armoury Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 I recently got a laptop, which has an opitical digital audio out via SPDIF, which requires that mini-jack connector rather than the Toslink, so I've been looking as well. It is possible to get an adaptor, which the Toslink sticks into, so that the entire thing can go into a jack. See this, the first item:- http://www.minidisc.org/part_Fiber_Optic_Hardware.html (Thanks dbchoong for the above link!) You would not believe how difficult it is to find one of these. It is available at UF in Sim Lim, but costs $8.90. I have run up and down all of Funan, and a fair bit of Sim Lim, and so far that's the best price I've found (even though the US price is below US$2). Challenger (at Funan) has one going for $14.90, whilst Fast Cables (Funan) has an interesting cable that has a combo-type connector at each end which can "flip" to Toslink or mini-jack as appropriate, but that thing costs $32. Some other shop in Sim Lim had an adaptor that also included 1m of fibre optic, in effect an extension cable as well, which was a bit over $10 I think. I have also rarely seen cables with Toslink at one end, jack at the other, but the last one I remember was at Harvey Norman Millenia, going for $18 and I don't think it was 3m long. Otherwise you're looking at the "branded" cables like Monster (I think even KEC had them), but those won't be cheap, maybe $40-50+. Edit: went running around Suntec after work, I found a Philips 1.5m optical cable with Toslink connectors, but it comes supplied with two of the adaptors in the package. About $25 at PK Computer. Hope this helps.
Guest AT Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 Thanks armoury. Will try KEC. Hope a 3m optical won't exceed my 60-buck budget. :P Not into branded stuff. Just need something thin. ;D
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