Connecting external speakers

[Mold]

Can anyone tell me how I can and where to plug my Creative InSpire 5.1 Digital 5700 speaker system to my 24" AL iMac?

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Can anyone tell me how I can and where to plug my Creative
InSpire 5.1 Digital 5700 speaker system to my 24" AL iMac?

Run a digital optical TOSLINK cable from the iMac's "headphone" output
combo-jack to the speaker system's "optical" input. You'll need a cable
with a 3.5 mm mini-TOSLINK connector on the iMac end and a standard
TOSLINK connector on the speaker end. Something like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10229&cs_id=1022902&p_id=1572&seq=1&format=2

LK

 

[Mold]

Thanks

Thanks I am off to get a cable tomorrow.

 

[Enuratique]

Run a digital optical TOSLINK cable from the iMac's "headphone" output
combo-jack to the speaker system's "optical" input. You'll need a cable
with a 3.5 mm mini-TOSLINK connector on the iMac end and a standard
TOSLINK connector on the speaker end. Something like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10229&cs_id=1022902&p_id=1572&seq=1&format=2

LK

I was wondering if these were compatible with the iMac. The iMac has a 3.5 mm jack on it, and from the product description it says it's a 5 mm plug, yet the description also makes mention of being used for Apple laptops. I would be quite surprised if monoprice didn't carry a cable for this use - seeing as they have every type of cable and adapter known to man.

Does anyone know if the type linked can indeed fit in the iMac optical jack?

 

[Leon Kowalski]

I was wondering if these were compatible with the iMac.

Yes, the 3.5 mm mini-Toslink end is compatible with iMac;
the other end is a 'normal' Toslink plug of the type used in
most full-size audio gear.

LK