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[twistedsymphony]

not sure if it would be that simple... (it might be, it might not be)

SPDif is just a standard for pulses be it light or electricity.

so technically optical and digital coaxial are the same thing just one is light and the other is electricity.

with that said what's going into the optical port is a signal to drive the optical transmitter

it might be too strong for your receiver since it's made to power an LED as opposed to delivering electrical data.

if it's 3 pins it's probably ground/power/data

you'll want to separate out the ground and power and use that for the SPDIF connection.

the best way to do that would be to look at the AV port pinout, get a headphone cable with some raw wires and meter the pins until you find out which wires are going where, from there you can make an educated decision on what adapter you need...

...and if you're lucky monster isn't inverting the signal.

[Foe-hammer]

Looks like i'd be better off to go with the monster optical cable, at this point.

There goes an additional $30 wasted on monster cables.......damn you, monster!

[Owtlaw333]

QUOTE(Foe-hammer @ Mar 7 2006, 10:24 PM)

Looks like i'd be better off to go with the monster optical cable, at this point.

There goes an additional $30 wasted on monster cables.......damn you, monster!

eBay!  

[Perplexer]

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Mar 7 2006, 01:08 PM)

if it's 3 pins it's probably ground/power/data

you'll want to separate out the ground and power and use that for the SPDIF connection.

You mean use the GND and DATA for the SPDIF connection

You'll first want to try -either- the red -or- the yellow output on your adapter for a SPDIF cable.  If you're lucky, then ground on Monster Cable = ground on adapter cable.  Then data will be either the red or white wire.

Also, if you can get a pinout (find out which points are PWR, GND, and DATA), I can build you an adapter  I have a few TOSLINK transmitters which would work.