Does the 2011 Mac Mini have optical audio out??

[tmanto02]

Hey guys,

I have the 2011 mac mini, but I am stumped on whether it has optical audio out? I know older macs did, but have they dropped it all together?

Cheers

 

[iRockSteady]

Negative -- just upgrade the RAM and you're good to go.

 

[tmanto02]

Negative -- just upgrade the RAM and you're good to go.

Sorry I'm confused, how will adding more ram give me optical audio lol?

 

[r.j.s]

Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)

Isn't optical the only way to get digital through a headphone jack?

 

[theSeb]

Isn't optical the only way to get digital through a headphone jack?

The MBP, the Mini and the iMac all have digital out via the headphone jack and it is "optical", but a normal TOSlink optical cable won't work (clearly )

If you want to connect a standard optical TOSlink cable then you need to use an adaptor, like this

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/AD101.html?id=HTkW64FR

I should point out though that multichannel audio is not supported via this port so it's purely for stereo output. It's only supported via HDMI.

 

[Darby67]

I should point out though that multichannel audio is not supported via this port so it's purely for stereo output. It's only supported via HDMI.

Both Dolby and DTS 5.1 are supported

 

[theSeb]

Both Dolby and DTS 5.1 are supported

Really? Thanks for the correction.

 

[rw3]

Use a Mini-TOSlink cable and you are good to go....

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

 

[Adrian97c]

Both Dolby and DTS 5.1 are supported

Does this apply to early 09' macmini?

 

[cfedu]

Does this apply to early 09' macmini?

Yup, I used it on my 2009 mini

 

[Adrian97c]

Yup, I used it on my 2009 mini

I was using 3.5 to stereo this whole time, but when streaming movies on my mini I want digital surround sound!

So by using the adapter posted above (3.5 to optical) I can have my wishes come true?

 

[cfedu]

I was using 3.5 to stereo this whole time, but when streaming movies on my mini I want digital surround sound!

So by using the adapter posted above (3.5 to optical) I can have my wishes come true?

It's called mini toslink adapter or just get a cable with mini toslink to toslink for a cleaner look. It costs a couple buck with monoprice

 

[Adrian97c]

It's called mini toslink adapter or just get a cable with mini toslink to toslink for a cleaner look. It costs a couple buck with monoprice

Had to make some adjustments on kodi, but it worked! Thx!! Tho for some reason midi settings shows only 2ch, 5.1 option is greyed out.