Help With Digital Coax Connection

[glassmtn99]

Hi all. I just purchased a Squeezebox Duet, and cannot get any sound through my Squeezebox receiver's coax digital output. I have a set of Cambridge Soundworks 210D powered speakers. It has a digital coax input. When i connect my receiver to them with the digital coax output, I get no sound. When I use the analog RCA output connected to the same speakers into the Analog A input on the speakers, I get sound. When I take the digital coax cable from the speakers, and connect directly to my PC digital output (again I am just disconnecting from the Squeezebox receiver coax output and connecting the very same cable to the very same speakers, but using the PC's digital coax output) I get glorious sound. I have been on the phone with the helpdesk for 1 1/2 hours on this. They diagnosed it was a defective receiver. They sent a new receiver and the exact same thing is happening. Any suggestions are welcome. thanks in advance.

eric

[Hildebrandt]

Hmmm - i see you still have no answer... I seem to recall that i read that you have to choose digital output to make it work... Don't remember where i read it or where you have to do it...

This isn't much help, huh?? Sry...

[radish]

Any reason you don't just want to use the analog outputs? The DAC in the SBR is pretty good, probably better than that in the speakers.

[seanadams]

Are you using a decent coax cable? Try a video cable.

[glassmtn99]

The change to the video coax cable did the trick. Thanks for the advice. I may move to analog cables and see if I can hear any difference. My speakers are good for their price, but they are by no means fine speakers. Thanks again. case closed.

eric