What is Toslink? 

Toslink is a type of digital audio connection developed by Toshiba Corporation. It uses a fiber optic cable to transmit an audio signal in the form of pulses of light. A single Toslink cable can be used to carry a mono, stereo, or even a surround audio signal. Toslink is similar to the Sony/Philips Digital Interfance, known as S/PDIF. It provides the same digital audio data as S/PDIF, but uses a light beam instead of an electrical current to send the data. Because the Toslink cable does not use electrical currents, the connection is immune to electrical or magnetic interference. Toslink connections are most commonly found on high-end home theater receivers, MiniDisc players, and professional audio equipment, as well as the Power Mac G5 computers

Answered by dinu , an ibibo Master, at 5:51 AM on November 18, 2007

TOSLINK is a standardized optical fiber connection system. Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders. TOSLINK may use inexpensive 1 mm plastic optical fiber or it can use higher quality multi-strand plastic optical fibers or even quartz glass optical fibers depending on the desired bandwidth and application.

Answered by jm , an ibibo Advisor, at 4:39 AM on November 18, 2007

Toslink or ToshibaLink is Toshiba's proprietary optical fibre signal transmission system. A Toslink connector is a specialized plug found on many optical cables. Optical cables permit distortion-free connections from a digital source to a digital recorder or digital receiver/processor. Toslink can carry as many as six separate digital channels of audio for Dolby Digital 5.1 or dts surround soundtracks.

Answered by @ , an ibibo Master, at 11:11 PM on November 17, 2007

A plastic-fibre optical cable for carrying digital audio signals in optical form, as pulses of light, from a DVD player or CD player to an AV receiver. Will carry as many as six separate digital channels of audio for Dolby Digital 5.1 or dts surround soundtracks. A cable-interconnect standard using a fiber-optic cable (sometimes called Toslink) that was developed to cleanly transmit full surround sound audio data to a DTS or Dolby 5.1 home theater system receiver capable of decoding the data and separating it into individual channels with minimal signal

Answered by alokgupta14 , an ibibo Guru, at 10:09 PM on November 17, 2007

TOSLINK is a standardized optical fiber connection system. Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders. TOSLINK may use inexpensive 1 mm plastic optical fiber or it can use higher quality multi-strand plastic optical fibers or even quartz glass optical fibers depending on the desired bandwidth and application

Answered by Raghu , an ibibo Specialist, at 6:04 PM on November 17, 2007

TOSLINK is a standardized optical fiber connection system. Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders. TOSLINK may use inexpensive 1 mm plastic optical fiber or it can use higher quality multi-strand plastic optical fibers or even quartz glass optical fibers depending on the desired bandwidth and application.

Answered by mrmister , an ibibo Citizen, at 1:46 PM on November 17, 2007

Toslink : (TOShibaLINK) An optical interface for digital audio connections from Toshiba that provides a data rate from 125 Mbps to 1.2 Gbps. A Toslink port is widely used as the optical option of the S/PDIF serial interface found on CD/DVD players, TVs and other audio and video equipment. Toslink and coax S/PDIF ports are often found next to each other.

Answered by Snehsan_vora , an ibibo Advisor, at 1:05 PM on November 17, 2007

Toslink is a connector format for fiber optic digital audio cables. A fiber optic digital audio cable carries audio data in the form of light impulses instead of electrical signals. The Toslink connector is a square plug and is used with newer Dolby Digital surround sound receivers, digital versatile discs (DVDs), and compact disk (CD) players, satellite dish receivers, and other devices. Miniplug is another fiber optic digital audio format, similar to Toslink, used for minidisk players and other smaller digital audio devices. There are adapters available to convert a Toslink plug into a miniplug.

Answered by satyakam , an ibibo Master, at 12:06 PM on November 17, 2007

Toslink is a type of digital audio connection developed by Toshiba Corporation. It uses a fiber optic cable to transmit an audio signal in the form of pulses of light. A single Toslink cable can be used to carry a mono, stereo, or even a surround audio signal. Toslink is similar to the Sony/Philips Digital Interfance, known as S/PDIF. It provides the same digital audio data as S/PDIF, but uses a light beam instead of an electrical current to send the data. Because the Toslink cable does not use electrical currents, the connection is immune to electrical or magnetic interference. Toslink connections are most commonly found on high-end home theater receivers, MiniDisc players, and professional audio equipment, as well as the Power Mac G5 computers.

Answered by deep , an ibibo Master, at 7:44 AM on November 17, 2007