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Post by tumnurkoz on Jan 7, 2011 11:29:52 GMT
Just stumbled upon that my MBP unibody 13inch has optical out! Winner! full of surprises. Now plugged into external DAC for some iTune action. Got to love it!
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 7, 2011 11:34:30 GMT
MBPs have had optical I/O since they went Intel. Something is vaguely nagging at me that my G4 PowerBook also had optical, but since it no longer exists I can't check.
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Post by tumnurkoz on Jan 7, 2011 16:45:42 GMT
Just waiting for a logic board to turn up, rebuild my G4 ibook and check that too. I tried to go for optical in, but it didn't work. It's a shame as it would have been nice for a bit of garageband backing.
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 7, 2011 18:57:33 GMT
I tried to go for optical in, but it didn't work That's a shame, because it's definitely on this 2007 model MBP.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 7, 2011 21:14:53 GMT
I tried to go for optical in, but it didn't work That's a shame, because it's definitely on this 2007 model MBP. Optical in an out have been in every version of the MacBook since 2006. Not part of the iBook though.
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Post by tumnurkoz on Jan 7, 2011 21:46:43 GMT
mmm, My MBP is a mid 2009 it only has the one 'headphone' socket. i was totally surprised to find id did optical out, you think it should do 'in' too?
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 7, 2011 21:47:32 GMT
So you don't have a microphone socket?
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 8, 2011 15:42:43 GMT
mmm, My MBP is a mid 2009 it only has the one 'headphone' socket. i was totally surprised to find id did optical out, you think it should do 'in' too? According to Mactracker the mid 2009 13" does not, but the 17" + 15" do have optical in.
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Post by tumnurkoz on Jan 8, 2011 21:36:57 GMT
Never mind, thanks for tracking that Mr Cat! At least the 'out' works!
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 9, 2011 8:57:25 GMT
Don't forget, with a suitable bit of kit that is has SP/DIF in, you can record digitally through the USB ports.
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