Hello everyone!

Real quick, I'm a new PS3 owner. My wonderful girlfriend got me a PS3 for my birthday/grad school graduation/housewarming and I am enjoying it. I was only a Wii/360 owner before a couple of weeks ago but now I am enjoying all of the gaming platforms to their fullest extent (at least for the Wii and the 360).

My problem stems from my receiver, Onkyo HT-SR800 and it's menagerie of digital and analog inputs. I have my Comcast set top box hooked up to the Cable inputs (audio and video input via RCA) and I have my 360 hooked up to the VCR inputs(audio input only via toslink). The Wii is in the living room on it's own separate system.

My PS3 is connected to the DVD input but the problem is if I use the regular RCA plugs for the DVD audio on the receiver, it only drives two channels (front left and front right). The receiver has two optical inputs but one is mapped to the VCR (as stated above) and the other is mapped to the CD input (go figure???). As far as the DVD, the inputs are for the 7 speakers (FL, FR, LS, RS, LR, RR, C) but there isn't a cable that will support all seven speakers coming from the PS3 (my system doesn't accept HDMI audio :( ). There is another input for audio for the DVD input and that is through Digital Coax.

My question is, will this work? (or has anyone used this before?)

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Toslink-Coaxial-Converter/dp/B000I98ZQY

It's a toslink converter to digital coax...I've read the reviews (2) on Amazon and the both say that it works but I figure I'd ask here on AVS forums as well as it seems the best and brightest lurk around here.

This is also posted in the HTiB section.

Why can't you just use the CD toslink on the receiver? It's just a matter of a label, unless you're using it for a dedicated CD player? It would be best to go that route, because using the adaptor, there are extra conversion steps, which is not good.

I have to use the DVD input because I am also using the component pass-through function for component video to my projector (I also have component hooked up from the cable box to the receiver to the projector).

nah, no need for a dedicated CD player...why bother when you can stream music from one's PC to the 360/PS3 (Maybe the Wii as well?)

I have to use the DVD input because I am also using the component pass-through function for component video to my projector (I also have component hooked up from the cable box to the receiver to the projector).

nah, no need for a dedicated CD player...why bother when you can stream music from one's PC to the 360/PS3 (Maybe the Wii as well?)

Can you select the audio and video separately? Then you can use the pass thru video and then select CD for your audio. I'd try that before trying the converter.

Can you select the audio and video separately? Then you can use the pass thru video and then select CD for your audio. I'd try that before trying the converter.

Hmm, one could but I don't think the receiver does that (HT-SR800)

I have a similar problem in that my receiver only has digital coax inputs (no toslink). I use a toslink to digital coax converter box and it works just fine for the PS3.

I have two of these converters and they both work great. You'll save yourself a couple of bucks if you purchase from Monoprice instead of Amazon.

I have a similar problem in that my receiver only has digital coax inputs (no toslink). I use a toslink to digital coax converter box and it works just fine for the PS3.

Awesome!

Just a quick question (and this is really for anyone who can shed some light to this...)

I read somewhere that toslink cables don't have as much bandwidth as HDMI? I don't quite understand this. I work in IT and I know for a fact that light travels pretty fast which is why fiber is the preferred choice for the backbone of a significantly large network/s (like gigabits per second). HDMI on the other hand is copper (am I wrong), why does the PS3 need HDMI to be able to transmit 7.1 and toslink can't do the same or can it?

I have two of these converters and they both work great. You'll save yourself a couple of bucks if you purchase from Monoprice instead of Amazon.

Cool! Another vote for this product.

Yeah I did more research and found this on Monoprice. I've ordered from them before, great company!

Thanks!

It does work, I've done it many times.

Awesome!

Just a quick question (and this is really for anyone who can shed some light to this...)

I read somewhere that toslink cables don't have as much bandwidth as HDMI? I don't quite understand this. I work in IT and I know for a fact that light travels pretty fast which is why fiber is the preferred choice for the backbone of a significantly large network/s (like gigabits per second). HDMI on the other hand is copper (am I wrong), why does the PS3 need HDMI to be able to transmit 7.1 and toslink can't do the same or can it?

I had thought about this too when I bought a tv with HDMI. Most of this is conjecture, but it's an estimated guess. I think the bandwith is on optical is just limited through the design. Obviously nothing' is faster than light, but I suppose the way light is converted to data is slower than HDMI's conversion(no conversion?). I'm not sure how HDMI works though, it's touted as completely digital, i.e. no conversion of data. So I assume the data is just sent directly, and because of that the processing is faster which leads to a higher utilized bandwith. However, optical converters in our receivers were standardized so long ago I'm sure they could have faster ones today. However, HDMI does have the advantage of all these copyright protections built-in. So, that is probably contributes to the preference of building HDMI over some new type of optical.

I had thought about this too when I bought a tv with HDMI. Most of this is conjecture, but it's an estimated guess. I think the bandwith is on optical is just limited through the design. Obviously nothing' is faster than light, but I suppose the way light is converted to data is slower than HDMI's conversion(no conversion?). I'm not sure how HDMI works though, it's touted as completely digital, i.e. no conversion of data. So I assume the data is just sent directly, and because of that the processing is faster which leads to a higher utilized bandwith. However, optical converters in our receivers were standardized so long ago I'm sure they could have faster ones today. However, HDMI does have the advantage of all these copyright protections built-in. So, that is probably contributes to the preference of building HDMI over some new type of optical.

you know, you might be on to something there. That is a good point. This then brings in another question, when is optical going to make a comback. I think that the cables are fine, it's the light processing that needs to be addressed no?

that might befor another thread though. Thanks for the input!