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JasonWW · 06-17-2007, 02:59 PM

I just remembered Turbo talking about a optical switcher a while back. Here is what he said:

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

alright, the way I switch from the carpc to the headunit is simple... the head unit connects through ai-net, not optical....

when the 700 see's a light on the toslink, it automatically switches to it...

I had a switch rigged to the usb soundcard(a turtle beach roadie)... when it was turned on, the sound was the pc, when off it would switch back to the ai-net input automatically... as soon as the light goes out on the fiber optic it switches back...

once in a great while it would not switch when the toslink went out, I then had to switch sources & it switches right away...

I have 5 different sources to select from, the pc is just one of them.... switching is easy & no problem....

Now the part I'm unclear about is if you have the optical PC source connected to the H701 AND have a Apline HU connected only with the analog (signal wise I believe) AI-net connector, would the HU still act as a master volume control for that other optical source?

06-17-2007, 02:59 PM	#310
JasonWW FLAC Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hou. TX Posts: 1,461	I just remembered Turbo talking about a optical switcher a while back. Here is what he said: Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6 alright, the way I switch from the carpc to the headunit is simple... the head unit connects through ai-net, not optical.... when the 700 see's a light on the toslink, it automatically switches to it... I had a switch rigged to the usb soundcard(a turtle beach roadie)... when it was turned on, the sound was the pc, when off it would switch back to the ai-net input automatically... as soon as the light goes out on the fiber optic it switches back... once in a great while it would not switch when the toslink went out, I then had to switch sources & it switches right away... I have 5 different sources to select from, the pc is just one of them.... switching is easy & no problem.... Now the part I'm unclear about is if you have the optical PC source connected to the H701 AND have a Apline HU connected only with the analog (signal wise I believe) AI-net connector, would the HU still act as a master volume control for that other optical source? __________________ 1999 Black Pontiac Trans Am CarPC's in F-bodies How to tune your sound system How To Relocate Climate Controls on the 97-02 F-body Cars (AMD Sempron 3000+, Opus 150) Car PC system is out, Alpine system is in.