Re: No digital sound output on a Satellite P200 laptop
David Rance wrote:
> Well, that's exactly the same as the UK one, except that the S/PDIF line
> reads:
>
> 1xS/PDIF (optical), type: memory slots (1 to configure)
> number of expansion types: 2
>
> and it is listed under "expansion" rather than "interfaces".
>
There is a portable standard of S/PDIF optical connector that looks like
a 3.5 mm socket. You may need to plug a connector in to enable the led.
It might be worth having a word with the dealer.
If you google for TOSlink, there are cables availaible. The one you're
likely to need has what looks vaguely like a 3.5 mm plug on one end and
a standard TOSlink connector on the other. If you get one, plug it in, &
it glows red at the far end, you've got it made.
>> Shoulda bought the French version.. ;-)
>
> Funny you should say that. I did consider buying the computer in France
> (I live there for part of the year) but I didn't fancy having an AZERTY
> keyboard. I bought a Sony Vaio laptop for my wife in France a year ago
> because she prefers the AZERTY keyboard so she doesn't need a new one yet!
>
Foiled again! ;-)
>> I wonder if the hardware's there & it's just not been enabled in the
>> BIOS or the driver settings? It's listed as above on all the French
>> versions of the P200 that I checked.
>
> I've already looked at the BIOS but there's nowhere that it can be
> configured.
>
Shame. Toshiba do a lot of configuration stuff through their Utility
programs, though, that you can't get at using the F1 BIOS access, &
sometimes vice versa.
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