HP Headphone jack with digital output

[tonybressan]

OK, so HP customer service is officially garbage. Everyone knows that, i just had to get it out of the way before anybody responds "Just ask customer service".  I have a HP Pavillion dv6724ca notebook with 2 headphone jacks.  I heard that one of them is a digital output jack for 5.1 surround and my sound card specs say that i have digital output capabilites (go DXDIAG.exe - Realtek Digital Output), but I cant get it working.  I have a 3.5mm mini TOSLINK to TOSLINK connected, i have enabled my digital output in Realtek HD Audio Manager, i have checked the supported formats in my Realtek Digital Output properties.....but still nothing.  Am i missing something?

thanx

[Leo5311]

Hi!

Correct me if I am wrong, Toslink is optical. So, is the phone jack a toslink port? if not, then do not use Toslink.

[tonybressan]

Correct, the headphone jack is SUPPOSED to be an optical toslink port/regular analog headphone jack (dual purpose)

[Leo5311]

Hi!

Without connecting any plug you should see some blinking light coming from the phone jack. This is assuming that it is a Toslink port. If there is none and you are sure that it is Toslink port perhaps the optical cable might be defective. Or, if there is no light coming then it might also be an ordinary stereo phone jack. So if this the case try using a stereo plug and see if you can hear any sound.

[Jim_Mohr]

If your model has a HDMI port, it most likely doesn't have the mini-toslink/headphone receptacle.  Also, MINE (6426us) has SPIDF silkscreened to the right of the jack. WHEN you insert a mini-toslink male connector, is the ONLY time the RED transmitter is active. 

[imademymark]

hi im using a hp pavillion dv2775 tx and i have a hdmi port.

i'm trying to use it with an audio device that has an optical/ coxial input, is that possible? and if so what is the cable that i will need? 

do i have a toslink output?

[Jim_Mohr]

I don't think your model HAS the headphone/mini-toslink SPDIF jack, RE: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01443331&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_US... .  The HDMI port is SUPPOSE to support BOTH digital Video AND Audio... however I BELIEVE that there was/is some problems with the Audio side on some HP models.   BUT to be sure however, use the search facility to search on HDMI.  If everything is working according to spec (on the PC AND on your  >>>TV<<< ), you should ONLY need a single HDMI cable to do what you want ... but I fear you are going to run into problems.  Report back your findings.

Good Luck.