Dayton DAC-OC Optical To Coaxial Converter

The Dayton Audio digital converter is the ideal problem solver when your equipment does not have the input or output you need. It will convert an optical signal (Toslink) to a digital signal (coaxial). 6VDC power supply is included.

I, like another reviewer have difficulty getting this to work. I've only tested it with a single device (an XBOX), so I can't say for sure if it is this unit or the XBOX causing the problem. The XBOX worked fine when connecting to my stereo (Yamaha RXV-2400) directly, but my stereo is now in a media closet and I needed to send the signal there from the XBOX.It is being sent over high quality quad shielded RG6 cable with RCA adapters on each end, perhaps something in the length of the cable? But I don't know why it would work sometimes, and not others. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. After disconnecting and reconnecting, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. More often then not it seems, that this does not work.

I have mixed feelings about this item. When it works, it seems to do its job. The problem is however that every time I turn on the system this is connected to, I get no audio whatsoever out of the converter. I then have to disconnect the converter from the power outlet and reconnect and only then do I get audio. This happens about 75% of the time. While it does its job, it is a major annoyance every time it is used. And for the record, this is the third one of these I've owned with the same problem. If your budget is limited, this is a good low cost alternative. Keep in mind it will not work flawlessly.

I was a little skeptical when buying this, but it works perfectly, like it wasnt even there. I did read reviews about hissing and interference, but I have not experienced any of that.