It worked great. I only use the optical, never tried the coax.
That's great news. Did you have to modify the pinouts to match the motherboard or was it truly plug and play?
The only thing I found is you can't adjust the volume using the HTPC when watching a movie. It will mute, but you have to adjust the sound on the receiver. I read the reason for this, and it had something to do with the fact the SPDIF port bypasses the sound processing on the MB and is just raw data. Live TV volume works though, which confuses me a bit. So while it's not 100% seamless as I wanted it to be, it's 99%. I just set the receiver volume to the volume I normally watch movies at, which is a little louder than TV, then use VMC to lower it to TV volume. It works out for me.
If it means anything. Both of my CD players support both optical out and coaxial out and they both state that you cannot adjust the volume with optical out. They don't say that you can with digital coaxial out though, so who knows. Maybe it's an optical thing, maybe it's an SPDIF thing.
You found a good solution that is cost effective and I greatly appreciate finding this forum and post. I wish Foxconn had this product linked on their website so we could find a reasonable option. I probably will build my own coaxial connector and not bother with the optical. I think I prefer upgrading my receiver to one that supports HDMI and switches multiple input sources... like at least 6 HDMI sources. I haven't decided where I'm going to put my money yet, but this little doodad you found is still on the table of options for me.
Cheers,
Scott
