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3m of toslink for £6.49

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Old 16-11-2002, 8:01 PM   #1
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3m of toslink for £6.49

Not on sale, but a decent price. Homebase, of all places, is selling 3 metres of toslink optical cable with 2 extra 3.5mm plug adapters for £6.49. Great for hooking up the MD portable. Why pay more for glass fibre?
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Old 21-11-2002, 7:49 PM   #2
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What is the length limitation for optical connections. I'm installing an AV unit in my new extension and I'd love to be able to place my amp at one end of the unit and my dvd player at the other, about 10 feet apart maybe.
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Old 21-11-2002, 8:13 PM   #3
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Hey, hey. 10ft just about = 3m! You can get a toslink2toslink connector at Hombase as well and string 2 together for 6m

Not sure about limits but for around £15, why don't you just give it a try!
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Old 26-11-2002, 4:08 PM   #4
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www.ardelectronics.com sell 10m Toslink cables for around the same price, without the catalogue though I can't find them on the site.
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Old 27-11-2002, 10:07 PM   #5
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CPC ,
1m £1.87
2m £2.25
4m £3.42
6m £4.62
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Old 27-11-2002, 10:24 PM   #6
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Wink CPC are nice but....

They charge 4.99 just to pick it out of the warehouse.
Fine if you want 100 quids worth of goods maybe.....
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Old 27-11-2002, 10:30 PM   #7
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Free shipping on a £30 or more spend ( they've never charged me shipping anyway )
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Old 28-11-2002, 8:05 PM   #8
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10 metres maximum for standard TOSlink connections without a repeater. There are more exotic glass versions about which will do at least 30 M (the standard 'glass' fibres are in fact, plastic)
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