Hans | Oct. 24, 2018

Elliot | Oct. 24, 2018

Ideal for the purpose

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

A great product which does everything I needed, echoing everyone else in that I'm amazed that it didn't exist before, it's a great idea. It allows me to run multiple sources of the same connection type to my external DAC which otherwise wouldn't be able to handle all the inputs or the switching aspect (which was why I first bought it).

Beni, you mention below it's possible to connect it to a PC and check what the switch is doing, any chance you could let me know how? It'd be interesting to have a look and then also see what flexibility there is.

Elliot

Response from Beni_Skate | Oct. 25, 2018

Hi Elliot!
Thank you for your review!
I'll send you an email.
Best Regards
Benjamin

Thomas Bech | Oct. 19, 2018

Just what I have been looking for.

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Hi Beni,
I like your product, have been looking for this for some time now.
Can you help me switch off the red leds?

Kind regards
Thomas

Response from Beni_Skate | Oct. 19, 2018

Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your review :)
I'll write you a message.
Best Regards
Benjamin

Olav | Oct. 17, 2018

Jami | Sept. 12, 2018

Kjetil | Sept. 11, 2018

Eric | Sept. 9, 2018

This really works, thank you

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

It seemed like a simple issue to me: automatically switch between two toslink cables (one from a TV; one used for a projector) into a sonos sound bar (which has a single toslink input). However, no one in the world apparently makes them. Everything on Amazon, etc. either doesn't work or requires the use of a remote to switch between the two cables. This works flawlessly and automatically. And shipped pretty darned quickly from Austria to California! Thank you!

Response from Beni_Skate | Sept. 10, 2018

Thank you for your review :)

Daniel | Aug. 15, 2018

Alexéy | July 30, 2018

Great device

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

That's exactly what I needed! The device is very nicely made and works as expected.
I was almost into making it on my own but luckily found your implementation. I was very surprised that there's nothing like this on the market as switching audio channels with a separate remote control in the XXI century sounds way too bad.
Thank you for saving our time :)

Response from Beni_Skate | July 31, 2018

Thank you for your review :)

Timon | June 29, 2018

Works perfectly

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

I use the 4-Toslink-port switch to automatically switch between a playstation 3, a DVB-T2 receiver and a bluetooth tansmitter. Works like a charm, once the higher-priority devices switch on, they are automatically active on the output.

I don't understand why larger companies fail to produce this thing. Many thanks to Beni_Skate for filling this gap :-)

Response from Beni_Skate | June 30, 2018

Thank you for your review :)

Haychoi | June 18, 2018

Perfect!

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Ordered the 4 optical input TOSLINK. Simply constructed one of a kind product that works perfectly as described.

Response from Beni_Skate | June 30, 2018

Thank you for your review :)

Michael | June 8, 2018

Great Product for the Raspberry PI

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Just received the box, attached it to USB from raspberry pi, and connected TV, PC, and Bluethooth receiver to it. As those sources are always active in my case, i can switch the inputs over the raspberry pi via USB serial, with a short one liner. Finally i will implement the switching in my Webinterface on the raspberry pi. Got a nice digital preamp now with thix Box. Was waiting for such a solution like this, now there is one, good work.

Response from Beni_Skate | June 30, 2018

Thank you for your review :)

David | June 7, 2018

Made my setup mother-proof

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Excellent product. It made my A/V-system so easy to use that even my elderly mother can use every part of it when she's visiting. Going from watching a youtube video to playing a record is as simple as powering on the player. I only have one small issue and that is with my CD-player. When I first turn it on, the switch recognizes it and turn the light green. However after a few seconds (in the time it takes me to put a CD in it) the LED turns yellow and it switches back to the lower input in line. Pressing play does not prompt it to switch back to the CD-player input. The only solution I've found is to turn the player off and on again after loading it with a CD and pressing play in the seconds before the LED turns yellow.

Otherwise I'm very happy with it :)

EDIT: The CD player is connected to an optical input.

Response from Beni_Skate | June 7, 2018

Hi David
First of all: thank you for your review
To give you some details about this:
You switch the CD player on and the switch switches to it because it has a higher priority - but the pakets sent from the CD player are invalid (no audio) so the switch marks the input as invalid and falls back to the next active input (it looks like the next input has a valid signal [green LED]) - as the CD player input is marked as invalid it will only fall back to it if the signal is gone and pops up again or if the signal on the current input is also lost (or invalid).
Basically if you have for example 2 active inputs where both transmit invalid data it will jump between the 2 inputs every few seconds until one input gets valid.
Best for an automatic switch is when the signal is completely turned off when there is no data (light in the cable off).
If you want I can provide a software update to increase the timeout, before the input gets marked as invalid, so that you have more time to start the CD when you switch your CD player on (I'll contact you via email).
Best Regards
Benjamin

István | June 4, 2018

The Audio Switch works fine but ...

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Dear Beni!

The Audio Switch works fine but there is an annoying issue for me. The inputs status leds are allways blinking in red when there is no input signal. It is annoying for me in darkness. Are there other settings on the switch while only the active input status led is light? Can it be fixed?

Best regards: István

Response from Beni_Skate | June 5, 2018

Hi Istvan,

yes you can change this setting - I'll send you the client tool and instructions per mail.

Best Regards
Benjamin

Andre | April 30, 2018

Finlay | April 9, 2018

Excellent! One of a kind!

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

Thank you to Benjamin for this wicked problem solver! Want to listen to my Apple TV without having my TV turned on - this device switches quickly between optical devices. Bear in mind a device that is powered on, but not relaying any digital audio will still take priority on this device - it detects any signal. In some cases you may have to power off a device for the switch to switch! However, set your priority right between your devices and there is no issue. Works as advertised, decent D/A converter - cheap!

Response from Beni_Skate | April 10, 2018

Thank you for your review :)
Yes it will switch to any signal with higher priority but once switched the audio processor will analyze the signal and if it is not valid it will go back again to lower priority until the signal on the higher priority is completely gone and pops up again.
If you want you can connect it to a PC and check what the switch is doing - I'll write you a mail

Jan | March 13, 2018

Jens | March 9, 2018

Hok Siang | Feb. 27, 2018

Fredrick | Feb. 26, 2018

Dmitry | Feb. 20, 2018

Ilya | Feb. 18, 2018

Works like a charm

For Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch

I got the variant with a DAC. I use it to connect my TV and a Chromecast Audio to a Hi-Fi amplifier.
It does the job perfectly: sound quality is good, no delay, switches very quickly.

Response from Beni_Skate | Feb. 19, 2018

Thank you for your review!

Richard | Jan. 5, 2018

Perfect

For tinyToslink - Raspberry Pi Optical Audio

I have received tiny toslink within couple of days since I´ve placed an order on tindie site. I was satisfied with proper packaging of tiny toslink to avoid any damage during international post. I have installed it to my Pi 3 board within couple of minutes, but I had a trouble that the strange sound was coming out of the speakers from tinytoslink, so I have decided to contact a seller, to resolve the issue. Seller has responded to me in very short time and indicated that from his experince it seemed to him, that there might be a problem with bluetooth device and/or Kernel, as I was using Kodi OpenElec distribution at that time and he recommended to use Kodi Libreelec which has got newest Kernel. I have installed latest Libreelec on SD card as was recommended by Seller and tinytoslink started to work as a charm. I was really surprised what fantastic audio output it has, (sound is being decoded by my Denon receiver), much, much, much better audio, compared to analogue Pi 3 output. On the other hand seller was very supportive, he has responded within short time and he was very very helpful to resolve the issue. I will give A+++ to seller and to tinytoslink A+++ as well. Thank you.

Response from Beni_Skate | Jan. 5, 2018

Thank you very much! :)

Matti | Jan. 4, 2018

Great value / easy installation.

For tinyToslink - Raspberry Pi Optical Audio

Did just what promised; optical audio link out from Raspberry without hassle. Website documentation gave enough information to success with installation.

Response from Beni_Skate | Jan. 4, 2018

Thanks for your review.
May I know why you only gave 3.5 stars?
Your comment sounds positive.

Jiri | Nov. 4, 2017

Pj | May 18, 2017

Setup for LibreELEC Kodi in Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

For tinyToslink - Raspberry Pi Optical Audio

Shipping was a bit slow from Austria to UK, but that isn't the vendor's fault. I would also like a wiki or other info. But I am leaving all 5 stars because it's a miracle this product even exists. Buy it!

As mentioned in the product description, Software is included in OpenElec/LibreElec/etc and just needs to be activated, but I had to search to figure it out. Here is a guide for LibreELEC Kodi:

Activate the TOSLINK Driver in LibreELEC

Kodi Settings > LibreELEC > Services > Enable SSH
See footer notes on screen for login and password information.
Login using a terminal. You'll need to add one if using Windows (eg. PuTTY)
Once logged in, issue these commands:
Mount the system in read-write mode:
mount -o remount,rw /flash
Enable tinyToslink in Kodi
echo "dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi" >> /flash/config.txt
Reboot.

Select tinyToslink in Kodi

Kodi Settings > Audio > Output Device:
ALSA: snd_rpi_hifiberry_digi, S/PDIF
Kodi Settings > Audio > Audio Passthrough:
Allow passthrough
Passthrough output device
ALSA: snd_rpi_hifiberry_digi, S/PDIF
Enable AC3
Enable transcoding
Enable DTS (if your speakers do DTS)

Response from Beni_Skate | May 18, 2017

Thanks for the review :)

I'll add some more info on how to set it up to the description.

You don't even need ssh or telnet - if you plug the SD card into a computer you can see the boot partition where the config.txt is located - so you can just add the 1 line on any other PC ;)

Fernando | April 21, 2017