Name this connector

by **Ian** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:29 pm

What's the little white connector on the left? Some sort of audio connector?

It has 4 tiny pins in it.

by **dodecahedron** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:32 pm

probably a custom cable that connects those 4 pins to the extra 4 pins on the jumper block

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Ian, is this the TDK drive?

by **Ian** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:39 pm

No, a Pioneer DVR-A05 clone.

I don't have TDK's new drive yet. I'm not expecting it until some time next month.

by **eliminator** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:19 pm

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pione ... 300dpi.pdf

duh, no mention in their brochure :roll:

by **Inertia** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:28 pm

According to a review of the Pioneer DVR-A05 DVD-RW EIDE, "The back of the drive sports a power connector, an IDE connector, jumper pins (for setting the drive to master, slave, or cable select), and a standard MMC analog audio connector." A picture of the rear looked just like the one you posted.

So it's probably the audio connector, which is a 4 pin configuration and normally found on the left back side.

by **cfitz** on Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:46 pm

Inertia, the four connectors you listed are already accounted for, all in black. It is a bit hard to see, but the standard analog 4-pin audio connector is just to left of the jumper block. So the white connector must be something else. Is there such a thing as a 4-pin SPDIF connector (2 channels)?

cfitz

by **dhc014** on Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:12 am

Probably some debugging jumpers...

Ian, do you have the nerve to connect them?

by **Inertia** on Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:22 am

cfitz, your eyes and/or monitor are better than mine.

The picture is too small and undefined for me to draw any conclusions.

I used the review at Pioneer DVR-A05 DVD-RW EIDE in which there is a rear view which has the white box and looks identical to the one Ian posted.

In the review it specifically states:

The back of the drive sports a power connector, an IDE connector, jumper pins (for setting the drive to master, slave, or cable select), and a standard MMC analog audio connector. Unlike most modern drives, however, the DVR-A05 lacks a digital audio output. This omission won't concern the average user who uses digital audio extraction (DAE) to rip CD audio tracks, but it rates a demerit point from audiophiles who like to connect their drive to the digital input on their sound card.

Actually I think I can make out the analog audio pins in the picture at the review site, so the purpose of the white box remains a mystery. :-?

http://members.fortunecity.fr/vbl117 · by **vbl117** on Tue Apr 29, 2003 5:21 am

166S has too a manufactory jumper to the left . If i had a jumper fitting to the broachs i had tested it already .
It can also be a propietary audio connector ( asked by some OEM buyers ) .

A manufactory jumper can serve various purposes . By the past Yamaha had added one to test multiword DMA transfer rate in some of his first burners .

By the way , it is hard to distinguish something on the picture .

by **Ian** on Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:09 am

dhc014 wrote:Probably some debugging jumpers...

Ian, do you have the nerve to connect them?

They're too small to connect.

by **Dartman** on Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:35 pm

That is probably the digital out port. Some of the older drives like plextor had those so you could do a direct digital inerface.

by **jase** on Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:58 am

Ian wrote:
dhc014 wrote:Probably some debugging jumpers...

Ian, do you have the nerve to connect them?

They're too small to connect.

You wuss. (What we'd call a soft southern shandy drinking nancy boy!!!)

Get yer soldering iron out!!! :lol:

by **eliminator** on Wed Apr 30, 2003 3:51 pm

" You wuss. (What we'd call a soft southern shandy drinking nancy boy!!!) "

ooops ! :lol:

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