AIYIMA DAC-A2 + MiSTer FPGA, How to play sound?

[pbsk8]

So, I just got a AIYIMA DAC-A2 and it doesn't play sound from mister fpga at all.

I connected the red and white cables on this dac and the 3.5mm jack on mister IO board, but no sound.

If I connect the headphone directly on mister io board I have sound. So the mister io board is fine.


So what am I missing to make this dac to work with it after all?


On pc it works only if I connect the pc-usb cable, if I use my essenger red and white cable on sound output, it doesn't work.


And yes, the cable is working because I connected it directly from mister io board and on my 32'' tv rear panel on red and white slots.

[zakk4223]

I'm a bit confused by your post, are you connecting the red/white jacks to the dac, and the other end of that cable is connected to the mister?

[KSzy]

The R/W jacks on the DAC seem to be for output only, so the only way to get audio from the mister would be mini-tolink to toslink if you have an I/O board for you DE-10, then it would put audio through the DAC.

[Toslink to Mini-Toslink cable]
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T8HWUVS/

This is the DAC I'm currently using myself connected to 2 speakers.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L61JPQW/

[pbsk8]

I'm a bit confused by your post, are you connecting the red/white jacks to the dac, and the other end of that cable is connected to the mister?

Exactly! The 3.5mm into the mister io board and the red/white essager cable to the dac

Isn't this the correct way?

[zakk4223]

I'm a bit confused by your post, are you connecting the red/white jacks to the dac, and the other end of that cable is connected to the mister?

Exactly! The 3.5mm into the mister io board and the red/white essager cable to the dac

Isn't this the correct way?

The red/white plugs on the DAC are _outputs_. The DAC is supposed to take digital audio (from either the coax, optical or pc-usb inputs) and output it either via the red/white jacks or the headphone jack on the front. If you want to use the mister with that DAC you need to use a mini-toslink to toslink audio cable and go from the mister's 3.5mm port to the optical in port on the DAC.

[pbsk8]

And forgot to say the headphone is connected to the dac (the plugin front of the device), and then I realize there is no audio.

So in my case I really have to buy this mini-toslink cable to connect it to the mister io board and then to the optical in the rear part of the dac?

[pbsk8]

I'm a bit confused by your post, are you connecting the red/white jacks to the dac, and the other end of that cable is connected to the mister?

Exactly! The 3.5mm into the mister io board and the red/white essager cable to the dac

Isn't this the correct way?

The red/white plugs on the DAC are _outputs_. The DAC is supposed to take digital audio (from either the coax, optical or pc-usb inputs) and output it either via the red/white jacks or the headphone jack on the front. If you want to use the mister with that DAC you need to use a mini-toslink to toslink audio cable and go from the mister's 3.5mm port to the optical in port on the DAC.

I see. I didn't know about that part. I thought the red/white connect directly to mister would work.

in this case, what brand of this mini-toslink to toslink audio cable do you recommend? I am gonna search on ali express.

[mapf]

Amazon.de has one for less than 2€ shipped (with prime). I use it with a 3€ DAC from aliexpress.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07TJJ57NB/

I am sure you can find similar cheap cables locally on ebay or amazon.