TOSLINK™ Optical Audio Data Cables
TOSLINK, (Toshiba Link), is a standard, optical fibre, fiber, digital, audio interface. It is widely used in consumer audio equipment like DVD players, CD players, television set-top boxes, games consoles, computers and audio-visual receivers.
Using a light transmitter, the optical cord works as a carrier to deliver digital audio signals, (left and right channel or multichannel).
Lead terminals conform to the EIAJ/JEITA rectangular standard CP-1201 and also RC-5720 and JIS C5974-1993 F05 standards for digital audio interfaces including fibre-optical fiber-optical interconnections.
For technical specifications please see the PDF data sheet TOSLINK Optical Audio Data Cables (opens in a new window).
Please also see our optical transmitter and receiver jacks.
TOSLINK to TOSLINK lead sets
TOSLINK JIS F05 (JEITA RC-5720C, CP-1201) rectangular optical connector plugs.
Our TOSLINK cables use a plastic optical fibre fiber (POF) audio jumper.
The core is PMMA with a common standard diameter of 1.0 mm.
The numerical aperture (NA) is 0.5.
The jacket is flame-retardant PVC with an outside diameter of 2.2 mm, 4.0 mm, 5.0 mm or 6.0 mm.
Total cable length is usually less than 10 metres. meters.
Features
- Low insertion loss.
- High speed transmission of data.
- Immunity from electromagnetic interference.
Applications
- Media audio device.
- Data player, DVD, CD player.
- Data / LCD TV.
- PC laptop.
- Sound card.
Specification
- Insertion loss: ≤ 2.0 dB.
- Numerical aperture (NA): 0.5.
- Core diameter: 1 mm.
- Cladding diameter: 2.2 mm to 8.0 mm.
- Core material: PMMA.
- FM65015 TOSLINK to TOSLINK, 1.5 m.
- FM65025 TOSLINK to TOSLINK, 2.5 m.
- FM65115 TOSLINK to TOSLINK, gold tips, 1.5 m.
- FM65125 TOSLINK to TOSLINK, gold tips, 2.5 m.
TOSLINK to Mini-TOSLINK lead sets
TOSLINK JIS F05 (JEITA RC-5720C, CP-1201) rectangular optical connector plug to mini-TOSLINK 3.5 mm optical jack plug.
Used for connection of audio components which are equipped with TOSLINK digital optical input / output jacks.
Supplied with gold terminal tips.
Specification
- Core diameter: 1 mm.
- Cladding diameter: 2.2 mm.
- Core material: PMMA.
- Application lightwave: 650 nm.
- Attenuation: ≤ 0.18 dB/m.
- Bend radius: 5 × core diameter.
- Connection loss: ≤ 0.5 dB.
- Operating temperature: −15 to +80 °C.
- FM65215 TOSLINK to mini-TOSLINK 3.5mm optical jack, 1.5 m.
- FM65220 TOSLINK to mini-TOSLINK 3.5mm optical jack, 2.0 m.
- FM65225 TOSLINK to mini-TOSLINK 3.5mm optical jack, 2.5 m.
TOSLINK to Mini-TOSLINK adapter
TOSLINK JIS F05 (JEITA RC-5720C, CP-1201) rectangular optical connector plug to mini-TOSLINK 3.5 mm optical jack plug.
FM65010 3.5 mm optical jack adapter.
TOSLINK is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation.
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