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Can I use a DAC?

post #1 of 5
12/27/11 at 11:37pm
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Would it be possible (& worth) hooking up my Archos 500 gb tablet to a DAC? It has a micro USB Input and two other Archos specified (I think) inputs. I'm not sure if these inputs have any possible hope of transfering the data adequately to a DAC....

(https://store.archos.com/archos-internet-tablet-p-5007.html) <-- the inputs on the bottom of the device are the one's that make me wonder.350

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post #2 of 5
12/28/11 at 12:46am

Hmm..Do you have any other USB soundcard/devices you can hook up and see if they work?  Like a USB headset or something?

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post #3 of 5
12/28/11 at 3:04pm
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Well no...can I get something like that for cheapish? I don't know if there is  

1. have a micro-USB to USB cord

and

2. if it will would work adequately, or at all (I'm guessing that's the test you were suggesting?)

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Edited by DesireUsername - 12/28/11 at 3:08pm
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post #4 of 5
12/29/11 at 12:08pm
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Bump

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post #5 of 5
12/30/11 at 12:01am

The USB port are probably useless as far as adding a USB DAC is concerned, the Archos unit is designed as a USB slave while it requires it to be designed as a USB host.

Apparently there's a accessry called the "DVR Station" at $69 that plugs into the ports at the bottom, t also apparently has an S/PDIF out which you can plug into any DAC.

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