[Aaron94]

Alright, so heres the basic run down of my current situation. 
 
I just recently bought an Asus N56VJ-DH71 laptop for my own personal use. Now on the side of the laptop there is the connector for headphone use, but it also doubles as an S/PDIF connector.
 
What I was wondering is how that would be used.
 
In the future I would like to buy a Schiit Audio Bifrost as an external DAC to be used with some headphones that will also be a future purchase. Since the Bifrost is an additional $100 for USB connection I would rather find a way to use the other connection options it comes with. But I do not know if this laptop could even be used in that way, and if it can how. 
 
Can anyone help me out?

 

[chewy4]

Well the Bifrost has both S/PDIF and TOSLINK input.

But it seems kind of weird that a laptop jack would be S/PDIF, can you actually fit an RCA cable on it? Does a light project out of it?

 

[Aaron94]

There is no light but it says right on the jack that it is S/PDIF.
 
The people from the Dedicated Source board recommended me something called a mini toslink cable.

 

[weez82]

you need a cable like this http://www.amazon.com/6ft-Toslink-Mini-Cable/dp/B000FMXKC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363641875&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+toslink+cable

 

[J.Pocalypse]

I do wish every smartphone/tabletlaptop etc, came with the dual purpose jack..

 

[SMed]

^^^ agreed.