Cable TV digital music

Bruce, the Motorola does hae something labeled: optical SPDIF, it is an orange rca jack but it next to the "audio in" jacks. in a row underneath the SPDIF jack are 3 rca jacks; a green one labeled "y", a blue one labeled "Pb" and a red one labeled "Pr" but no toslink output.
On the back of theCary unit there are both in/out puts labeled coaxial (rca jack), a toslink, and a balanced AES/EBU (what does that stand for?) any way, on the front you can switch from the CDP to any of the 3 digital sources: AES?EBU, coaxial or toslink. So, what do you think? Should I just try hooking up from the Motorolan RCA SPDIF jack to the Cary coaxial jack? thanks, jb

It will sound better than using the cable box's DAC's, but it's still low res music. Same as putting lipstick on a pig. :D

First try a better cable....a Monster 3 f-connector cable is what I use. But I have Direct TV which has XM radio.

I run my Hughes receiver to my DAC using a Nordost glass optical cable....the sound is CD quality....especially on the HD sorround channels. The monster cable is a night and day difference over a generic cable.

Jb,
Yes, I would go from the Motorola spdif out to the Cary coax in with a moderately priced digital coax cable. If you have one on hand, if not grab one from a big box retailer that you can return.

Bruce

also,
Y,Pb,Pr are the analog video outputs which also have a red & white rca audio output to go with them. The toslink or fiber-optic port is not easy to see until you see the tiny little plastic flap/door the covers the output laser. Does your dvr have a model number on the front or back.........ie. DCT**** or DCH****