I was thinking the same... in my 5 days of silence I returned the card and received a new one. I will try again today. Thank you for the pointers Rene, i will try aplay only as that seems to be the best way to get this clear. I will keep you all posted. best, Hendrik-Jan 2013/9/1 Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hendrik-Jan Heins wrote: >> 2013/8/27 Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> Run alsamixer, go to the "S/PDIF" control, press "M". >> >> I did that, but that did not turn on the light.... > > Then your hardware is probably broken. > > > Regards, > Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user