> Hmm..
 > So i just picked up a Pioneer LD, mod 505, and it dosn't have digital 
 > out... (but it was alot cheaper than the 605...) and the audio is... 
well.. 
 > OK.
 > I was thinking about taking it back, and getting one with Digital outs... 
 > but i'm not sure if that would be worth it... its quite a bit more 
money... 
 > and DVD is supposed to be here "any day now" (although, i worry about the 
 > quality of the MPEG implementation...etc..)...
   Hi Bill,
   This is the same unit I purchased about one year ago (no link of AC3). A 
couple months later the new models(same model number) came out. At that time 
a 
few members of the Echo suggested I take mine back as the new Model 505 did 
have the digital link. If I am not mistaken, Gordon Gilbert has the same 
model 
WITH the link....or knows all about it.
   At any rate I was too late and could not return it. On the brighter side I 
can honestly say the 505 is an EXCELLENT unit and I have nothing but nice 
things to say about it. Mine is used all the time and works flawlessly and is 
quiet to boot. A friend has a Phillips that sounds more like a run away trash 
compactor.
   I'd check with Pioneer via land line and see if the "new" 505 does in fact 
have the link. The ad I am looking at right now, in the Army Air Force 
Exchange Catalog says that it does....but their accurracy is sometimes nill. 
If it does, I'd swap it out, as adding the link to that one will run 
approximately $200 if you can find someone skilled enough to do it. Perhaps 
Lewis Colon could give us an idea of what all is involved in adding one.
   Cheers, John
   www.grump@netzone.com
   [Team OS/2]
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