Optical cable connections to Onkyo TX-501

[hlesser]

<font color='#000000'>Just installed my daughter's Onkyo TX-501 AV receiver.  Her DVD player only provided Optical out &amp; no coax so I bought a Monster cable optical link.  The connection to the receiver is very tenuous.  There is no satisfying &quot;click&quot; when the optical cable is inserted -- it just sort of rests in the connector instead of latching on.  Moving the receiver, even gently, frequently dislodges the connection.  There's even a 2nd optical input on the receiver so I doubt it's the connector there.  The Monsterlink cable looks good.  Is this a frequent problem with these optical cables?</font>

 

[allengarman]

<font color='#000000'>Is your problem with the jack on the DVD player?

I use an optical cable between my Onkyo receiver and Toshiba DVD player. &nbsp;I recall a slight click when inserting the cable into the jacks on both the DVD player and receiver. &nbsp;Additionally, the cable fits firmly in both components. &nbsp;

My modestly priced optical cable is from Radio Shack.</font>

 

[Audioholics]

<font color='#000080'>On the Onkyo TX-SR601 I merely had to push harder to get the click.</font>