Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Thanks so much, I'll give it a try and post the results.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "n6i6s6" <n.scroggins@c...> wrote:
> I too was having problems with my SPDIF output.  In fact it did not 
> work at all. It was a grounding issue. Here is how I fixed it. 
> 
> for this fix you will need:  about 4 inches of speaker wire. a 
> screwdriver. about ten minutes.
> 
> 1. open the case up like you would to replace a ROM
> 2. wrap some of the bare speaker wire around one of the chassis 
> screws, between the two case panels (a wire sandwich) 
> 3. reassemble the unit
> 4. take the (bare) loose end of the wire and wrap it around the 
> SPDIF jack
> 5. plug in your spdif cable tight enough that it holds this wire 
on. 
> (you could probably solder it with no concern)
> 6.you're done
> 
> I havent had so much as a hiccup since doing this. 
> You must ground the wire to the Chassis, the various screws on the 
> back face of the unit did not work for me.