rotel rsp 1066 optical problem

[Donald]

Hi, I have an RSP1066 which has always work 100%, but I have just purchased a Maya44 PCi audio interface to connect to allow decent quality from my PC stored music. I have connected the two via optical cable (1st time I have tried using the 1066's optical input), but no matter what I do I am unable to get any output from the Rotel. Signal from Interface seems to be fine. Any suggestions?

[aud19]

Try a different cable and/or a differnt input on the 1066. No Luck? Then try an optical input from another source (DVD player). If that works, my guess would be the problem's at the Maya card's output

[Donald]

Sincere thanks for the advice. I am actually amazed that I was able to overlook the obvious solution so easily! Took me all of 3 minutes after a frustrating afternoon. I wonder if it is normal to immediately want to blame the expensive kit, and not even think to properly test the new cheap add on? Tested the cable and intput using dvd as source and it works perfectly. So now will check out and /or replace the Maya - thanks again.