How to Remove Toslink Plastic Caps
- 1). Turn off the power to both audio components before hooking up the Toslink cable.
- 2). Grip the plastic cap on one end of the cable covering the Toslink plug with thumb and forefinger to pull the cap straight off the end. Repeat for the plastic cap on the opposite end of the cable.
- 3). Line up the plug shape on the Toslink cable with the outline of the labeled port on each audio component and push the plug straight in.
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