{"id":29828,"date":"2005-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=29828"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mbox 2 has a control panel that shows up in Mac system prefs. You can see the version of firmware, change the clock source between internal and SPDIF and you can enable the other new feature:<\/p>\n<p>AC-3 Digital Passthrough:<\/p>\n<p>This option lets you enable AC-3 mode. When enabled, the Mbox2 S\/PDIF output switches to a 24-bit clean passthrough mode for AC-3 or DTS encoded audio from a DVD or other media player application (Mbox2 analog output is muted whenever AC&#8211;3 mode is enabled).<\/p>\n<p>Note:<br \/>Enabling AC-3 mode in the Control Panel will prevent Pro Tools LE from being able to access the Mbox 2. Always turn offAC-3 mode before attempting to use Pro Tools LE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[5606,25447],"manufacturers":[33184,33300,33772],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mbox 2 has a control panel that shows up in Mac system prefs. You can see the version of firmware, change the clock source between internal and SPDIF and you can enable the other new feature: AC-3 Digital Passthrough: This option lets you enable AC-3 mode. When enabled, the Mbox2 S\/PDIF output switches to a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\",\"name\":\"SweetCare\",\"description\":\"Service and Support\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/\",\"name\":\"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? - SweetCare\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-10-06T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"Check out the Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? - SweetCare","og_description":"Mbox 2 has a control panel that shows up in Mac system prefs. You can see the version of firmware, change the clock source between internal and SPDIF and you can enable the other new feature: AC-3 Digital Passthrough: This option lets you enable AC-3 mode. When enabled, the Mbox2 S\/PDIF output switches to a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/","og_site_name":"SweetCare","article_modified_time":"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/","name":"SweetCare","description":"Service and Support","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/","name":"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about? - SweetCare","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-10-06T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/mbox-2-control-panel-mac-os-1042-what-checkbox-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why does the Mbox 2 have a control panel in Mac OS 10.4.2 and what is the checkbox for AC-3 Digital Passthrough all about?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/29828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/29828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29828"},{"taxonomy":"storecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storecat?post=29828"},{"taxonomy":"itemids","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itemids?post=29828"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturers?post=29828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}