Welcome Brother Sleach, to the Clan of the Optical Input Destructors, of which I count myself Founder member.
"Shutter" is a better word for it than "flap" too. I don't mess around with it any more... I leave it be.
I've had the same on my Samsung telly. They recess the darn things so only the smallest plugs fit, plus the stupid flap/shutter broke the first time I plugged anything in.
(05-Oct-2015, 05:34)sleach Wrote: [ -> ]I broke the shutter on my dialog and it was replaced without fuss. I am now using the optical input on one of the phantoms with no problem fitting the cable. I'm using Supra VAC optical
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Do you think the optical on the Phantoms is different than the one on the Dialog? In contrast to that question, could you imagine having to settle for a broken optical from a Phantom?
I recently spent two days trying to sort drop outs,,did reset after reset, changed networks etc only to find it was a dodgy optical connection on the dialog. Swapped the connection into one of the Phantoms, no more drop outs. Very frustrating and bad design.