Direct Optical mode - How to

[alandbush]

… I'm wondering if there's an option for the Dialog to be used in a "Direct Optical" mode like a single Phantom?

I am not aware of Special modes for the Dialog but then again the Phantom Special modes are not common knowledge.

If you still need to sync with your other speakers then both Phantoms will require the Direct Optical mode. You will need an optical splitter to ‘duplicate’ the optical output and set each Phantom to play either the left or right audio channel. Splitters can be cheap and many require no power.

However, setting both Phantoms to Direct Optical mode requires the Dialog to be powered off and is in effect redundant as is the Spark app.