Patent ID: 8270636

Claim:
A method to connect all audio and video components of an audio/video system is comprising the following steps: providing an audio source, at least one volume control module of audio signals, comprising a digital potentiometer setting the strength of the audio signals, wherein the control potentiometer is controlled by a volume control signal from an infrared decoder of an infrared receiver unit, an amplifier having an input and an output, wherein the input is said audio signal modified by said potentiometer and its output is the input of a buffer amplifier, said buffer amplifier having an input and an output, wherein its output is the input of a Transmitter Laser Analog Module, and said infrared receiver unit receiving infrared volume control signals comprising an infrared receiver receiving said infrared volume control signals, wherein its output is the input of said infrared decoder, and said infrared decoder wherein its output controls said digital control potentiometer, a means to convert for each audio channel electrical signals to optical signals, a fiber optic cable for each audio channel, a means to convert for each audio channel optical signals to electrical signals, and an amplifier for each audio channel to amplify electrical signals; converting electrical output signals of said audio source from digital to analog if said output signals are digital; controlling volume of said analog signals by said volume control module; converting said volume controlled analog signals from electrical signals to optical signals; transmitting said optical signals via said optical fiber cables to said at least one means to convert optical signals to electrical signals; converting said optical signals to electrical signals; amplifying said transmitted and from optical to electrical converted signals; and providing amplified signals to a speaker.