Sweet, i’ll be getting one of those leads tomorrow. It will be so good to have my md loaded with music without having to resort to pesky cd changing. So the optical out can only be used for transferring from cd – md but there are connections for audio inputs from md , tape and aux to play with. Bought the Yamaha mini hifi today from http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/CatalogueItem_20422.html for £139.98 and the sound acoustics are breathtaking for the price. Graded product so the boxes have been opened but what the heck when it retailed last year at £299.00. I’m very happy with my purchase.