Mbox orig Spdif to 828mk2?

[buckaroo]

I have a Mac G5 running PTLE, Logic 8 and Live 7 with an original Mbox and an 828mk2

I have my speakers (Adam A7's) coming out of the 828mk2 main outs to monitor everything..

But when I want to use Protools, with the mbox, obviously I can't hear anything due to the speakers being attached to the 828mk2, so whats the best way to connect PT/Mbox to the 828mk2?

I think its via spdif, but when i select the mbox to output via spdif to the 828mk2 my "clock" flashes on the 828 and I dont get any sound?

My 828 is set to CLOCK SOURCE _ SPDIF,

I just didnt want to go out and buy a mixer just for 2 inputs to one set of speakers!

[ChuckS]

I'm not familiar wit the A7s, but are they connected via the optical connectors and do you have the ADAT ports set to TOSLINK (stereo)? If yes, I believe the coax S/PDIF input is disabled. It's in the 828mkII manual somewhere. I had the same issue with trying to use outboard effects return on the coax S/PDIF when the optical was set to TOSLink. I have an MBox2 and just patch it to an input pair on the 828mkII.