I plan to buy a module, but I am only really interested in the optical output. I plan to use the optical connection both in my car and in my home. Therefore, I would like to have the connection dockable.

I have never used Toslink cables before; does anyone think that it could be reliably docked like people have done with their Ethernet cables?

I wouldn't mind giving up some connections on the docking port in order to route the wires to the optical connector through the docking port. Could I run wires from the output board to the docking connector and then attach some short wires to the port on the docking sled and connect them to the optical transmitter? That way, I could just buy an extra transmitter and attach one to the car sled and one to the home sled, and I wouldn't have to disconnect/reconnect the optical cables. Is this feasible?