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Connecting my advent pc to my surrouns sound system
Hi any help appreciated for a complete techie novice.
I have connected my pc to my hd tv and the visual side of things is fine. I wanted to connect my home theatre system to my pc so I could play back my mp3/avi/mpeg files etc. Now I have the options to connect coaxial or optical in relation to these two devices. However when I connect either way then go in to windows media player to play one of my stored files there is no sound from my home theatre speakers. Also I have noticed when I open the volume control on my pc there does not seem to be any options to set to coaxial or spdif. Do I need to download something before I can hear any sound? Shout back with any advice guys, I thought it would be as simple as to connect my optical output from my home theatre to the back panel of my pc and then select to play back a tune stored in windows media player. Last edited by hawsdjp : 02-10-2007 at 19:24. Reason: grammar |
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Sounds like a silly question but are you making your you have changed your HT setting to the appropriate input i.e I have to change the input from AUX to AUX DIGITAL when switching between my Sky and Xbox 360.
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Hi MaxCherry
Yes I have 4 options for settings AV1, AV2, DVD or Tuner and have tried various combo's out of frustration. Also have set to optiacal and coaxial as per connection I was trying but no luck |
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Hang on a mo.
In your first post you said you connected the optical OUT from your HT system to your sound card (presumably it's optical OUT?) Asuming that was't a typo and you really meant optical IN, that won't work if you need to transfer sound from PC to HT system. You need to connect to an INPUT on the HT system. And what sound card do you have? I'm assuming that it must have a digital output, possibly Toslink optical from reading your first post. If it does that it is very likely that whatever appears on the analogue line out also appears on the digital out. Hence why there is no separate "digital" setting. If the sound card had a digital in then that should appear as one of the "faders" on the Volume Controls mixer. |
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Chris
I know my post is confusing thats because I'm absolutely useless with technical things. I connected my Advent PC to my Sony Bravia using a VGA cable ?? and visually my telly is a perfect PC monitor. Now I want to hear my mp3's through my 5.1 system. There seems to be various connections on the back of my PC to choose from. What is the best way to connect this up to get the best sound results through my 5.1. Thanks. |
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It all depends on what connections are there in the first place.
The golden rule is that an OUTPUT must always connect to an INPUT never OUTPUT to OUTPUT or INPUT to INPUT. So it is simply a matter of pairing up an OUTPUT on the PC and an INPUT on the surround system The vast majority of PC sound cards will have three 3.5mm jack sockets on the back. The convention is that the LINE OUT or SPEAKER connection is coloured green. On the back of the Surround System look to see if there are a pair of phono sockets, one coloured red and the other either black or white. They may be labelled AUX IN or something similar. Or they could be associated with the AV 1 or 2 inputs. Use a mini jack to phono lead to connect the two. That will give you basic stereo sound at the very least. If your surround system has it you may be able to use Dolby ProLogic to generate a surround effect from the stereo signal. To get any more than that you will need a digital output from the PC. This will be either a phono socket, often coloured orange, or a Toslink optical. Both could be labelled SPDIF but the keyword to look for is OUT. You also need a corresponding IN on the surround system. From the sound of it you may have digital outs but no digital ins. Which does sound a bit odd really. It would assist if you gave the make and model of the surround system. Might then be able to find a manual on the web with a picture of the connections. |
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Chris,
My surround system is manufactured by SKY and was bought through thier Skyshop. On the rear it has the usual connections, ie the red & white audio/video inputs also it has Digital coaxial input & output and a Digital optical input. On the back of my PC, I have Speaker (front line out), Optical SPDIF (IN/OUT), Coaxial SPDIF (IN/OUT). Now at the moment I have a Toslink connecting my Digital optical input on the surround system to my Sky HD box. When I have been messing about I have taken the Toslink out of the HD box and put it in Optical SPDIF OUT on the PC but it does not seem to fit properly and there is no red optical light coming from the end of the connection. Also of course I hear no sound. Chris I would be grateful if you could describe the cable(s) I need and the best/easiest way to connect my PC to surround system to hear MP3's etc. If possible can you describe it in idiot fashion or I will get confused. Cheers in advance. |
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I am a bit puzzled by the digital connections on the PC. I suppose it is possible to have the digital connections switchable input or output but I can't for the life of me think why. It certainly is not a standard or for that matter very convenient way of doing things.
I wonder if actually the Optical is input and the coaxial is output? The easiest way to test this is to take a phono to phono lead from the Coaxial connector on the back of the PC to the coaxial INPUT on the surround system. You may find there is a suitable lead thrown in with the surround system. Or you could just use one half of a stereo lead if you have one. It will probably work just as well. And of course if it does work it means you can have your Sky box connected optically at the same time. Which has to be a bonus
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