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joe81 - Oct 26, 2003

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  joe81 Oct 26, 2003
are there any sound cards that offer digitial output to connect to sound systems?

 joe81 Oct 27, 2003
i'll just go with a sound blaster live 5.1 they're cheap dont know how good it is but what ever

 racketboy Oct 27, 2003
I'm not big into Creative.

I like my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, but it doesn't have an optical output. (Don't know if you need it).

 Scared0o0Rabbit Oct 27, 2003
hercules fortissimo III game surround 7.1 (that's a long name) has 7.1 output and an optical out.

 IBarracudaI Oct 27, 2003
Yeah... the problem with creative is that their drivers are a piece of junk..

 Scared0o0Rabbit Oct 27, 2003
I agree, which is the reason why my audigy platinum is sitting in a box in my closet right now lol.

 Gallstaff Oct 27, 2003
Can I have it?

 Scared0o0Rabbit Oct 27, 2003
No, it's going in my media pc whenever I get around to building that lol.

 Alexvrb Oct 27, 2003
Don't get a SB live. You'd be OK with an Audigy, Fortissimo III, or something higher-end if you have the money. I also tend to avoid creative's offerings, but you should be OK with a cheaper Audigy.

 joe81 Oct 28, 2003
ok i bought an audigy LS what kind of cable would i need to connect the card to my reciever. i'm trying to use the coaxil input on my reciever but the thing is the only coaxil cable i have is just a standard RCA sized plug so that wont plug into the card.

Ya i'm a moron when it comes to this shit

 Curtis Oct 28, 2003
Looking at the manual, it seems that you need to use a mono 3.5mm to RCA cable plugged into the top connector (yellow) of the sound card.

 joe81 Oct 28, 2003
i asked some best buy worker (computer tech not a standard worker) he told me there's no way to connect my sound card to my reciever unless i buy a better sound card that has more outputs.

all i want is to fucking hook my god damn card up to my reciever i said to him after he told me that but he was like i never heard of that type of cable and there's no way of doing it.

 Gallstaff Oct 28, 2003
Well you can get an fm transmitter...

 racketboy Oct 28, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by joe81@Oct 29, 2003 @ 01:46 AM



 i asked some best buy worker (computer tech not a standard worker) he told me there's no way to connect my sound card to my reciever unless i buy a better sound card that has more outputs. 



all i want is to fucking hook my god damn card up to my reciever i said to him after he told me that but he was like i never heard of that type of cable and there's no way of doing it.


that guy was an idiot

those guys are usually idiots that think they know it all

anyway all you need is a cable from radio shack that has a headphone jack on one end (to plug into your sound card) and RCA audio jacks on the other (to plug into your receiver) -- super easy. it's cheap too

 mal Oct 28, 2003
On second thoughts...

Looking at the pic... of the card, the digital out socket looks different from the others.

Is it for a standard 3.5mm jack? Being digital it would probably only be a 'mono' or tip and sleeve connector. :huh

[edit] Yup, the manual says that you'd want a mono 3.5mm jack to RCA lead to use the digital out.

[edit #2] That's just what Curtis said earlier. :lol:

 gameboy900 Oct 29, 2003
You want this... thing. You plug this into the digital out plug on the soundcard then your rca cable goes from it to the coax digital input on the receiver. Simple.

Just print that out and take it to a Radio Shack (or use the online store locator that tells you which ones have it in stock) and they'll be able to hook you up.

Then it's all a matter of forcing the drivers to output a Dolby Digital signal....

 ExCyber Oct 29, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			or use the online store locator that tells you which ones have it in stock


Wow, when did they (we?) add that? I don't think it was there earlier today...

 joe81 Oct 29, 2003
thanks gameboy that looks like what i'll need

 gameboy900 Oct 29, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by ExCyber@Oct 29, 2003 @ 02:01 AM



 




  
	
	

		
		

			or use the online store locator that tells you which ones have it in stock
		

		

	





Wow, when did they (we?) add that? I don't think it was there earlier today...


It's in the Where to Buy box. Type in your zip code and it picks out the 5 nearest stores to you and tells you if it's available in them or not.

The Canadian site also tells you how many each store has in stock too.

 joe81 Oct 29, 2003
well i bought that adaptor but it's only sending out stereo no digital.

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