Doozy of a problem

Machiavelli · 11-24-2004, 06:36 PM

I decided to get excitable tonight and get the best of both worlds by using the digital/Analog-out on our 'Live 5.1' to connect to our home theatre's phono-in.

It goes from mini-stereo jack on the pc through a convertor to 2 RCA jacks.

Anyway, unless I use creatives software to force the sound to the digital/analog jack I get no sound whatsoever. When I do force it I receive an extremely garbed output. When looking things over I decided to check if it was just that connection by using the line-out usually connected to the computer-theatre, but to no avail. While there was sound, it sounded just as the digital/analog jack had, very garbled.

Anybody good with the connections?

I would try a specialty site, but I was hoping to not have to go 'too far from the type of folk I understand'.

the hunter · 11-24-2004, 06:51 PM

This converter, is this a simple Y plug, or a an attenuating (signal reducing type) converter. If it is a simple Y plug adaptor it should just hook up directly to an auxillary input. You are not hooking it up to a phono input are you, or a tape one, as the tape, and any quality phono one will be just for magnetic inputs.

**greffov** · 11-25-2004, 02:17 AM

yup... in any case, not the phono, because it has a special equaliser that makes the sound of the good old black plates a lot better. If you haven't got anything else, tape might do better, but AUX is def. the best, like hunter said.

Machiavelli · 11-25-2004, 04:45 AM

heh

I feel foolish. Thanks for the replies guys and I'll give it a shot when there are less sleepy people laying around the house.

the hunter · 11-25-2004, 05:51 AM

Dont feel foolish, as it only sounds simple to me as i took two electronics courses, and used to work professionally as a sound man.

**greffov** · 11-26-2004, 01:17 AM

WoW!

Hunter is da_man!

Big Chris · 11-27-2004, 04:12 AM

I use a Sound Blaster MP3+. It has built in audio to optical conversion which i then pipe strait in to my Video 2 socket on my home cinema. Only slight problem i have now is that it's USB2.0 and it doesn't seem to talk back to the pc as I bought it so as to put vinyl onto my HD for conversion to cd, I'm trying to sort it with Creative to see if it's a system thing or a hardware problem

As for the DVD and CD, one click in the sound options in control panel and i got digital whatever i need coming thro' the home cinema just a case of swapping soundcards. As like Hunter says tho' anything that plugs into as an accessory goes into a socket of the same name unless it has a dedicated input for it like a phono or video in.

11-24-2004, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Machiavelli Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 187	Doozy of a problem I decided to get excitable tonight and get the best of both worlds by using the digital/Analog-out on our 'Live 5.1' to connect to our home theatre's phono-in. It goes from mini-stereo jack on the pc through a convertor to 2 RCA jacks. Anyway, unless I use creatives software to force the sound to the digital/analog jack I get no sound whatsoever. When I do force it I receive an extremely garbed output. When looking things over I decided to check if it was just that connection by using the line-out usually connected to the computer-theatre, but to no avail. While there was sound, it sounded just as the digital/analog jack had, very garbled. Anybody good with the connections? I would try a specialty site, but I was hoping to not have to go 'too far from the type of folk I understand'.

11-25-2004, 02:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	yup... in any case, not the phono, because it has a special equaliser that makes the sound of the good old black plates a lot better. If you haven't got anything else, tape might do better, but AUX is def. the best, like hunter said. __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

11-26-2004, 01:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	WoW! Hunter is da_man! __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

11-27-2004, 04:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Big Chris Floyd Collector Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: NW England Posts: 243	I use a Sound Blaster MP3+. It has built in audio to optical conversion which i then pipe strait in to my Video 2 socket on my home cinema. Only slight problem i have now is that it's USB2.0 and it doesn't seem to talk back to the pc as I bought it so as to put vinyl onto my HD for conversion to cd, I'm trying to sort it with Creative to see if it's a system thing or a hardware problem As for the DVD and CD, one click in the sound options in control panel and i got digital whatever i need coming thro' the home cinema just a case of swapping soundcards. As like Hunter says tho' anything that plugs into as an accessory goes into a socket of the same name unless it has a dedicated input for it like a phono or video in. __________________ One by one, the Penguins are slowly stealing my sanity.

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11-24-2004, 06:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
the hunter getting hitched Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,655	This converter, is this a simple Y plug, or a an attenuating (signal reducing type) converter. If it is a simple Y plug adaptor it should just hook up directly to an auxillary input. You are not hooking it up to a phono input are you, or a tape one, as the tape, and any quality phono one will be just for magnetic inputs.

11-25-2004, 04:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Machiavelli Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 187	heh I feel foolish. Thanks for the replies guys and I'll give it a shot when there are less sleepy people laying around the house.

11-25-2004, 05:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
the hunter getting hitched Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,655	Dont feel foolish, as it only sounds simple to me as i took two electronics courses, and used to work professionally as a sound man.