russbost
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| posted on 5/9/08 at 01:17 PM |
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Connecting laptop to surround sound
Ok I have very little knowledge of what this is all about - my son is trying to connect his new laptop to his Logitech Z5500 surround sound system
which has it's own dolby pro logic decoder.
The laptop has only a mini jack output usually used for headphones, but within the sound setup you can change the output from this socket to a
"realtek" output, which I believe is digital (an spdif output). The Logitech is usually connected to a soundcard with 3 minijack plugs,
but it does have a digital input which it describes as "coax" but looks to me like an ordinary phono plug. Do we simply need a mini jack
to phono (or possibly coax) lead to make it all work, is there a difference between coax/phono or are they different names for the same thing?. There
is also a digital optical input which i assume is of no use as the laptop doesn't have a optical output.
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welderman
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| posted on 5/9/08 at 01:34 PM |
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get an ipod splitter from pc world, just goes into pc then into sound system. Works a treat
Thank's, Joe 
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
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welderman
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| posted on 5/9/08 at 01:38 PM |
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[Edited on 5/9/08 by welderman]
Thank's, Joe
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
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tegwin
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| posted on 5/9/08 at 01:43 PM |
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Get a proper USB soundcard with lots of minjack outputs to the various channels...thats the only way to get true surround sound
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Rob Bartley
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| posted on 5/9/08 at 02:19 PM |
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As tegwin advised, the only way to get true surround is with another soundcard. A minijack is not able to deliver the required channels. You could
get the minijack to 2 phono cable but this is only stereo.
realtek is digital but if the only output socket is a minijack, then i believe (fairly sure) it will not be digital.
Coax is different to phono but the connections look the same. Coax has 1 connection & phono has 2-left n right. Phono cables have been known to
fry when connected sometimes.
I'm far from an expert but digital is spdif & coax/optical are different ways to achieve this - dependent on connections.
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