I have been wanting to fully utilize the 5.1 Surround sound on this product. Is there an optimum cable or component that is needed in order to do so?
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It's in the sound blaster control panel, in thx true studio pro make Shute it's enabled
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I haven't really used 5.1 surround, but I think for the jacks that supply sub, left surround right s, center, right and left front spekers you need to put a stereo splitter on the three jacks on the card. I'm not for sure but I know each of the three jacks supply two of the audio, that's all I know about surround. U might want to read the manual about which jack does what
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I'm using a digital optical cable and it sounds amazing, if your a gamer and a have a Dolby Digital decoder the games sound amazing when the encoder is on but if you want the best audio quality go with the digital audio cable the card has two ports one in and one out.
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Buy a optical cable and hook it up from the tv to surround sound. The cable is 4.00 on amazon.
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I'm just trying to understand this stuff myself but, as I understand it, the optical connection works with Dolby Digital and I guess DTS up to 5.1. The other issue is just for people who need 7.1 (2 more speakers) sound with newer higher resolution sound modes. I just got surround sound in the last year and I am still thrilled with Dolby Digital 5.1. I'm not about to buy whole new receiver and speakers plus more expensive BR player to upgrade a sound system I love. Heck I don't even think I could fit 2 more speakers into my TV room.
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All of the input/output connections on the back panel EXCEPT for the digital output use the common 1/8" DIN, male stereo cable. Note that if you want to produce Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound, each output needs a cable.
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Sorry this took so bloody long (if you'll pardon my French). On the back of the unit you will find a bank of 5.1 outputs (there are none for 6.1); using a 5.1 cable (not supplied, naturally), connect these to the corresponding inputs on your amplifier / receiver. Or, if your amplifier / receiver is so equipped, you can use the coaxial connection (coaxial cable also not supplied). Hope this helps. My first thought was to refer you to the User Manual, but that woulda been snarky, and anyway the darn thing is so confusing it should be called a Useless Manual. But anyway, ciao for now!
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Not sure where CAT5 (copper) would come into play for audio. Optical (fiber) is sound. If that is what you are talking about then, yes, it would work as that is how my Sonos Playbar is set up. That is the only way I can get Dolby 5.1 surround sound as my tv doesn't pass it to my sound bar directly.
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Um, yeah that's a good question. I'm not saying u can't do it bit Not aware of a way to make the device work w/o going through my surround sound either. Honestly, even though I bought the device, sadly I came across the same thing and ended up not using it. However, you might be able to run optical out of th cable box and try that way. I'm really sorry I'm not much help but understand the frustrations
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It depends. The 5.1 is a bit of a strange deal, but it definitely did what I wanted it to do, and that was provide 5.1 audio from HDMI to Optical into my old 5.1 receiver that only had Optical in and no HDMI. The trick is that it doesn't do Linear PCM or any uncompressed 5.1 sound. However, compressed audio like Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 work perfectly. Depending on the Sonos's settings, you should be able to get 5.1 through to it using this switch
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Turning surround 5.1 to stereo work great. I run my TV audio to my stereo receiver as an option for movies or sports anyway so I didn't notice any difference
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Only toshiba, vizio and Sony will pass through the 5.1 surround sound all other brands dumb it down to 2.1 without an av switch added. See the cnet review for further details.
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If your TW cable box has an optical output, the optical-optical will solve the problem & let you have 5.1 channel sound if TW's box supports that.
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Getting surround sound depends on the speaker setup you have and has very little to do with this equipment. If your TVs are wired for surround sound, then they should work fine always. This equipment merely allows you to use up to 4 HDMI-compatible devices (outputs) with one HDMI source (input). It doesn't vary or optimize the input in any way.
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The sound system does not require optical cable setup. RCA (red/white) cables will work just as well.
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What exactly do you mean that a 7.1 system will never be used? I was planning on getting a 7.1 and putting 4 speakers in the living room with the TV and two in the adjoining kitchen area. No? Do you still get surround sound with 7.1 and are the Onkyo speakers really that bad? I was looking at either the 7200 or 6200.
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I'm going to guess that it comes from creative marketing. Most likely they are referring to the fact that the audio outputs can be connected to a surround sound to achieve 5.1.
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Here's what I know, I have multiple sources connected via HDMI to J-Tech and using the optical cable connecting to my Audio Receiver. This gives me surround sound from all my HDMI sources, exactly what I was looking for, hope this helps.
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I have the same problem 5.1 only seems to pass thru HDMI 1. I have to connect my bluRay player directly to Amp to get 5.1