RE: Connecting Audigy 2 ZS to Kenwood VR-507 DTS, DD 5.1 Receiver?
From: toddscarbrough (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/04/05
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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:56:58 -0800
Yeah I have the ZS and it does not have optical out. I
think he hooked up his optical on his motherboard PC,
instead of the ("headphone" as you say, 1/8" here in the
states) S/PDIF of his actual card.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>If the ZS is anything like the standard Audigy 2 (can't
tell from the manual
>as the jack I think you're referring to is just labelled
"Digital Out" in the
>ZS manual) then you need to use a digital coaxial cable
from the ZS rather
>than an optical cable. If your receiver only has Optical
In, you'll need a
>powered converter (not too expensive - about £20 here in
the UK) to switch
>from digital coaxial to optical. The final bit you need is
a standard
>Headphone to RCA converter - this plugs into the audigy
and you then plug the
>digital coaxial cable into there.
>
>So in order:
>
>1. Headphone to RCA converter - plugs into Audigy
>2. Digital Coaxial Cable - Plugs into RCA converter and
Digital
>Coaxial/Optical Converter box
>3. Digital Coaxial/Optical Converter box
>4. Optical Cable - plugs into one end of Digital
Coaxial/Optical Converter
>box and your Receiver.
>
>Now if the ZS actually has a digital optical output, then
that's different,
>but certainly the standard Audigy 2 doesn't.
>
>Hope this helps
>Terry
>
>"Harry Karr" wrote:
>
>> Radio Shack did not have any cables for this. I
contacted Dell about getting
>> the cables but they had no idea what I was talking
about. Creative sent me
>> some cables but I am in the same situation as you in
that the receiver does
>> not seem to be getting any audio signal. I checked to
make sure the receiver
>> port for the cd input was set to auto format. This did
not work as well as
>> any other input format choice.
>>
>> "CaveCanem" wrote:
>>
>> > Need advice with NEW Dell Dimension XPS Gen4/MCE 2005
system!
>> >
>> > I cannot seem to properly connect my Audigy 2 ZS card
to my Kenwood VR-507
>> > Receiver. I am using a Sony optical cable from the
Audigy's Digital Output to
>> > the Kenwood's CD/DVD Optical Audio input.
>> >
>> > I have selected S/PDIF in PowerDVD, and Digital Output
Only in the Creative
>> > Volume Control, but I still get no sound when playing
Star Wars.
>> >
>> > I would really like to get all my music, and audio to
my receiver. Does the
>> > S/PDIF only pass 5.1 DVD material, or can it send my
mp3s too?
>> >
>> > Has anyone been able to find some good, very
inexpensive MiniJack-to-RCA
>> > cables that will fit side-by-side on the Audigy card?
I have tried both
>> > cables, and adapters, but the handles were too large
to fit in those three
>> > narrowly spaced sockets.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > J.T.
>.
>
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