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Ronzalpha

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I have a speaker set hooked up to my receiver via HDMI to my PC, but I also have a Sony Gaming Headset (the Sony GA500) that connects to my PC via 3.5mm jacks (accepts 7.1 channel inputs raw), how can i get the both of them to play simultaneously? I find it a nuisance to switch it on-the-fly using the sound dashboard, especially during certain apps or games.

Thanks for your help

Edit (adding system specs for your reference):
Windows 7 with Realtek Onboard Audio (planning to get an ASUS 5.1 soundcard soon)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor ~3GHz)
4 GB RAM
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti (as my HDMI output)
 
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That would indeed be the easiest solution, but the receiver only accepts HDMI and RCA inputs. I already have splitters on all the 3.5 mm outputs of the pc, but i can't think of any way to hook it up to the receiver.
 
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ahhh... i see now exactly what hardware that headset consists of... after reading the manual!

so you have these splitters (or similar) on the audio outputs at the IO panel of your motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882021055

You have the surround sound processor for the headphones plugged into one end of each of the splitters to provide 5.1 channel audio to the headphones

The other splitter connection gets connected to your receiver with these - http://www.planetdj.com/i--YRA-154

and then these - http://www.hosatech.com/product/0/CRA-201PB/_/Stereo_Interconnect%2C_Dual_RCA_to_Dual_Piggyback_RCA%2C_1_m
 
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Ronzalpha

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Thank you, but i've also thought of such adapters - and it probably won't work because there is no such inputs on my receiver for RCA cables at 5.1
Here's a picture (from google) of the I/O panel of the receiver (the pioneer vsx-521k) for you to have a better understanding of my situation. It can support a two channel stereo input, but that is practically all i can accept other than digital-in coax, HDMI, or tos-link (optical cables):
http://http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/PUSA/Images/Product%2520Images/VSX-521_Back_large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Home/AV-Receivers/Pioneer%2BReceivers/VSX-521-K&h=400&w=800&sz=72&tbnid=6FlVdyI9kYkPmM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=147&zoom=1&usg=__C_E45Dpvzpn8zloYBfTl4LZ4Hv4=&docid=2qwvOvk32XnU2M&sa=X&ei=w3XAUdSYNsH_4AO_1YBo&ved=0CD8Q9QEwAg&dur=3652

As for the USB option - there is no USB option there (sadly :( ), and connecting my headset's sound processor to the PC via USB, it installs new generic speaker and microphone drivers. They work excellent on their own, but complicates things further on the software level because generic speakers - are sort of the basics of the basics and is pretty hard to fiddle with. I still would have to manually switch audio outputs, as neither would play at the same time.
 
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Ronzalpha

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Finally got the solution i wanted, so I'll share it with you guys.

Just get a soundcard (in my case, ASUS). It does SPDIF Tos-link Optical output and 3.5mm digital output at the same time with no delay lag and mic works! $50 solves a lot of problems. Just pointing it out for anyone else having the same problem and needing a solution. Not the cheapest, sure, but it works wonders and you sacrifice no audio quality. If anything, like me, you get better audio quality by upgrading to a dedicated sound card.

Thanks dingo07 for helping me so far.
 
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