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Hi all,

I need to know how to connect my PC to my Sony DVD Home Theatre system (DAV-DZ690K)

My PC has DH55TC MoBo right now but soon will have Gigabyte H97N (Mini-ITX) MoBo

The Home Theatre has a 1000W RMS Output.

I have movies (Brrips) on my PC that I am thinking to play with a 5.1 Theatre type sound.

Please share your thoughts and suggestions on how I can make use of my Home Theatre as I love the 1000W output.

I'm not looking for any other speakers as they wont have this much output.





 
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I dont know where the confusion is coming from, maybe i misread somewhere?

I think all we want, you as well, just want audio to your HT. Your HT has optical in, very good. Your PC has optical out, very good or will have with the new mobo.

So with these two goods, we connect an optic cable between the PC and HT and change source on the remote to the port the PC is using, then hooray. The HT will play your PC sounds as it would like it's very own DVD player.

Careful though, you don't want your PC volume too high, nasty things could happen as you're re-amplifying the sound, so keep the volume low at first and work your way up.
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Your new H97 chipset will have a digital (optical) output. Simply connect it as an input on your home theater receiver, then switch the input over on your receiver. On the PC side, change your audio playback settings to output sound on the optical output (right-click on the Sound icon on the Task Tray, then select Playback Devices).
 
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Your current motherboard can output surround in 1 of 2 ways.
1. Using HDMI
2. Using an S/PDIF connector built into your computers' case (which would be connected to your S/PDIF header on your motherboard)

Possibility #1
1. Connect your computer directly to your TV using an HDMI connection
2. Connect your TV's audio out to your receiver using an optical cable.

Possibility #2
1. Wait until you get your new motherboard.
2. Connect an optical cable from the motherboard to the receiver.
(Note: You can still do possibility #1 with the new motherboard.)

Possibility #3
1. If your computer case has an S/PDIF connector (most do not) your (current) motherboard has a header for it. That connector would output in 5.1 surround. You would just connect the S/PDIF connector on your computer case to your receiver.
 
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What Audio equipment would have an HDMI out but not in??

Anyway optical would be your only choice from a computer for 5.1.

Passing sound through the TV will definitely give you sound but 5.1 surround, maybe not. Will depend on your TV if it allows multi channel pass through because optical standards is only 2 channels and generally most TV optical outputs only out put that, unless its a top of the range TV with that feature.
 
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since TV is in talks so let me broaden the question.

I am planning to buy a 40" or a 42" FullHD LED TV

I need to connect my PC in such a way that the Video gets displayed on the TV and the audio (for games, movies, music) gets on my 5.1ch home theatre.

I need the exact sound effect as generated by the DVD Player unit. By exact I mean the way home theatre sounds (surrounded).

My PC has Asus Strix GTX960 2GB with HDMI.
TV would obviously have HDMI too.

MoBo would be the ITX H97N Gigabyte.

I checked and found that my home theatre has 1 Audio IN (Optical) as in the diagram.

Now, I get the fact that I can get the display out using HDMI..

How about audio ?? How can I get the same home theatre experience of 1000W ??

In a nutshell... 3 things PC + TV + DVD Home Theatre.. TV (for display), HT (for audio) and PC (for games, brrips, music etc..)

Love you guys for suggestions !!!
 
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You'll get video from the GPU's HDMI regardless what you do with it's audio. You can select different audio playback sources in the OS but wont have all outputs play simultaneously ie GPU and Motherboard.

If you want surround from your PC, then go optical directly to the DVD HT. If your TV compresses HDMI audio to optical and passes 5.1, then you could use the GPU's audio directly and also get sound through the TV speakers as well for bonus but somehow i doubt the TV will do that, but can try.
 
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Its not like you have a choice anyway lol? Your HT is quite dated and doesn't have HDMI in's so this scenario is quite restrictive in the outcome. Optical is your only choice for PC surround audio if your TV can't pass compressed HDMI audio through optical as i said above. Your motherboard will do everything you want through the optical.
 
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Is there a way that I can just use the speakers minus the DVD Player ?? Thing is that Sony has its speakers with proprietary connectors and that's why I have a need for the Player...

Is there any device in which I can hook up those speakers and then hook that device to the individual ports on the H97N MoBo and get the 1000W output ???
 
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Your DVD player is not just a DVD player, it has other functions to allow other devices with sound such as consoles (Playstation) to connect with, no different with your PC, just think of it your connecting a console...

http://download.sony-asia.com/consumer/IM/4125289111.pdf Manual to your HT

Page 30, use the function button on the remote to change audio sources after the PC is connected, looks like it's DMPORT digital media port. Play around with it, it will be one of those, shouldn't be hard to find it.

 
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I dont know where the confusion is coming from, maybe i misread somewhere?

I think all we want, you as well, just want audio to your HT. Your HT has optical in, very good. Your PC has optical out, very good or will have with the new mobo.

So with these two goods, we connect an optic cable between the PC and HT and change source on the remote to the port the PC is using, then hooray. The HT will play your PC sounds as it would like it's very own DVD player.

Careful though, you don't want your PC volume too high, nasty things could happen as you're re-amplifying the sound, so keep the volume low at first and work your way up.
 
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@boju...

I've ran into an issue guys....

Looks like I would be getting Gigabyte H97-D3H MoBo which does not have an SPDIF port but instead has a header for it.. How do I make use of it ???
 
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