How to connet by PC sound out put (8channel) to HDTV via a 3.5mm o/l with out l

[Dev_02]

Hi,

I have just built a HTPC using an ASUS F1A75-M LE A75 mother board and a AMD A6-3500 Triple-Core CPU. The O/I for sound is only a 3.5mm and the video is only VGA & DVI. How do I connect these to a HD TV without impacting the full HD video and 8 channel sound out puts? I want to avoid having to use additional Graphic card or sound card to keep it all simple if possible. Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appriciated. In fact I also want to connect the sound to my amp to be able to use my external speaker.

 

[Sunius]

So you have 8 channel speakers? Connect to them through the 3.5 mm, and the TV via DVI/hdmi adapter.

 

[Dev_02]

Hi Sunius,

My current set up is as follows :-

My HTPC (Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H motherboard, AMD A6-3500 Triple-Core 2.4GHz FM1 CPU APU with DirectX 11 Radeon HD6530D, 8 channel sound) is connect to my HD TV (Samsung) via a HDMI cable. The picture and sound is perfect. Only 2 speakers on my TV.

I want to connect by HTPC to my AMP (Technics with 5.1 surround) via the 3.5mm (green) socket. This way I was hoping to be able to listen to full DTS surrond sound when watching Blue Ray, HD DVDs or when listing to music.

For some reason I am unable to do this? Has anyone tried this or has any suggestions on how to make it work? It appears that both HDMI and 3.5mm cannot work together.

 

[Dev_02]

Hi Sunius,

My current set up is as follows :-

My HTPC (Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H motherboard, AMD A6-3500 Triple-Core 2.4GHz FM1 CPU APU with DirectX 11 Radeon HD6530D, 8 channel sound) is connect to my HD TV (Samsung) via a HDMI cable. The picture and sound is perfect.

I want to connect by HTPC to my AMP via the 3.5mm (green) socket. This way I can listen to full DTS surrond sound when watching Blue Ray, HD DVDs or when listing to music.

For some reason I am unable to do this? Ha sanyone tried this or has any suggestions? It appears that both HDMI and 3.5mm cannot work together.

 

[Wolfshadw]

In Windows 7, you can only output via one audio device at a time.

One solution I used was to get a HDMI Switch which also separate the audio to S/PDIF Optical as well as analog audio. The connection went from my HDMI graphics card output to the switch and then from the switch, HDMI out to my HDTV and S/PDIF out to my Onkyo 5.1 receiver.

Since I didn't need the outputs to be simultaneous, I dropped that idea and went with a software solution called AutoHotKey. The program runs in the background and executes a script which, at the press of a "Hot-Key Combo" (like ALT+F12), automatically switches the active audio output. For more information on this, just google, "AutoHotKey Audio Switch".

-Wolf sends

 

[Dev_02]

In Windows 7, you can only output via one audio device at a time.

One solution I used was to get a HDMI Switch which also separate the audio to S/PDIF Optical as well as analog audio. The connection went from my HDMI graphics card output to the switch and then from the switch, HDMI out to my HDTV and S/PDIF out to my Onkyo 5.1 receiver.

Since I didn't need the outputs to be simultaneous, I dropped that idea and went with a software solution called AutoHotKey. The program runs in the background and executes a script which, at the press of a "Hot-Key Combo" (like ALT+F12), automatically switches the active audio output. For more information on this, just google, "AutoHotKey Audio Switch".

-Wolf sends

Hi Wolf,

Thanks!
I will try the HDMI switch. However some clarification on the connections, needed:-

1. HTPC to HDMI switch via HDMI cable
2. HDMI switch to TV via HDMI cable or is it a RCA audio/video cable or component or S video?
3. HDMI swithch to AMP via 3.5mm or RCA?


Does the TV and the AMP receive audio or only one of them?
Is the audio/video syncronised, between TV and Amp

 

[Dev_02]

In Windows 7, you can only output via one audio device at a time.

One solution I used was to get a HDMI Switch which also separate the audio to S/PDIF Optical as well as analog audio. The connection went from my HDMI graphics card output to the switch and then from the switch, HDMI out to my HDTV and S/PDIF out to my Onkyo 5.1 receiver.

Since I didn't need the outputs to be simultaneous, I dropped that idea and went with a software solution called AutoHotKey. The program runs in the background and executes a script which, at the press of a "Hot-Key Combo" (like ALT+F12), automatically switches the active audio output. For more information on this, just google, "AutoHotKey Audio Switch".

-Wolf sends

Hi Wolf,

Thanks!
I will try the HDMI switch. However some clarification on the connections, needed:-

1. HTPC to HDMI switch via HDMI cable
2. HDMI switch to TV via HDMI cable or is it a RCA audio/video cable or component or S video?
3. HDMI swithch to AMP via 3.5mm or RCA?


Does the TV and the AMP receive audio or only one of them?
Is the audio/video syncronised, between TV and Amp

 

[Wolfshadw]

Dev_02,

1) HTPC to HDMI switch via HDMI cable.
2) HDMI switch to HDTV via HDMI cable.
3) HDMI switch to AMP via S/PDIF optical.

In the case of this switch you could go with S/PDIF optical/coaxial, 3.5mm or RCA.
Both receive audio.
Not sure about synchronization. Never had a need for both simultaneously.

-Wolf sends

 

[Dev_02]

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