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old SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 digital out cable to receiver
So, I've got an old SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 card. On of the
mini-plug jacks is supposed to put out a digital signal, so I believe I can plug it into the coax digital in jack on my 5.1 receiver. From checking this group and googling around, I think all I need is a cable with an RCA connector on one end for the reciever and a 1/8" plug on the other end for the SoundBlaster. (Anyone know if I'm crazy here?) I can solder well enough to build that cable. :-) But...the jack on the SoundBlaster apparently has two connections; like it takes a "stereo" miniplug; one with both a "tip" and "ring" connection. (I think that because in "analog" mode, it connects to both the center and subwoofer channels, according to Creative's doc.) Anyone know which is the digital? I can build both cables and do the trial and error thing, but it'd be nice not to. :-) Thanks in Advance.... Duke |
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old SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 digital out cable to receiver
Duke Robillard wrote:
... an old SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 card. One of the mini-plug jacks ... puts out a digital signal, so I can plug it into the coax digital in jack on my 5.1 receiver. ... [with] a cable with an RCA connector on one end for the reciever and a 1/8" plug on the other end for the SoundBlaster. But...the jack on the SoundBlaster apparently has two connections; like it takes a "stereo" miniplug; one with both a "tip" and "ring" connection. .... which is the digital? Just thought I'd follow up with my results. I still don't know which one is digital, but I found a stereo-mini-plug-to-dual-RCA adapter, and just tried the red RCA plug one. :-) It seems to work fine. Duke |
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