Help with Home Theatre to X-fi card

Sintrix · 28th February 2010, 12:55 PM

Hello People

I have an X-fi Xtreme Music and im trying to hook it up to my home theatre system.

The problem im having is that i cant run 5.1 from my computer, so its just outputting stereo at the moment. I have all plugs (green, black, orange) running out in to a box that goes to the standard red and white plugs which go in to the back of the main unit for the home theatre system.
Im no genius with this stuff but i know my basics that it is then only putting out left and right, not 5.1.

I was looking in to the Digital I/O Optical accessory that u can get for it but will that run 5.1? Based on wat ive seen it just goes in to a single slot on the sound card so wouldnt that be stereo as well?

Is there any way to get my x-fi card to put out 5.1 audio to my home theatre system?

Thanks

PhuckNut · 28th February 2010, 1:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sintrix

I have all plugs (green, black, orange) running out in to a box that goes to the standard red and white plugs which go in to the back of the main unit for the home theatre system.

Why why why ?

Does your receiver not have 5.1 analogue inputs ? If so, at least for the moment, grab a couple of 3.5mm's to dual RCA's, like this (although you should be able to get much better prices on these, and run them directly from the pc to the amp. KBLAMMO 5.1.

Sintrix · 28th February 2010, 1:59 PM

Unfortunately no, the unit only has Video 1 in and out (which are just the red, white and yellow) and a Video 2 in which i am currently using. It does not have 'front speakers, rear, centre and sub etc' rca plugs for input.
It has an optical in which i am wondering if that will be able to carry a 5.1 signal.

PhuckNut · 28th February 2010, 2:10 PM

Yes, optical can do it.

You can passthrough 5.1 signals from dvd's etc, but the X-fi by default won't do 5.1 encoding.

So unless you buy the optioncal DDL/DTS software licence, which i think was about $5 online, you won't get games etc in 5.1.

If you just want it for movies etc, you won't need this though.

Sintrix · 28th February 2010, 2:27 PM

I mainly want it so that i can control levels and stuff like turning up the rear speakers cause they are further away from me and actually have each speaker putting out what the pc is telling it to.
At the moment i have the pc in 5.1 mode but just running the stereo to the receiver then the receiver running in matrix mode.

yeah $5 is no problem, so if i also got this:
http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-B...B002DS2IRA.htm
would i then be to run proper 5.1 from my pc to the speakers?
Its just that im struggling to see how it could since thats just a stereo plug that its stuff running through...

Sintrix · 11th March 2010, 10:41 PM

Bump!

Does anyone know if the Optical add on to the X-Fi supports 5.1??

28th February 2010, 12:55 PM	#1
Sintrix Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	Help with Home Theatre to X-fi card Hello People I have an X-fi Xtreme Music and im trying to hook it up to my home theatre system. The problem im having is that i cant run 5.1 from my computer, so its just outputting stereo at the moment. I have all plugs (green, black, orange) running out in to a box that goes to the standard red and white plugs which go in to the back of the main unit for the home theatre system. Im no genius with this stuff but i know my basics that it is then only putting out left and right, not 5.1. I was looking in to the Digital I/O Optical accessory that u can get for it but will that run 5.1? Based on wat ive seen it just goes in to a single slot on the sound card so wouldnt that be stereo as well? Is there any way to get my x-fi card to put out 5.1 audio to my home theatre system? Thanks

28th February 2010, 1:59 PM	#3
Sintrix Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	Unfortunately no, the unit only has Video 1 in and out (which are just the red, white and yellow) and a Video 2 in which i am currently using. It does not have 'front speakers, rear, centre and sub etc' rca plugs for input. It has an optical in which i am wondering if that will be able to carry a 5.1 signal. Last edited by Sintrix; 28th February 2010 at 2:01 PM.

28th February 2010, 2:10 PM	#4
PhuckNut Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 547	Yes, optical can do it. You can passthrough 5.1 signals from dvd's etc, but the X-fi by default won't do 5.1 encoding. So unless you buy the optioncal DDL/DTS software licence, which i think was about $5 online, you won't get games etc in 5.1. If you just want it for movies etc, you won't need this though.

28th February 2010, 2:27 PM	#5
Sintrix Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	I mainly want it so that i can control levels and stuff like turning up the rear speakers cause they are further away from me and actually have each speaker putting out what the pc is telling it to. At the moment i have the pc in 5.1 mode but just running the stereo to the receiver then the receiver running in matrix mode. yeah $5 is no problem, so if i also got this: http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-B...B002DS2IRA.htm would i then be to run proper 5.1 from my pc to the speakers? Its just that im struggling to see how it could since thats just a stereo plug that its stuff running through...

11th March 2010, 10:41 PM	#6
Sintrix Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	Bump! Does anyone know if the Optical add on to the X-Fi supports 5.1??