getting 5.1 from SPDIF on laptop

kagan · 29th December 2007, 07:02 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a HP pavilion dv6000 laptop. It has the SPDIF output for digital audio as you can see in the image in the attachment. The problem is; I couldnt find any source on how to use it..

My receiver is a Sony STR DG700. I am trying to carry the digital audio to this receiver...

Hope someone can help..

quickshift · 29th December 2007, 07:34 PM

Usually, you just enable AC3 passthrough for the sound device and when you play a 5.1 source it'll use the SPDIF output on the PC or lappy.

It looks like you have a 3.5mm jack plug though - I've only seen RCA sockets for SPDIF.

You may be able to select the SPDIF output as the primary sound output device and route all audio through that device.

I can't find anything on the HP website which helps.

kagan · 29th December 2007, 08:15 PM

I couldnt find anything on the HP website neither. The weird part is that they cannot help me. The techinal department seems to have no idea. I am going nuts..

By the way, I am able to select spdif from the media center software but as you know if I dont use a digital cable to carry the sound I will only get stereo in my receiver...

JRace · 29th December 2007, 08:19 PM

You need a mini-toslink adapter if the SPDIF is optical or a 3.5mm - rca adaptor if the SPDIF is coax.

kagan · 29th December 2007, 08:31 PM

If I am not wrong; I will get a coaxial cable, connect one end to the receiver, connect the other end to the mini (jack) adapter and the adapter to the laptop spdif output.

If the above part is correct; wont I lose the digital audio with a regular 3.5 mm to rca cable adapter? Can you send me a link that shows the product I have to buy?

thanks in advance.

h3ad · 29th December 2007, 09:28 PM

look for the AC3 codec/filter and u will be able to have more control over spidif out. dvd/divx movie decoding.

JRace · 29th December 2007, 09:48 PM

For optical digital:
http://www.mycableshop.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=FT101%2D15

I have read that you can use a standard 3.5mm-RCA adapter for digital coax...although I cannot find any link at the moment...

h3ad · 6th January 2008, 01:14 PM

yes that is correct a few laptops and even high-end discmans etc have a standard stereo 3.5mm jack but they have a "red light" inside them (cant remember the name but the light that makes it tick :P) with a 3.5mm tos-link cable, into the standard tos-link connector you will find on the back of almost any 5.1 reciever etc

hope i have been a help

haydn

kagan · 6th January 2008, 02:19 PM

well I couldnt succeed in getting the digital auido out of my laptop even though I have tried the cables and connections suggested here and other forums and even microsofts website. I have tried changing every other option in my laptop, still there was no sound. Then I bought a creative audigy. Then it was working

)). Thanks anyway..

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29th December 2007, 07:34 PM	#2
quickshift diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West London	Usually, you just enable AC3 passthrough for the sound device and when you play a 5.1 source it'll use the SPDIF output on the PC or lappy. It looks like you have a 3.5mm jack plug though - I've only seen RCA sockets for SPDIF. You may be able to select the SPDIF output as the primary sound output device and route all audio through that device. I can't find anything on the HP website which helps.

29th December 2007, 08:15 PM	#3
kagan diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	I couldnt find anything on the HP website neither. The weird part is that they cannot help me. The techinal department seems to have no idea. I am going nuts.. By the way, I am able to select spdif from the media center software but as you know if I dont use a digital cable to carry the sound I will only get stereo in my receiver...

29th December 2007, 08:19 PM	#4
JRace diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vernon, BC	You need a mini-toslink adapter if the SPDIF is optical or a 3.5mm - rca adaptor if the SPDIF is coax.

29th December 2007, 08:31 PM	#5
kagan diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	If I am not wrong; I will get a coaxial cable, connect one end to the receiver, connect the other end to the mini (jack) adapter and the adapter to the laptop spdif output. If the above part is correct; wont I lose the digital audio with a regular 3.5 mm to rca cable adapter? Can you send me a link that shows the product I have to buy? thanks in advance.

29th December 2007, 09:28 PM	#6
h3ad diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	look for the AC3 codec/filter and u will be able to have more control over spidif out. dvd/divx movie decoding.

29th December 2007, 09:48 PM	#7
JRace diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vernon, BC	For optical digital: http://www.mycableshop.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=FT101%2D15 I have read that you can use a standard 3.5mm-RCA adapter for digital coax...although I cannot find any link at the moment...

6th January 2008, 01:14 PM	#8
h3ad diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	yes that is correct a few laptops and even high-end discmans etc have a standard stereo 3.5mm jack but they have a "red light" inside them (cant remember the name but the light that makes it tick :P) with a 3.5mm tos-link cable, into the standard tos-link connector you will find on the back of almost any 5.1 reciever etc hope i have been a help haydn

6th January 2008, 02:19 PM	#9
kagan diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	well I couldnt succeed in getting the digital auido out of my laptop even though I have tried the cables and connections suggested here and other forums and even microsofts website. I have tried changing every other option in my laptop, still there was no sound. Then I bought a creative audigy. Then it was working )). Thanks anyway..

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