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5.1 Sound on my E1705

post #1 of 64
5/31/07 at 6:37pm
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How can i connect my 5.1 speakers to my E1705 that has only 2 jacks. any suggestions?
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post #2 of 64
5/31/07 at 6:45pm
This is the adapter for the laptop that provides Digital 5.1 out & component outputs as well. Be aware this only provides true 5.1 for movies. It does not support 5.1 for gaming, though you ca setup a virtual 5.1 enviroment with your reciever.














You can both adapter types here (compoenent & composite)-

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...False&~ck=anav
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post #3 of 64
5/31/07 at 7:19pm
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is that the only solution? no way to be able to use 5.1 all the time?

What about for Music?
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post #4 of 64
5/31/07 at 7:22pm
As I stated only movie playback allows for TRUE 5.1 surround. You can create simulated surround using your reciever.
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post #5 of 64
5/31/07 at 10:12pm
or buy an expresscard or USB based sound card....
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread197772.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102174
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post #6 of 64
6/1/07 at 5:45am
The issue is that the sound card in the e1705 is stereo-only.
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post #7 of 64
6/1/07 at 9:26am
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Originally Posted by Bajabum View Post
How can i connect my 5.1 speakers to my E1705 that has only 2 jacks. any suggestions?
I picked this up a few months ago: http://www.sondigo.com/callisto I use it exclusively for connecting my notebook to my home theater receiver via optical out. Read more here: http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...light=Callisto
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post #8 of 64
6/1/07 at 9:58am
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Originally Posted by Buck47 View Post
I picked this up a few months ago: http://www.sondigo.com/callisto I use it exclusively for connecting my notebook to my home theater receiver via optical out. Read more here: http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...light=Callisto
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post #9 of 64
6/1/07 at 10:40am
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what about this card? Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA Sound Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102185
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post #10 of 64
6/1/07 at 11:01am
No PCMCIA slot on the e1705, sorry...
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post #11 of 64
6/1/07 at 11:34am
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whats a good express card i can use then?
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post #12 of 64
6/1/07 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce View Post
The only expresscard solution is the first link Darth provided.
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post #13 of 64
6/3/07 at 9:12pm
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Originally Posted by SolApathy View Post
The only expresscard solution is the first link Darth provided.

Umm, and the Creative X-Fi ExpressCard, I'd imagine?
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post #14 of 64
6/3/07 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by Guspaz View Post
Umm, and the Creative X-Fi ExpressCard, I'd imagine?
...err That first link I referenced him to is for the X-Fi card....
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post #15 of 64
6/3/07 at 10:35pm
I have the same problem and was looking at USB dongles as well - there are quite a few apparently, mostly based on C-Media chipsets.

The real question is - is it possible to get all sounds from laptop through S/PDIF using solely onboard hardware? I was playing with hacked sigmatel drivers and i see the options there to convert sound into DD and output via S/PDIF (if i understand correctly), but apparetly the feature does not work - only the control panel is unlocked.

So is there a way to enable DD encoding + S/PDIF out on this chip/driver (i dont need anything else like stereo mix and/or input monitor) or the only way to do that is external card?


thanks,
comer
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post #16 of 64
6/4/07 at 3:18am
DD Live is not supported on the onboard chip. You can still get sound as-is (stereo goes as stereo etc.) through SPDIF, but to get DD Live encoding you currently need an external card. Which *is* stupid, as the DD encoding is done in software, so could theoretically be done in the Sigmatel driver as well.
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post #17 of 64
6/4/07 at 10:47am
Thanks m94mni! As-is is perfectly fine with me. Let it be stereo. I'll let my receiver to do the processing. The main goal is to get all sound out of laptop via S/PDIF.

I've got the adapter, so connection is not a problem, but the only time I get anything on digital out is when I play DVD or DivX with AC3 encoded sound.

So how do I do that?

thanks!
comer
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post #18 of 64
6/4/07 at 10:57am
comer: there is a setting in the windows audio properties dialog (volume control -> advanced). Again, you will only get stereo output from games and music in this setup.
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post #19 of 64
6/4/07 at 12:27pm
Nope That's what I have and the only sound I get is when it's DD/AC3. May be I am missing something and there's another setting somewhere...
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post #20 of 64
6/4/07 at 12:36pm
there has to be, because I have no issues running SPDIF audio to my reciever during games.
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