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tyerone

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Hi

i have a creative audigy zs 2, and i want to use the digital out, currently using the 3 colour cables, green, black and orange,

where can i get the digital out cable from? ect how would it work?

Thanks
 
tyerone said:
Hi

i have a creative audigy zs 2, and i want to use the digital out, currently using the 3 colour cables, green, black and orange,

where can i get the digital out cable from? ect how would it work?

Thanks
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I have the same card, and almost the same speakers (Z680). After much searching, i found the right connector lead, plugged it all in, only to find it sounded pretty lousy compared to the 3 standard connectors I (and you I am surmising) had all along. Bottom line, I wouldn't bother. You lose some significant Oomph (volume) too.
 
tyerone said:
ok thanks just thought the digital would be much better....... would this work

http://uk.europe.creative.com/shop/product_bundles.asp?category=14&subcategory=0&product=773&page=
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That looks technical:)

I seem to remember using a stereo mini DIN to RCA, into the logitechs. Also tried a 4-pole mini DIN, and a 3-pole, and, and, and, - in the end I gave up.

Edit - I see that's a 4-pole mini DIN in the pic. I remember now - 4-pole mini DIN out on the sound card to a single RCA digital in on the Z680's. Didn't make sense. I think maybe only creative speakers have the right input. May be wrong - it was a while ago.

Edit- maybe the 5500's have more connection options than the Z680's...
 
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maybe i must just get a decent sound card or mb with optical, coax out :)
 
Hey tyerone - does your motherboard have an onboard digital out for your sound - what motherboard do you have?
I used to have an Audigy card and dropped it for my onboard sound - I forgot I had an additional backplate that came with the motherboard that enabled me to get 5.1/7.1 digital sound, and it also had an optical out (fibre optic digital) port.
I have the optical hooked up to my amp in the lounge and stream HD content from the PC with this now - works very well and get full 1080 and DD/DTS sound...

Check your mobo and see if has this feature - my board is quite old now, about 4 years (socket 939), so the newer boards may have this feature without you realising it...
 
howardb said:
Hey tyerone - does your motherboard have an onboard digital out for your sound - what motherboard do you have?
I used to have an Audigy card and dropped it for my onboard sound - I forgot I had an additional backplate that came with the motherboard that enabled me to get 5.1/7.1 digital sound, and it also had an optical out (fibre optic digital) port.
I have the optical hooked up to my amp in the lounge and stream HD content from the PC with this now - works very well and get full 1080 and DD/DTS sound...

Check your mobo and see if has this feature - my board is quite old now, about 4 years (socket 939), so the newer boards may have this feature without you realising it...
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i have a intel jhb mb, no optical or coax on the mb itself hence why i got a audigy zs 2.
 
Grouter said:
That looks technical:)

I seem to remember using a stereo mini DIN to RCA, into the logitechs. Also tried a 4-pole mini DIN, and a 3-pole, and, and, and, - in the end I gave up.

Edit - I see that's a 4-pole mini DIN in the pic. I remember now - 4-pole mini DIN out on the sound card to a single RCA digital in on the Z680's. Didn't make sense. I think maybe only creative speakers have the right input. May be wrong - it was a while ago.

Edit- maybe the 5500's have more connection options than the Z680's...
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correct
 
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