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blueinfinity

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« on: October 31, 2004, 10:36:00 AM »
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and i jsut got my older RCA surround sound setup setup smile.gif

has the 4 satalites a centre and a sub.. biggrin.gif

problem is the rca out on the xbox wont support 5.1.. duh

so heres wut i got for input son my amp..

Digital inputs:
coaxial and Optical

6Ch Direct Input setup ??? wtf is this lol?

also got the red white and yellow inputs and s-video?

im not afraid to solder to the mobo of the xbox for out puts

can i utilize this 6chan thing.. or coaxial? im all new to this stuff and dont even know what coaxial is biggrin.gif lol

any opinions?
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FallsInc

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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2004, 11:10:00 AM »
buy a cable that supports digital optical
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CreziB

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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2004, 11:38:00 AM »
All you need to do is buy the advanced s-video pack for xbox.  It has s-video out, composite(yellow) video out, left/right audio, and Digital 5.1 optical output.  All you need after that is the optical audio cable.  

I don't know your understanding of xbox/products, so here's some more info:

The advanced pack is just a different video connector sold by MS almost anywhere an xbox is sold.

There is also an HDTV pack(Hi-Def) with a 5.1 optial audio output.

Monster Cable also has their own line of "Monster Game" cables for xbox, but have unusual 5.1 outputs requiring a second purchase to complete the product.

If you don't have an HDTV, then get the S-video pack as it has 2 common types of video outputs and the 5.1 digital out you're looking for.

Both packs run around $19 US while you can find 3rd party brands for less, but you get what you pay for.  The Monster Cable stuff is closer to $50 for HDTV and I think around $30 for S-video.
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blueinfinity

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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2004, 09:24:00 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2004, 10:31:00 PM »
QUOTE (blueinfinity @ Oct 31 2004, 10:27 PM)
haha i have all that crap i got a lil cable turns into a box has all kindsa crap on it. my question mainly is. if i run off s-video and coaxial is that both sound and video or what? i wanna get the 5.1 goin. i listed wut i have for input son the amp and can not match them up with this box sad.gif

Right, you said in your previous post your amp has a digital optical audio input, that's what you'll want to use.

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blueinfinity

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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2004, 10:52:00 PM »
i jsut wana use the optical in and the coaxial in. thats audio/video? i know optical is video but this coaxial crap is new to me.
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« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2004, 01:58:00 AM »
optical and coax are audio.
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blueinfinity

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« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2004, 04:27:00 PM »
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Mr Ed

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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2004, 09:53:00 AM »
Technical optical and coax are the same for audio.  But with optical you get to see this cool red light at the end of the cable when the other end is connected.
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