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snowbound

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Creating A 5.1 Setup To Component Audio Inputs.
« on: February 02, 2020, 05:51:00 PM »
Hi. My crappy 5.1 surround sound receiver only has component inputs (RED, WHITE FOR AUDIO AND YELLOW FOR VIDEO). I came across this tutorial that claims to change the signal from the xbox into a digital one, while still keeping the cables as component ones. If I follow this, will I get 5.1 surround?

here's the link to the tutorial.

http://wrongcrowd.com/staticpages/index.php/xboxspdif
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ldotsfan

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2020, 07:38:00 AM »
Component inputs are usually colored Red Green Blue. Red White and Yellow are usually Composite Inputs and it's common for lower-end receivers to carry only Composite inputs and these don't carry the 5.1 audio signals. In fact, only 1 digital coaxial cable is required to carry 5.1 audio signals. So a total of 3 component inputs for Video and 1 digital coaxial for the 5.1 audio.
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2020, 10:36:00 AM »
QUOTE(ldotsfan @ Apr 5 2008, 03:38 PM) *

Component inputs are usually colored Red Green Blue. Red White and Yellow are usually Composite Inputs and it's common for lower-end receivers to carry only Composite inputs and these don't carry the 5.1 audio signals. In fact, only 1 digital coaxial cable is required to carry 5.1 audio signals. So a total of 3 component inputs for Video and 1 digital coaxial for the 5.1 audio.



Interesting. My receiver says "5.1" on it though and even has led displays with the option of selecting "stereo" or "5.1".

That tutorial looks as though it keeps the two separate left and right composite inputs that my receiver needs to have 5.1.

In fact the writer even states "Perhaps you are having a hard time finding a cheap optical cable, or worse still, maybe your home theater receiver only has coax inputs. We can't change your receiver, but we can mod your Xbox and add a coax audio jack in about 10 minutes."
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xman954

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Creating A 5.1 Setup To Component Audio Inputs.
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2020, 02:32:00 PM »
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Interesting. My receiver says "5.1" on it though and even has led displays with the option of selecting "stereo" or "5.1".
dolby "pro logic" is 5.1 but it is coded in the the 2 analog signals
not the same as dolby digital 5.1 (AC3)

make sure the MS dash is set to dolby surround not stereo

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snowbound

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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2020, 03:03:00 PM »
QUOTE(xman954 @ Apr 5 2008, 10:32 PM) *

dolby "pro logic" is 5.1 but it is coded in the the 2 analog signals
not the same as dolby digital 5.1 (AC3)

make sure the MS dash is set to dolby surround not stereo



Ah I see, I need a new receiver then.

I only use the xbox for playing movies these days (I have a lot of DVD's from Europe and it's the only thing that will play them) and the only reason I looked into this was that the surround just didnt seem very powerful.

Scenes in films that had music had more depth, but sound effects and thinks blowing up just don't seem to be happening behind me, so to speak.

Thanks for the info, I will check the dash on xbox though.

This post has been edited by snowbound: Yesterday, 11:11 PM
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