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it possible to get full sorround sound with this setup? please help me?
I have logitech z506 5.1 speakers, my tv only has optical audio out and aux, right know my tv is conected to the sepakers via the aux cable to the red and white ports in the speaker, i want to know if it is possible to get real sorround sound. I have an xbox one conected to the TV via HDMI and the sat/box conected to the back of the xbox one. i have read you can use a converter from optical to analog that way i could conect directly from my xbox to the speaker but using a converter you dont get sorround right? please help me
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- LanceLv 76 years ago
You need an HDMI; Optical or SPDIF coax connection in order to get surround converting RCA to one of those is not going to cut it because the signal will still only be stereo....in order for surround to take place the signal must remain in the digital realm until converted by either a DTS or Dolby processor... computer surround is created by a surround sound card inside the computer; but usually it is not DTS nor Dolby compliant so its a different type signal and a different process for getting surround...also your source must also have the codec...if the TV signal or movie only has stereo you will not get a digital surround signal...also you cannot force feed a Dolby or DTS digital signal it has to be there encoded by the original source...you can use Dolby Prologic or Neo 6 to create a pseudo surround signal but its not a digital surround signal...and may or may not sound realistic....
- Grumpy MacLv 76 years ago
Ok - computer speakers tend to NOT work with whole room gear. It's kind of like trying to use a battery powered personal fan to cool a room.
The device below, combined with some 3.5 mm male-to-male wires will mimic the 3 jacks found on a computer sound card to feed computer speakers. Yes - it will be DD5.1 surround sound: