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| Topic: | 3.5 to optical converter This thread has 16 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:15 |
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Laptop with 3.5 analog out, no Hdmi. If playing movie from iTunes or DVD drive will this output 5.1 to receiver?
Remember, there is no such thing As a dumb question!
Thanks in advance
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:17 |
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Model # would help. If it were an Apple laptop, there would almost certainly be a mini-Toslink at the end of the 3.5mm jack and you could output 5.1.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:19 |
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Older toshiba. And a newer Acer
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| Post 4 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:53 |
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I thought 3.5mm analog was limited to stereo only.
Isn't optical or digital coax jack required for 5.1?
Unless of cause you have some weird 3.5mm configuration unlike what Sammy TVs use for components out of 3.5mm jack.
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| Post 5 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:57 |
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Lots of laptops use a combo jack that does analog audio on a minijack or toslink with a special cable or adapter.
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| Post 6 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 20:59 |
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On August 21, 2013 at 20:53, Mario said...
I thought 3.5mm analog was limited to stereo only.
Isn't optical or digital coax jack required for 5.1? yup
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| OP | Post 7 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 21:21 |
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On August 21, 2013 at 20:53, Mario said...
I thought 3.5mm analog was limited to stereo only.
Isn't optical or digital coax jack required for 5.1? That's why I said 3.5 to optical converter
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| Post 8 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 21:26 |
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3.5 will only output analog in stereo. Even if you insert a DAC, you will only see stereo.
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| Post 9 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 21:28 |
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| OP | Post 10 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 21:34 |
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Yes, laptop is set to output 5.1, but there is no digital out. Only audio out is 3.5 jack. My question is, with a 3.5 to optical converter will that give me 5.1 to my receiver? It, as suggested will I only get stereo.
On laptop is a toshiba, with VGA out
Other is an Acer with Hdmi out, but my receiver does not have Hdmi
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 22:20 |
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Can you use this with the Acer HDMI output? [Link: gefen.com]Extracts the digital audio from the HDMI and outputs bitstream audio via optical.
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| Post 12 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 22:50 |
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If it is truly an analog 3.5mm output as you say, it definitely won't output 5.1.
However, as some have alluded to, some laptops, particularly Apple, actually are capable of outputting optical audio (toslink) out of the 3.5mm connection via a special adapter.
The only way to know if the laptop in question does output digital audio through the 3.5mm connection is to read the manual, or in some cases to look inside the connection for a red glow.
You can also always get an external sound card that does it.
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| Post 13 made on Wednesday August 21, 2013 at 23:15 |
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Watch out for the red glow, you could blind yourself.
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| OP | Post 14 made on Thursday August 22, 2013 at 05:57 |
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Thanks, I think my question has been answered. I'm going to look into an extension sound card.
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| Post 15 made on Thursday August 22, 2013 at 11:53 |
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