42" to 46" LCD tv

MUTTL

Cheers M8
I'll have a wee look now

duncan32

Sorry to post on my own thread again, just worried that it might be forgotten about. Where do I sit now, do you think? Is my best option to get the audio lead mentioned by jasx? Would even that work?

Or, is it to get a pair of external speakers and have them on either side of the tv, so when using the tv as a PC, there is audio (and when watching tv through the vbox, it's audio comes through the tv)?

I can't even begin to think about the wiring of a cable, as suggested by Richie (good to accept your limits, sometimes, I think!)

I do appreciate everyone's advice, and am feeling a little lost, tbh.

Cheers,

Duncan

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MUTTL

So,Does that mean there's no tweaks to be had?
Those soundbars are waaaaay to expensive methinks.
The kosher gear 5:1 from Sony is £499,one of the soundbars is £400 :-(

Richie-from-the-Boro

"" duncan32 ""

- I've downloaded your MOBO manual from :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/driverdownload/Motherboard/Intel/Socket775/G31MX/manual/Multi%20language/G31MX&46GMX%20Se

- It looks as if it does have a [ Jack sensing output ] S/PDIF output header, but there's no pictorial of the MOBO headers in the *pdf so I've no idea whether they are 2/ 3/ 4 pin. Usually they are 4 pin with only 3 cables attached.

And according to your earlier post your video card type has an S/PDIF in header

So you need to connect a cable from MOBO out to Video in, set it up, and it will work.

- get an S/PDIF patch [ not TOSlink ] cable, connect it [ it should auto sense ] change the audio settings we spoke about a couple of day ago and it should go through HDMi.

- Does your MOBO have a small square output on the back with a plug in it with a little handle on it that you can pull out ? If it does get back to me - you may need to make a BIOS setting change to allow the S/PDIF to go to the video card instead of the back panel of the computer.

see pic#1 here of the cable you need : http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8149

duncan32

Wow, what a nice bloke. Thanks for trying to help me.

This probably sounds ridiculous, but the light in my conservatory (where the tv / pc live) is quite dim at this time of night (I would call it subtle lighting!). So, I am going to wait until I get back from work tomorrow, and check it out in daylight.

I must admit to still being slightly confused by some of the stuff you are saying, but will give it all a go, if you don't mind the odd stupid question!

Thanks again for not cutting me adrift!

I'll post back tomorrow evening with my findings.

Duncan

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