Using Digital Output with my Audigy: How?

flalvare · Jan 5, 2003, 08:31 PM

Hi:

I would appreciate a small tutorial in how to use the Digital Output from my Audigy 1 (using Audigy 2 software) to connect my speaker system. I'm lost about some aspects such as spdif, digital output, AC-3 pass through, Dolby/DTS Decoding, etc etc etc.

Questions:

SPDIF <=> Digital Output?
Does Audigy decode DTS or just Dolby?
What does mean AC-3 pass through?
How looks like a digital conector to use from my Audigy to my speaker system? (regular stereo plug?)

Thanks in advance

DallasStar · Jan 5, 2003, 10:38 PM

1. Go to surround mixer
2. Go to speaker settings
3. Make sure "use digital sound only" is enabled
4. Connect your reciever/decoder to the spdif out of the audigy
5. Connect your speakers to your decoder

All done

Audigy only decodes Dolby 5.1, but if you want to use digital output, the decoding is left for your decoder to perform. So if your decoder supports DTS/Dolby decoding, then you're all set and don't have to worry.

yes, spdif is digital
AC3 pass through means that it can send your digital information directly to the decoder.
yes, the spdif plug looks similar to a stereo plug (not like an optical plug)

SonicZero · Jan 6, 2003, 04:36 AM

dallas i can't seem to get this to work on my DTT3500 speaker system connected via SPDIF cable on my Audigy 1 card with Audigy2 drivers, i had it working perfectly with A1 drivers... i heard the a2 drivers disabled or fouled this up i think someone on these boards came up with a fix but i havn't tested it so i don't know how it affects other aspects of the drivers performance

Ph33zy · Jan 6, 2003, 06:35 AM

i have this problem as well... i think the A2 drivers do disable spidf passthru for the A1. Because powerdvd used to work with A1 drivers but now they don't... anyone have a fix? I have the dtt 3500 also and i already tried going into the audiohq and under the decoder option, changed it to SPDIF passthru...

DallasStar · Jan 6, 2003, 10:38 PM

Well, i guess you should stick with Audigy 1 drivers then....

mbh831 · Jan 7, 2003, 05:58 AM

what if that box is not there?

Jan 5, 2003, 08:31 PM	#1
flalvare DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Using Digital Output with my Audigy: How? Hi: I would appreciate a small tutorial in how to use the Digital Output from my Audigy 1 (using Audigy 2 software) to connect my speaker system. I'm lost about some aspects such as spdif, digital output, AC-3 pass through, Dolby/DTS Decoding, etc etc etc. Questions: SPDIF <=> Digital Output? Does Audigy decode DTS or just Dolby? What does mean AC-3 pass through? How looks like a digital conector to use from my Audigy to my speaker system? (regular stereo plug?) Thanks in advance

Jan 5, 2003, 10:38 PM	#2
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	1. Go to surround mixer 2. Go to speaker settings 3. Make sure "use digital sound only" is enabled 4. Connect your reciever/decoder to the spdif out of the audigy 5. Connect your speakers to your decoder All done Audigy only decodes Dolby 5.1, but if you want to use digital output, the decoding is left for your decoder to perform. So if your decoder supports DTS/Dolby decoding, then you're all set and don't have to worry. yes, spdif is digital AC3 pass through means that it can send your digital information directly to the decoder. yes, the spdif plug looks similar to a stereo plug (not like an optical plug) __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka Last edited by DallasStar; Jan 5, 2003 at 10:48 PM.

Jan 6, 2003, 04:36 AM	#3
SonicZero DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	now werkin forme dallas i can't seem to get this to work on my DTT3500 speaker system connected via SPDIF cable on my Audigy 1 card with Audigy2 drivers, i had it working perfectly with A1 drivers... i heard the a2 drivers disabled or fouled this up i think someone on these boards came up with a fix but i havn't tested it so i don't know how it affects other aspects of the drivers performance __________________ AMD XP 1800+ Soltek SL-75DRV5 (KT333) 512 mb PC2700 EVGA GeForce 4 Ti 4400 Maxtor 60 GB ATA133 7200 RPM 32x10x40 LG CD-RW SB Audigy Sound Card 19" FlatScreen Daytek 905 DTT3500 Creative Dolby Digital Sound System

Jan 6, 2003, 10:38 PM	#5
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	Well, i guess you should stick with Audigy 1 drivers then.... __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jan 6, 2003, 06:35 AM	#4
Ph33zy DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	i have this problem as well... i think the A2 drivers do disable spidf passthru for the A1. Because powerdvd used to work with A1 drivers but now they don't... anyone have a fix? I have the dtt 3500 also and i already tried going into the audiohq and under the decoder option, changed it to SPDIF passthru...

Jan 7, 2003, 05:58 AM	#6
mbh831 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	what if that box is not there?