Electrical digital output (coax)

Jo-Chen · Aug 31, 2003, 01:46 PM

Hi,
how do I use the digital coax output of my sb live player 1024 correctly? I connected my harman/kardon avr 45rds to the yellow jack of the sb. This is the only way I can get it to work but where are the basses gone? In the kx-mixer it only works when "digital output" is _not_ enabled. Therefore I think I am doing something wrong here. The quality seems poor compared to the analog output of the soundcard.

Here are the mixer settings of the Master tab:
swap front and rear: yes
digital output: no
spdif bypass: no

Is this the right way to get digital output?

Max M. · Aug 31, 2003, 04:28 PM

>swap front and rear: yes
>digital output: no
>spdif bypass: no

yes, these are correct settings for SBLive1024 digital out (ct4830, ct4832 and similiar).... - "swap front" affects only analog outputs (in the latest verions) and "digital output only" makes sense only for 5.1 model (since digital outputs share with the same connector with analog ones there)...

Probably you've connected the wrong cable - digital output on sbl1024
(the yellow one) contains both front and rear digital outputs so make sure you listen to "front" one not "rear"... (probably you have surrounder set to "4.x surround on" or similiar and you are listenng to pseudorear filed really having less bass)... Also make sure you have bass redirection off...

Wrong cable - for example - you are doing this connection with standart stereo minijack-to-rca cable - then the front output is on white rca and the rear output is at red rca... something like that...

Jo-Chen · Sep 5, 2003, 05:10 PM

Thanx!

The problem seems to be a bad headphones output of the h/k AVR. On speakers it sounds brilliant. Can't get enough of it!

Quote:

Originally posted by Max M.
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Wrong cable - for example - you are doing this connection with standart stereo minijack-to-rca cable - then the front output is on white rca and the rear output is at red rca... something like that...

That's true, I'm using this kind of cable. I switched the sides but I did not hear a difference. Guess that's because it's plain stereo.

Aug 31, 2003, 01:46 PM	#1
Jo-Chen DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Electrical digital output (coax) Hi, how do I use the digital coax output of my sb live player 1024 correctly? I connected my harman/kardon avr 45rds to the yellow jack of the sb. This is the only way I can get it to work but where are the basses gone? In the kx-mixer it only works when "digital output" is _not_ enabled. Therefore I think I am doing something wrong here. The quality seems poor compared to the analog output of the soundcard. Here are the mixer settings of the Master tab: swap front and rear: yes digital output: no spdif bypass: no Is this the right way to get digital output?

Aug 31, 2003, 04:28 PM	#2
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,606 Rep Power: 66	>swap front and rear: yes >digital output: no >spdif bypass: no yes, these are correct settings for SBLive1024 digital out (ct4830, ct4832 and similiar).... - "swap front" affects only analog outputs (in the latest verions) and "digital output only" makes sense only for 5.1 model (since digital outputs share with the same connector with analog ones there)... Probably you've connected the wrong cable - digital output on sbl1024 (the yellow one) contains both front and rear digital outputs so make sure you listen to "front" one not "rear"... (probably you have surrounder set to "4.x surround on" or similiar and you are listenng to pseudorear filed really having less bass)... Also make sure you have bass redirection off... Wrong cable - for example - you are doing this connection with standart stereo minijack-to-rca cable - then the front output is on white rca and the rear output is at red rca... something like that... __________________