What cables do I need?

Graham5

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I can't for the life of me figure out what these cables on the back of the surround sound are. I want to use the Green, Black, an Orange inputs
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, to plug into a PC. With the highest quality audio that this surround supports.

Now I'm assuming those 3 are what I want. If not... Feel free to clarify :p
 
Solution
Refer to page 96 of the manual, you'll use three stereo 3.5mm cables to connect the two together.
Green -> Main speaker out
Orange -> rear out
Black -> Sub/center out.

The orange and black may be flipped, so you'll need to test the speakers first.
Open up the Creative sound blaster, go to speakers, set to 5.1, then hit test. (Make sure you are using a very low volume level) (pages 97 and 98 of the manual)

It'll then play each speaker independently, if the sub/center play out of the rears (and vice versa) then switch the orange and black cables.

Paul NZ

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Top ones 3.5 under that RCA. Read the mobo manual and find out what the analog outputs are

There should be a line out, (green) center, (orange) and rear speaker out (blk). Well it is on here and the top rca plug into something with rca cables

 

Graham5

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Don't have the motherboard yet. Just making sure pre-purchase that this will work correctly. Here's the motherboard product page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128706&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 

Graham5

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Maybe I'm doing something wrong? On second thought I'd like to avoid this board. Sound card issues all over the place. I would still like to know what cables I would need to get the BEST sound out of this surround sound. Thank you.
 

Graham5

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Doesn't have optical I'm afraid. Would I just have to settle for RED/WHITE? Or is there a better way? The connections shown above are all it has.
 
The 6 channel input is color coded to correspond to the outputs you need on the mobo or sound card to get 5.1 channel audio. This is the best connection for you. The processing is done in the PC so the better quality there the better the sound will be.
You need three cables with stereo 3.5mm plugs at each end.
 

Graham5

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Thank you! I know that I need 3 cables that are 3.5mm. I just do not know which ones? And where they go on a motherboard? Can you give me an example? Thank you.
 

Graham5

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Is it specific to that particular motherboard though? I know what RCA jacks, and headphone jacks are. As well as Digital Optical. I will look into a manual. I don't have any of these parts yet, that's why I can't just try things out.
 

Graham5

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Does it make a difference which kind you go with? I'd just like to get the true 5.1 sound out of this. I've already built a basic pc build so I know what I'm doing there. Just trying to understand the way you connect these two.
 

ien2222

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Refer to page 96 of the manual, you'll use three stereo 3.5mm cables to connect the two together.
Green -> Main speaker out
Orange -> rear out
Black -> Sub/center out.

The orange and black may be flipped, so you'll need to test the speakers first.
Open up the Creative sound blaster, go to speakers, set to 5.1, then hit test. (Make sure you are using a very low volume level) (pages 97 and 98 of the manual)

It'll then play each speaker independently, if the sub/center play out of the rears (and vice versa) then switch the orange and black cables.
 
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Graham5

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I will do that thank you! How am I going to tell what sound is coming out of which speaker? (never had 5.1 before) I can't test anything for a month or so, until I raise the cash.
 

Graham5

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Well that's what I would do. Unless I have a native 5.1 content that is. Learning here.
 

ien2222

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On the screen, it'll tell you which speaker is playing, generally the speaker lights up or is highlighted and it may tell you which one also.
 

Graham5

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So just to be sure I need 3 regular audio cables to connect it up? (3.5mm on both ends) Nothing fancy?