Connecting Audio from PC to Stereo via Optical

[puritania]

Hi

I have an Insignia stereo receiver, and a Vista 64 PC with an evga mobo. My mobo has optical out, and my stereo has optical in.

I bought the cable, hooked t up, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make the sound work.

I tried all the presets on the receiver, messed around with the sound in Vista, but I'm lost.

Please, any info would be great.
Thanks

 

[gamerk316]

Should just be a matter of going to you're sound console and setting "spdif" as the output.

 

[puritania]

There is no spdif as output.
I figured out the default for the optical is Video 2.
But now it won't let me select the stereo setting I want, which is Matrix.
And it only plays music from WMP, not iTunes.
Why is that?

 

[gamerk316]

There should be either a "Digital Output" from the Windows Control Panel -> Sounds tab, or a "SPDIF out" from your audio console for you're onboard chipset.

 

[puritania]

I figured that out. I can hear the music playing from WMP, but will not play from iTunes. I also cannot select any other music setting on the reciever. I usually use Matrix, but won't let me. Every other setting makes it sound terrible.

 

[puritania]

Ok, I figured out how to get music from WMP to my stereo without it sounding terrible.

But iTunes will NOT play through my stereo. I can see the song playing, but the audio wont transfer through, but it will on wmp.
Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks

 

[rexter]

Once optical is selected some audio enhancement will be disabled, including matrix. For that you'll need to turn your amp DSP system set to matrix.

You also may have a driver problems if you can't play iTunes without audio, have try reinstalling iTunes?

 

[Ronald_7]

pc to surround sound wont give sound