Newb Question! Reciever & Soundcard...

[aznpxdd]

I'm planning on getting new speaker setup this summer, but I have a few newb questions. How do I connect to reciever to the soundcard? I'm planning to get something along the lines of X-Fi XtremeMusic, but I don't see any ports on the card that I can connect to reciever to. Can anyone tell me or give me a site with a guide on how to do that.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rakinos]

buy something like this: http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage...301&filter=3.5mm&raid=25&rak=Dayton355&wt.sv1

(three if you want 5.1)

 

[Smitty2k1]

Or if you want DIGITAL audio, buy a MONO male minijack to female RCA adapter. Use a coax cable to connect the sound card and your reciever and there you have it! (You will only get stero sound in anything that isn't already encoded in dolby digital or DTS, yes that means STEREO in games)

 

[towert7]

To connect a sound card to a receiver, you usually have two options: analog or digital.

It's that simple.

What you have to learn is that there are several ways of doing each of these. The bottom line though, is SOMEHOW you need to get it to the receiver.

So that means, if your sound card has a line output that's a 3.5mm stereo jack, and your receiver has dual RCA jacks for stereo, you will need a 3.5mm to RCA cable. Easy enough.

There are a few technicalities, but those should wait until you're more certain with what you are going to be doing.

Rakinos, I didn't know partsexpress had a 3.5mm to RCA cable. Thanks for the info. I'll have to go and buy me one. (Must be pretty new).

~Hope this helps