User`s manual

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Things to know about Optical and Digital # 1
If you have a system or a sound card that has Optical or Digital audio out.
You will need to enable digital out in the Audio Control Program.
This will produce a 5.1 surround sound signal.
Note:
Only audio signals encoded in 5.1 will play out all speakers.
Anything encoded in stereo will still result in only 2 speakers.
(Not available with all Media Center Models)
Optical and digital connections may not connect to the Media Center directly
in the same media interface as the receiver or TV. This is when you will need
to purchase a adapter. This basically just changes the interface of the connector.
You can get a digital mono mini plug adapter (refer to # 2) that will convert to
a single RCA connector. This will allow you to connect your Media Center
>>> out of the speaker jack >>> to converter adapter >>> to RCA cable
>>> and then plug into the A/V Receiver's or TV's Digital Coaxial connector.
The same principle can be used for just about any type of connection interface.
All of these adapters are available online or at your nearest electronic store.
Things to know about Mini Jack Connectors # 2
Mini Jack is a type of jack used to transmit stereo 2 channel audio.
This is the standard type of connection that most computer systems will have.
If you purchase computer speakers in a 5.1, 3.1 or 2-speaker configuration, these
types of connectors can be used. I.E Switching the sound cards speaker configuration
in the Control Panel to 5.1 will allow you to connect a 5.1 surround sound speaker
configuration with these connector types. This type of connector can also be converted
to an RCA interface to connect to A/V Receivers and TV devices.
Things to know about Speaker Jacks # 3
These are the standard PC speaker jacks. You will connect #2 into these jacks.
If you configure the sound channel properties and choose a 5.1 surround and depending
on the sound card, it may turn the Green jack to Front speakers,
the Blue jack may become the Center, and the Pink may become the Rear speakers.
However this will disable microphone and input capability.
Things to know about RCA Audio (red, white). # 4
These are an RCA connector interface. These connectors can be used instead of the standard coaxial
twist on connector to capture the left and right audio channels.
These will be located on the Media Center's Capture Card and will be connecting to the cable/satellite set top box.
Note:
If using the RF Coaxial twist-on cable you will not use these RCA connectors because the RF transmits Audio and Video.
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