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    acer aspire 5583 audio

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jck, Dec 29, 2008.

  1. jck

    jck Notebook Enthusiast

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    does the acer aspire 5583 support 5.1 audio output? ( realtek hd audio)
     
    jck, Dec 29, 2008
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    You can make sure by looking at the specs; but if it doesn’t have 3 audio jacks or a SPDIF output then the answer is NO.
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 29, 2008
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    i am unable to find the spec's for my laptop. it has only 1 audio output jack but it has spdif written there
     
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    i have seen a guy connect a 5.1 to a laptop by putting a jack splitter in the audio jack and then connecting 1 in each of them, if i do that will i get the surround effect in 5.1 movies or will the same thing play on all
     
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    I'm definitely not an expert but I think the same thing will play on all speakers. You can try it yourself these jacks splitters are very cheap.
     
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    i havent bought speakers yet..
     
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Realtek HD Audio sux big time. You'll be better off buying an external 5.1 sound card. And I don't think it supports 5.1 natively (at least in XP).

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    I had a cheap 5.1 USB adapter which burnt out when I connected to my home theater system. I'm using the USB iMic (3.1), and the sound quality is 10x better than what I get from the 3.5mm jack in front of the notebook.
     
    Andy, Jan 1, 2009
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    i tried out m4500 and sbs 300 on my normal card. m4500 sounded very very bad and sbs 300 sounded better. i guess sbs 300 is enough cause my hostel room is 10x10
     
    jck, Jan 2, 2009
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    I agree with Andy, external(usb/expresscard) soundcard FTW. Realtek is just for basic sound. Also, their drivers used to be verry buggy don't know if they fixed it.
     
    ATG, Jan 2, 2009
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