G1 Spdif

I have one of the plugs shown in Figure 6 shown here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mce/expert/connect_av.mspx

I can't get my spdif to work. I configure it in the Realtek audio panel to put out a digital signal, but the volume bars for spdif are grayed out. The receiver also shows no digital signal.

 

Ok, I had a look at that MS page, it is very detailed.

My home setup looks a bit different, because I don't have a receiver, but I will explain what I did, so this may be able to help you.

To get sound from my laptop to my built-in TV speakers, all I have to do is a take 3.5mm male end and plug that into my laptop, while the other end has 2 composite male ends. Just like the first picture in that site.

So I take the 2 composite ends and plug it into my TV, and now I can play movies and music through my TV.

Remember I did not touch anything regarding sound and driver programs, all I did was turn up the Wave and Master Volume to max, and then used my TV remote to control the sound from the TV speakers.

If that works, for you, then just take out the 2 composite cables from the TV and plug them into the receiver, and see if that works right away.

 

Well, your setup won't give me digital sound. I need to be able to use my digital coax cable.

 

What cable are you using for your S/PDIF out? I can tell you right off that digital coax cables DO NOT work with S/PDIF.

 

I think you're confused squawks. Spdif is a standard that can be used over several hardware configurations, including digital coax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDIF#Hardware_specifications

I'm currently using an adapter, such as the one previously shown, to adapt my my digital coax cable (RCA jacks) to the 1/8"/3.5mm headphone jack.

The digital receiver is my speaker set (Z680). It supports DTS and Dolby Digital. However, when plugged up using the adapter, the receiver shows no digital input signal from the laptop even though its set in the Realtek control panel to output a digital signal. The SPDIF volume bars, both in the windows volume manager and the Realtek are grayed-out.

The solution offered by MilestonePC will only output stereo sound.

 

What exact laptop do you have? There are different kinds of SPDIF, i'm guessing you have optical (a litle red light can be seen when u unplug something from the headphone jack), optical can only be to another optical....not to coaxal.

read: http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html that might answer some questions

 

I thought the SPDIF output on these were optical.

 

I don't think its optical. I don't see a red light or anything when unplugged. I have the Asus G1.

 

ya it does, just (in the dark) plug in headphones into the headphone jack, then unplug them and put a piece of paper there and you'll see a red dot

its toslink optical, wich is besically a fiber optic miniplug

 

Hm. I don't see any red light, even in the dark. However, after looking inside the jack using a flashlight I think I can see the mini tos. Cool beans.

 

Uhhhh...you think I'm confused? You didn't even know S/PDIF was even optical.

First of all, S/PDIF is a simple platform allowing connections of both metal-to-metal (e.g. using your headphones) or an optical output. Most S/PDIF today are meant to output digitally with a TOSLINK (fiber optic) cable. That means that using a digital coax cable (basically just an RCA cable) WILL NOT work.

So what you would need is a receiver that has TOSLINK-in, and a cable (or adapter) with TOSLINK-mini to TOSLINK. If you go the adapter route you'd still need a TOSLINK to TOSLINK cable.

 

I don't think you read the link. No need to get angry brother. I knew very much that SPDIF can use optical. I just wasn't aware my notebook used the optical method. Don't tell me though that a digital coax cable won't work using the SPDIF standard as both the wiki and my receiver prove that statement false. My intention was not to provoke you with that statement.

 

srry forgot, u gotta turn SPDIF on in the realtec thingey... you have to click on the digital spdif wrench button, and then turn output on, then you'll see the red dot.

 

Could anyone please tell me:

• Which particular Realtek codec is used? Is it the ALC882?
• Is 44.1kHz output selectable for S/P-DIF, or only 48kHz?

I ask because I have a W2P with an ALC882 and, using the latest drivers in XP, I can only output at 48kHz, which obviously denies me bit-perfect output of 44.1kHz PCM over S/P-DIF. Under Vista I have no problem selecting each of the bit-depths and sampling rates that the ALC882 is supposed to support, and verified that it was correctly doing so using a receiver. I can't figure out why the driver or application in XP will not let me use 44.1/96kHz.

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Does the g1 has 5.1 sound??
What diference is beetwen having digital sound and just stereo sound?