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    Stock dell sound devices, how do I hook up 5.1 system, with the 3 sound jacks. XPS 16 and M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kidwithshirt, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. kidwithshirt

    kidwithshirt Notebook Geek

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    I am always curious of how to do this. I know that I need to get separate 3.5mm jacks but my home theater system that I hooked up only has one AUX in input.

    Is there some kind of splitter that I must purchase or do I have to have a special system?

    If there is an instruction of hooking up a 5.1 home theater with the 3 audio ports, please refer me to it. Thanks

    So far I have used one male to male 3.5mm cable from AUX input and one of the headphone jacks. The stock sound software detects it as "headphone." I do hear some 5.1 difference when I select 5.1 option from DVDs

    If nothing works I might just consider getting one of those USB Creative sound blaster for 5.1
     
    kidwithshirt, Jun 15, 2009
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