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    DV6-6xxx Audio jacks reconfigurable for 5.1 Surround sound?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by everythingsablur, Jul 4, 2011.

  1. everythingsablur

    everythingsablur Notebook Evangelist

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    Question to DV6-6xxx owners. Are the audio jacks (2 headphone and 1 mic) reconfigurable to support 5.1 surround sound? Seems like several other laptops are able to do this via settings where the 2nd headphone and the mic jack are re-purposed as the rear and subwoofer channels, but I haven't seen anything on the DV6 for that. Resort to USB or Bluetooth for a microphone if you need one (or a built-in one).

    Not a deal breaker, but nice to know for an old 5.1 Logitech speaker set I've got kicking around from a decade ago.

    TIA!
     
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    LLStarks Notebook Evangelist

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    The ports should work with SPDIF.
     
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    everythingsablur Notebook Evangelist

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    There's an optical SPDIF? Didn't see that on any spec sheet...

    And not really the connector I'm looking for. More of a three 3.5mm headphone jack type surround sound like you find with 5.1 computer speakers or headsets that don't do surround processing on their own.
     
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    You might be screwed then.

    HDMI should be able to do 5.1 sound if you hook up to a TV and then hook the TV up to a 5.1 setup.
     
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    Anyone else? Straight up analog connectors like these.

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    Again, not a deal breaker by any means. Just a curiousity as to what old audio gear I can repurpose.


    So really, is there an optical SPDIF? That would be even more impressive than analog 5.1...
     
    everythingsablur, Jul 5, 2011
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