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    How do you connect a laptop to a receiver to get sound?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by davidt1, Apr 25, 2007.

  1. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Has anyone connected a laptop to a receiver to get surround sound? My DV9207us has two headphone outputs and one is SPDIF enabled. In Vista, there is an option to enable SPDIF. I don't see any thing like that in XP. Help. Thank you.
     
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    The SPDIF has to be an optical outlet in order for it to work. If that's the case then most stores carry optical fiber cables / aka toslink, for audio signals. Usually about 20 bucks or so.
     
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