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Thread: 1 set of speakers for PC and TV |
    
New member Username: Epiphone
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 08:25 pm: |
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Hi
i have no clue about this at the moment.
I have a PC with onboard 5.1 compatibility.
I want to buy a home theatre package for my TV.
How can I use 1 set of speakers for both?
My PC have 6 outputs for speakers.
I was gonna buy a creative 5.1 gigaworks S500 for example, can this be used by the TV too?
Or what is better for example is here
http://www.netonnet.de/index.asp?iid=71541
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
If I get a home theater it will have 6 speakers going into an amp, and then 1 connection to a TV.
Can my PC then have 6 connections to the amp so that it use the speakers in a 5.1 way? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 8762
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 09:19 pm: |
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If you are going to purchase a complete package for home theater, it will come with a set of speakers.
If you connect your PC to the home theater package you are set. No complications, you use the same speakers provided by the home theater package.
However, it would be impractical to turn on your home theater just to use the speakers when you are on the computer, wouldn't it? Just get a cheap speaker set for your PC for times when you only want to use the PC. |
New member Username: Epiphone
Post Number: 2
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 09:59 pm: |
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My PC and home theatre are in the same room.
When I am using my computer and want to hear sound, I will turn on my home theatre (not including TV).
When I want to watch TV and have theatre sound I will turn on my home theatre.
My PC and home theatre are in the same room.
So its pretty easy to set up home theatre with a TV.
Can i connect my onboard 5.1 sound card to the home theatre and take advantage of the sound.
I can probably connect using on cable to the home theatre, but I want to ensure its 5.1 sound then.
When talking about a home theatre, this includes the amp/head unit, which powers the speakers? |
Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 8763
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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What head unit? There is no head unit...the home theater is a receiver.
But yes you can do that. |
New member Username: Epiphone
Post Number: 3
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 12:48 am: |
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What Im after here is a little more information then of how it all connects.
I have 6 speakers, with 6 cables. They would all connect to my PC, as it has 6 sockets.
But the 6 speakers will not connect to my TV which has only the basic couple of Audio In sockets.
Therefore, I need the A/V Reciever, which is shown in the link in my first post.
So now my TV has one connection to the Reciever which has 6 connections to the speakers.
TV set up perfectly for home cinema.
But how do I connect my PC to the reciever?
Now does my PC have 1 connection to the Reciever or does my PC need to have 6 connections to the reciever. Cos the PC has 6 speaker sockets.
Connecting my PC with only 1 cable to the Reciever would not give it real 5.1 surround sound, or would it?
Or would the reciever now handle the emulation of the 5.1? Because thats what it is doing for the TV, so it does the same for the PC?
Or could I have 6 connections from the PC to the Reciever so using the onboard 5.1 which I have brought.
Or when connecting with one cable from the PC to the reciever, is connecting Optically or with another better technology utilising the 5.1 thats on my PC?
Can anyone see what im going on about?
As you can see, I really have no clue. Thanks in advance. |
Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 8784
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
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Let us keep it simple.
You want to connect your PC to the receiver.
If you want 5.1 surround from your PC, it needs a digital audio output or line level analog outputs.
A digital audio output will need to connect to a digital audio input on your receiver. It could be optical audio or coaxial digital or both.
If you have a line level analog output from your PC, you have to make sure that your receiver can accept this inputs. The receiver should have a left front, right front, center, right rear, left rear and subwoofer INPUTs in the back.
A digital audio output from your PC will make things simpler because you will only need one digital audio cable to connect to your receiver as opposed to six. |
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