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Unregistered guest | ... this one should be fairly easy though !! I want to output surround sound from my Xbox. I have the High Definition AV pack and an optical cable. The problem lies with my surround system. I have a Technics DV280 system. All this has in the way of inputs is 2 sets of RCA connections for a VCR and an AUX input. I have no optical input and therefore can't use the AV pack. Can someone suggest a ( preferably cheap ) product I could buy to take the optical input and output it through my existing speakers. I had thought of buying an amplifier that could accept the optical input from the Xbox and the 5 inputs from my DVD system and output whichever is selected to the 5 speakers I have, but couldn't find anything suitable. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 1889 Registered: Dec-03 | You need a receiver that can accept digital optical inputs. |
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Unregistered guest | OK. Do you know of any products I could use, just so I can get an idea of what I should look for. |
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Unregistered guest | I have looked for a suitable receiver but can't find one. The two large speakers have 4 wires connecting them to the Technics system, a red and red/black and a blue blue/black for each speaker. I can find receivers that output from one output per speaker ( eg red and red/black ) but not two channels. Any ideas ? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 1913 Registered: Dec-03 | Until you get a receiver or another suitable equipment that can accept digital inputs, you are relegated to stereo, the best you can do is pro-logic as surround. Check out Circuit City or Best Buy and look at some of the Home Theater receivers that they should have on sale at this time. You need to learn more about Home Theater. Start here http://www.audioholics.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-theater.htm |