Audigy + Yamaha Receiver

[cw42]

Audigy Gamer
Yamaha R-V503 Receiver

My receiver does not have a spdif input, so I can't use the digital out on the Audigy. Right now i'm using 2x 1/8" -> RCA adapter. One adapter is going from the Audigy front to the Receiver front, the other is going from Audigy rear to the Receiver rear. My question is, where do I connect the center and subwoofer channels?

 

[Pariah]

If the receiver has no SPDIF in, it most likely is not 5.1 capable in the first place.

 

[Accord99]

Actually I think that particular receiver is "Dolby Digital Ready", so it can't decode a DD signal by itself. However, it has the necessary inputs to receive 5.1 audio from a decoder.

I think on the Audigy 1, the digital output also serves as the center/subwoofer output. You use the surround mixer to determine what it outputs.

 

[RanDum72]

If its only DD ready, look for a 5.1 direct input (L/R fronts, L/R rears, center, sub). Then connect the Audigy ANALOG outputs accordingly (audigy L/R front outputs to Yamaha L/R front inputs, etc...). The receiver would not decode DD but the Audigy will.

 

[cw42]

Originally posted by: RanDum72
If its only DD ready, look for a 5.1 direct input (L/R fronts, L/R rears, center, sub). Then connect the Audigy ANALOG outputs accordingly (audigy L/R front outputs to Yamaha L/R front inputs, etc...). The receiver would not decode DD but the Audigy will.

There are individual RCA inputs for each thing (front L/R, rear L/R, sub, and center). Currently I have the front and rear working fine. But how would I hook up a center channel, and sub since i'm limited to only a front/rear output on the Audigy? Can I split it to the center/sub chan somehow?

 

[RanDum72]

There are three analog outs on the Audigy. First is for the L/R fronts, second is for the L/R rear, third is for center/sub. Just run another miniplug to stereo RCA cable from the third analog out and plug the right channel ( I think) to the center input and the left channel to the sub input. If I got this one wrong, just reverse it.

And just to clarify things, the third analog output is nearest to the Firewire port.

 

[cw42]

there is no 3rd output u speak of. the one next to the firewire port is the rear out. from what this seems, the only way to get 5.1 is to use SPDIF because all I can get now is just 4 pt surround.

Audigy specs

 

[Accord99]

The digital output is also the output for the center/subwoofer.

Edit: the URL seems to cause problems for the forum.

http://tinyurl.com/3xggx

 

[RanDum72]

Hold on, so what exactly is the model of your Audigy, is it the ORIGINAL Audigy 1? The link you gave is for the Audigy LS, which is like a scaled down version of the Audgy 2 ZS. The original Audigy has Firewire, does yours have one?

 

[cw42]

i'm using an Audigy 1 Gamer

 

[Pariah]

The digital port doubles as the third analog out. It might be orange and is on the opposite end of the card from the firewire port.

 

[drag]

Geez.

I have a audigy 1.

Personally I use the SPDIF out, which is great. It's unfortunate that your receiver can't support it.

Look heres the dope:
(for the sake of making this easy to explain)
The "top" is the part of the PCI sheild that is bent and were the screw goes in.
The "bottom" is the firewire port.

The bottom-most plug is the "rear out" jack.
The next up is the "line out" jack. That's the normal stereo/headphone/to-amp out.
Those 2 jacks make up the Four main speaker. 2 front, 2 rear speakers.

The next up, the middle jack is the Mic input.
The second to the top the Line in.

Now the TOP is special. It's dual purpose. It's called the "Analog/Digital Out jack"
It's for spdif AND center AND subwoofer.

So what you end up with the analog 5.1 setup is this:
1 channel for left.
1 channel for right.
1 channel for left rear.
1 channel for right rear.
(and for the complete 5.1 setup.)
1 channel for center.
1 channel for subwoofer.

The subwoofer is also sometimes called "LFE" for low frequency effects output.

You see when set to analog mode the Analog/digital ouput jack carries the Center channel on the "left" side, and the subwoofer channel on the "right" side.

So if you have a mini-jack to RCA stereo splitter then your white plug will be the center channel, and the red plug will be the subwoofer/LFE channel.

That way you end up with 5.1 different channels. 2 front, 2 rear, and 1 center and .1 for LFE.

Also if you ever get a reciever that has a single "DVD input" (like mine, it's orange) that's the RCA form of the SPDIF connector, in that case when you set the card to digital output mode then the white side of the plug is the channel carrying the digital data, and the red side doesn't do squat.

All this can be found out in a PDF files on the creative website, so you can download them for future reference.

It took me forever to figure this stuff out...

I hope it helps you.

 

[Pariah]

Also if you ever get a reciever that has a single "DVD input" (like mine, it's orange) that's the RCA form of the SPDIF connector, in that case when you set the card to digital output mode then the white side of the plug is the channel carrying the digital data, and the red side doesn't do squat.

The red plug outputs the rear channels which isn't of much use to most people.

 

[cw42]

ahhh, thankyou all for your replies. i got it figured out now.