Hi. I am a n00b when it comes to 5.1 audio connections, so I wanted to ask this in advance before I make a big mistake.
I ordered a set of Creative Inspire T5900 speakers (5.1) a couple days ago at a local computer shop (which they haven't received yet) to hook them up to my standalone DVD player, but I'm unsure now if I'll be able to connect them right or I'll have trouble to use them. This standalone DVD has a coax digital out, but I didn't wanna pay an extra for a speaker set with decoder so I settled for the decoded included in the DVD, and thought I would make use of the 5.1 analog out on the player, which consists of six color coded RCA plugs on the back panel. I understand the speaker system has three 3.5mm stereo minijack plugs on the back of the subwoofer, and the kit includes 3 stereo cables with minijacks on both ends to connect to a sound blaster card. My initial thought was that I could get 3 RCA-minijack adapters or 3 new RCA-Minijack cables and connect them to the DVD 5.1 analog out without further ado, but now I'm a little uneasy because I haven't seen any indication on the website or anywhere else that it should work with 5.1 sources other than Creative sound cards.
My question is clear, will I be able to use these speakers as I intended or these speakers can only be connected to a compatible Creative card and cannot be connected to any other 5.1 analog out?? They will probably get the speakers in 1 or 2 days, so I'd appreciate if anyone can give me a clear answer before going thru the mess of installing the whole thing and having to get it back to the store if it doesn't work. Thank you.
I ordered a set of Creative Inspire T5900 speakers (5.1) a couple days ago at a local computer shop (which they haven't received yet) to hook them up to my standalone DVD player, but I'm unsure now if I'll be able to connect them right or I'll have trouble to use them. This standalone DVD has a coax digital out, but I didn't wanna pay an extra for a speaker set with decoder so I settled for the decoded included in the DVD, and thought I would make use of the 5.1 analog out on the player, which consists of six color coded RCA plugs on the back panel. I understand the speaker system has three 3.5mm stereo minijack plugs on the back of the subwoofer, and the kit includes 3 stereo cables with minijacks on both ends to connect to a sound blaster card. My initial thought was that I could get 3 RCA-minijack adapters or 3 new RCA-Minijack cables and connect them to the DVD 5.1 analog out without further ado, but now I'm a little uneasy because I haven't seen any indication on the website or anywhere else that it should work with 5.1 sources other than Creative sound cards.
My question is clear, will I be able to use these speakers as I intended or these speakers can only be connected to a compatible Creative card and cannot be connected to any other 5.1 analog out?? They will probably get the speakers in 1 or 2 days, so I'd appreciate if anyone can give me a clear answer before going thru the mess of installing the whole thing and having to get it back to the store if it doesn't work. Thank you.
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