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Whats the best way to connect my motherboard to my home theater system?

  • I've been having trouble setting up audio from my computer to home theater system. I have a M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 motherboard and the home theater system is a coby csp96. I'm ...show more

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    If surround sound speakers are hooked/wired up to your receiver. Best for audio and video, - You have to use a hdmi cable if you have a 8 channel=7.1 surround sound system, and you want to use a hdmi cable if your receiver supports the dolby-true-hd and/or dts-hd surround sound formats. - 1st hdmi cable to hdmi out on computer/laptop to hdmi in on receiver, 2nd hdmi cable to hdmi out on receiver to hdmi in on tv. If you do not have a hdmi out on your computer/laptop, - Use either a s/pdif coaxial or s/pdif optical out on computer/laptop to s/pdif in on receiver for audio. (For s/pdif you need a decoder like ffdshow - download k-lite codec pack and set it up yourself). - Use dvi to dvi or dvi to hdmi (this cable does not carry audio) or dvi-d/i + s/pdif to hdmi converter for best video options. For video: (You can go to receiver first, then receiver to tv if you want too). - You need a video driver that supports multiple monitors and/or can use dual/clone view. or - If you cannot use the above (if your video driver is up to date and is not able to do multiple monitors or dual/clone view), - Method 1: Use a control center for your video driver or windows media center so you can set your tv as your primary monitor+many other settings. (I have a ati display driver, so I downloaded a matching version of my ati display driver with ati/amd catalyst control center). - Method 2: Shut down computer, hook up video cable, disconnect your monitor (vga), turn tv onto either video 1 or hdmi or w/e works, then turn on computer and video will display on tv.

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The simple answer is always using a headphone -> RCA adapter. Plug the headphone plug into the audio output on your motherboard and the RCA plugs into the CD(or whatever) input jacks on your reciever. If you need multi-channel for stereo content, just hit the pro-logic mode. If you have multiple channel headphone jack-style outputs on your motherboard, AND have "external in" analog/RCA jacks on the back of your reciever, get a headphone plug -> RCA plug converter for the number of channels you need... I recommend 3, for 5.1 channel sound(as each cord has 2 RCA jacks). Look for SPDIF/coax/TOSLink jacks on the back of your PC. COAX will look like a standard RCA jack, but say something else(coax/digital/etc like above). If your reciever has that, that is the connection you should probably use. Same deal TOSLink. That's the fiber optic one. A squarish plug with a red light. If both your reciever and your PC/motherboard have that connection, that's a good way to go. I'm guessing you don't have HDMI, or you would have just used the HDMI cable, that is really obvious. And the best connection by far.

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