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3 is three connectors
6 is six connectors
S is sound card
Connecting Digital Audio
(Select models only)
If you have a sound card and you are connecting your home stereo AV receiver via Digital Out, plug the 3.5 mm stereo plug into the digital out connector on the sound card. Connect the red RCA stereo plug
To connect digital audio, your PC must include a digital out connector on the sound card or on the back panel. You do not need to connect multichannel speaker outputs if you connect the digital output.
To connect digital audio speakers:
1 Turn off the PC.
2 Connect the digital out connector on the back panel of your PC to the digital input (S/PDIF) on digital speakers or a digital audio system.
3 | DIGITAL | DIGITAL | S |
AUDIO OUT | 6 AUDIO OUT |
3 Turn on the PC.
4 Plug in the speaker system power.
5 Turn on the speaker system.
on the 3.5 mm Y cable to the AV receiver’s digital input connector. If the red RCA stereo plug does not work, try the white stereo plug. One of the connectors is not used.
6 After the speakers are connected to the PC, configure the audio software for sound output for your PC model:
■Audio card with digital output and
3 connectors: See “Configuring Audio Output with
■Audio card with digital output and
6 connectors: See “Configuring Audio Output with Sound Effect Manager” on page 45. Digital audio output is already enabled as the default.
■Sound card: See “Configuring Audio Output with a Sound Card” on page 47. Follow the instructions to enable digital audio output.
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