x-plosion 7.1 cinema and z5500. Problem using fiber optic cable

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crimson1566

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I'm connecting them using the fiber optic cable that came w/te sound card but the z5500 doesn't receive anything and says "no data found" when i choose the fiber optic setting. Using the regular sound cables that came w/the z5500 gives me sound so the card is working. Any idea what the problem is?

 

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• Sep 18, 2008

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Make sure you have digital output selected. It may not be active by default.

 

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Conumdrum said:

Make sure you have digital output selected. It may not be active by default.

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where do i select this?

 

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• Sep 19, 2008

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The input button on the control unit. Direct/ Optical/Coax.... You may have to select optical out via the sound control panel in windows.

 

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nightelph said:

The input button on the control unit. Direct/ Optical/Coax.... You may have to select optical out via the sound control panel in windows.

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input is set to optical on the z5500 control unit. don't see anything to set optical out on the sound control panel in windows.

 

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Go into the control panel for the sound card. It will be a little icon in your system tray that looks like Xear 3D. On the left side you will see a drop down for different outputs. It is set to analog by default. Just select Digital out, or DTS out. And then you will be rocking.