help..m-audio revoltion 7.1 sound out probs.

muzzler · 4 May 2006 at 19:14

hi,
has anyone here got one of these sound cards?
i cant seem to get the coaxial output to work

all the analogue outputs are fine(can get 5.1 that way) but thers zilcho coming from the speakers when i try it via the optical out. tech support say i should enable the dig' out via the control panel..damned if i can see it though,lol.
any help appreciated,
steve.

squiffy · 5 May 2006 at 10:49

What are your speakers? Do they have digital input and DAC to decode the digital signal?

muzzler · 5 May 2006 at 13:31

hiya,
yes,the output goes to creative inspire 5500(has coax and toslink connection)the toslink one worked no probs with the montego ddl.
seems odd that this is a no no

cheers,
steve.

Codmate · 5 May 2006 at 13:52

Tried the latest drivers?
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do...r&s=5&p=0ed0405324041d8025a955aa6ae2db1c&o=15

Is the digital signal coming out of the card in the correct format for the decoder?

The Revo 7.1 can do PCM, plus passthrough of AC-3 and DTS, according to M-Audio's website.

Also - there is no optical out on the Revo7.1 that I can see.
There is coaxial however.
You are plugging the right cables in the right holes aren't you?

muzzler · 6 May 2006 at 14:56

hi,
yeah,the rev7.1 only has coax...no bother there

just think im missing something in the control panel..damned if i can figure it out though. :confused:

cheers,
steve.

jhmaeng · 6 May 2006 at 15:56

Does your control panel look like this:

Once you choose Digital, it changes the screen to say "Digital Output Mode - no adjustment possible" so I think that might be the reason.

muzzler · 6 May 2006 at 17:17

yep,thats it......
so,i put it on the digital option and if its possible it will allow me to adjust the sound etc?
ive changed it to that screen before but it was blank

should there be speaker settings etc on it? the manuals vague on this...
thanks for the help.
steve.

jhmaeng · 6 May 2006 at 21:18

I don't use the Coax so unfortunately I can't test it personally.

It's unclear from you post, but have you already tried setting it to Digital? Once you switch, you'll see just one slider option under Output Mixer, which said SPDIF output on my machine. I get a blank screen on Speaker Setup tab (except a big Digital Output Mode icon) so I guess you can't make any adjustment whilst in SPDIF output mode.

If it still doesn't work when you switch to Digital Mode, that's my one and only suggestion gone...

muzzler · 6 May 2006 at 21:38

ok, cheers mate. much appreciated.
have messed around with that before to no avail,will try again later when i have a bit more patience.
best regards,
steve.