How to connect Xonar soundcard to receiver?

Ant84 · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:46

Hi, so I'm a bit inexperienced when it comes to all this, but I purchased a Yamaha RX-V667 at the weekend along with a set of Tannoy SFX5.1 speakers. Really happy with them so far, but have a bit of an issue I can't seem to figure out. I'm using my HTPC connected to the TV via HDMI through a GTX460, but I have a Xonar DS soundcard I want the audio to go through.

Any ideas how to fix this? Cheers.

Hank_Marvin · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:59

Does that card do sound over hdmi?

If it does and is selected currently you just need to go into windows sound options and switch audio out to asus xonar spdif (optical) or standard stereo. So basically change the audio device which outputs.

Ant84 · 4 Apr 2011 at 11:20

Just gave that a try and got no sound at all.

:confused:

monkeyspank · 4 Apr 2011 at 11:40

I take it your amp has analogue inputs?
The DACs in the soundcard are possibly better than those in the amp anyway.
Use 3 x

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Ant84 · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:04

Is that a phono > jack connection?

Hank_Marvin · 4 Apr 2011 at 15:17

Ant84 said:
Just gave that a try and got no sound at all.

And when you did that how were you connecting your soundcard to your amp?

Ant84 · 4 Apr 2011 at 15:49

Hank_Marvin said:
And when you did that how were you connecting your soundcard to your amp?

It wasn't connected directly. The only link between PC and receiver was the HDMI cable from the GTX460.

Participant · 5 Apr 2011 at 11:28

That card outputs audio over HDMI. It also bit streams HD audio over HDMI to your AV receiver.

I would forget the Xonar and just run the audio over the 460.