What convertor do i need?

ennogs · 4 Jul 2015 at 14:30

I bought a second hand set of 5.1 speakers and sub from ebay. They are Logitech Z-5500.

They arrived today and I have found out the control pod has a VGA connection for the display.

I have a GTX 580 and an Asus Maximus V Gene motherboard. As the graphics card and motherboard doesn't have a VGA connection I thought it would be simple case of buying a VGA to DVI connector.

According to they guy in Maplin I spoke to that is not the case. He did try to sell me some sort of converter box that he said would work but it was £50.

Surely there is a much cheaper option I can do?

These are photos of the control pod and the VGA connector. As you can see the control pod has a female VGA connection.

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What do I need to buy to get my control pod connected to my graphics card?

stulid · 4 Jul 2015 at 14:32

Does that not plug into the subwoofer?

ennogs · 4 Jul 2015 at 14:37

Lol does it? I will check. What an idiot I am if it does. Thanks Stulid.

Edit

Yes I am an idiot. It does plug into the sub.

BuToNz · 4 Jul 2015 at 16:35

This thread made me smile

olivier renault · 4 Jul 2015 at 16:45

old skool

darael · 4 Jul 2015 at 16:52

I must admit this thread made me smile, but that's not a normal audio connector IMO.

Luke_Bowman · 4 Jul 2015 at 16:58

My SP2500's do the same. Can be confusing

ennogs · 4 Jul 2015 at 18:08

I have a new problem now. I have all 5 speakers working, the control pod is working but I am getting no sound from the sub. As the control pod is connected to the sub and working I don't know if I am doing something wrong or there is a problem with the sub.

I have an Asus Xonar D2X and using Windows 8.1

Cat_J · 4 Jul 2015 at 18:17

I have these speakers. After you first turn it on you'll have to adjust the individual levels to your preference, the sub is probably turned all the way down. Just hit the level button a few times.