wondering if u could help me with my media centre?

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Tazza

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Wannabe Geek

Topic # 12470 19-Mar-2007 09:36

hi there

im only new at this and have figured that i have bitten off more that i can chew :(

atm i have a dvi to hdmi cord running from the pc to my panasonic plasma. I have picture but no sound is there somthing i have to do to get the sound to work???

next is i want to connect the pc to my surround sound amp can i do this and how do i do it ???

last but not least has any aussies connected foxtel up to the pc??? if you have how did you do it

Please help :D

thanks

sbiddle

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Reply # 64253 19-Mar-2007 09:48

The DVI output on the PC only carries video, not sound. You will need to run another cable from the PC to your TV, there should be an audio input for the HDMI input.

Again to run audio from your PC to amp you can either use a optical cable if your PC and amp supports it which will give you proper 5.1 surround sound or run individial cables for each channel from your soundcard to the amp.

Tazza

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Wannabe Geek

Reply # 64256 19-Mar-2007 10:01

o ok is there a guide with pics that you know of?? i need pics LOL

irjaam

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Wannabe Geek

Reply # 64766 22-Mar-2007 21:31

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/setup/default.mspx goto advance setup..

http://www.mediacenterpcguide.com/media-center-guides.html

http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Hardware-Guides/Media-Center-Guide/

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