FreelanceX
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Ok guys, here is a tough one for you all to get your teeth into.
I recently acquired a 5.1 Home Cinema System. A Goodmans 4000PKT. It is quite old. About 5 years probably. It was free and it is flippin powerful so I am chuffed.
Now here is the problem. I thought I would be clever and rip out the DVD player and connect the system to my PC for a PC sound system as I use my PC for everything.
Any help will be appreciated.
Hope you all understand what I put. I know its long winded but I always like to give full details and a backstory...
I wont be offended if you ask me to explain anything again so please do!
Thanks
FX
I recently acquired a 5.1 Home Cinema System. A Goodmans 4000PKT. It is quite old. About 5 years probably. It was free and it is flippin powerful so I am chuffed.
Now here is the problem. I thought I would be clever and rip out the DVD player and connect the system to my PC for a PC sound system as I use my PC for everything.
1st Problem: Once I got the system home (left the DVD player at girlfriends house where I got it from) I noticed it needed a 9pin mini-din connector to the sub from the source, and then from the sub all the speakers were connected by the twisted pairs.
So I needed to get a 5.1 3.5mm Jack to 9pin mini-din cable. Eventually found one. Took me forever. Looks like there is only one in the whole wide world./Solved.
2nd Problem: Connected it all up to go... Turned on the power. Nothing. Find out there is a remote for it. Which I didnt have. So went and got the DVD player and remote.
Connected that up instead of my PC, hit the power button it kicks into life. Sound system and all./Solved.
3rd Problem: Pulled out the DVD player from the sound system and the sub turns off... I was puzzled at first, but then eventually figured it out. The sound system needs to be connected to the DVD player for it to turn on./Solved.
4th and THE Problem: So it looks like I cant connect it to my PC directly. It needs to be connected to the DVD player to work. Which is not what I want or need... Eventually worked out a way by connecting my PC into the "AUX IN" on the DVD player via 3.5 to dual RCA Red and White. So now I can get sound out, via the DVD player. But it is only stereo sound. Which means the volume is sort of messed up coming through the speakers...
I need any help I can to try and sort out a way to connect via 5.1 to the speakers so can get true 5.1 sound.
I cant use optial or s/pdif, as there is no connection for it on DVD player or speakers. (But there is an optical out annoyingly. Just not an optical in.)
Any suggestions how to get the speakers to stay on/work without the DVD player?
I was thinking a dual 9pin mini-din adapter so can connect the PC and DVD player at same time but I have yet to find one which exists./Unsolved.
Any help will be appreciated.
Hope you all understand what I put. I know its long winded but I always like to give full details and a backstory...
I wont be offended if you ask me to explain anything again so please do!
Thanks
FX
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