Hitechwreck
Standard Member
Hi. Apologies for any vague information i might give.
Sony DAV DZ260
PC with on board Realtek HD Sound, and also a PCI-E Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme soundcard (disabled)
PC has an Nvidia GeForce GT430 (HDMI to TV)
42" LG 42LD450 (2 HDMI inputs, Optical Output to Sony DAV DZ260)
Sky HD Box (HD to TV)
Spdif splitter with (1 input and 3 outputs) - Not connected.
This has been driving me potty for 2 weeks.
I brought a Sony DAV DZ260 as it seemed a great bit of kit. I followed the calibration instructions and sound came out from all 5 speakers and subwoofer working fine.
Problem started when i brought the Soundblaster Xtreme soundcard, installed it, and connected it to the Sony DAV DZ260 with an optical cable. The PC was connected to the TV via HDMI.
Whenever i tried to change the settings from 16bit 44000khz CD Quality to anything higher, the sound would disappear. So i disabled the Creative and tried the onboard Relatek.
The onboard Realtek (no optical output) goes up to 24 bit 192000khz and seems to play absolutely fine. But thats just going from the PC via HDMI to the TV, and from the TV to the Sony DAV DZ260 via optical cable.
It it really playing at that quality, having gone through the TV?
I listen to a lot of classical music, which is of a very high quality.
Between the Windows sound options, and Creative sound options i got so peeved i disconnected the optical connector, and disabled the Creative.
Am i doing something stupidly wrong?
Do you need more information?
Thank you for reading.
Darren
Sony DAV DZ260
PC with on board Realtek HD Sound, and also a PCI-E Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme soundcard (disabled)
PC has an Nvidia GeForce GT430 (HDMI to TV)
42" LG 42LD450 (2 HDMI inputs, Optical Output to Sony DAV DZ260)
Sky HD Box (HD to TV)
Spdif splitter with (1 input and 3 outputs) - Not connected.
This has been driving me potty for 2 weeks.
I brought a Sony DAV DZ260 as it seemed a great bit of kit. I followed the calibration instructions and sound came out from all 5 speakers and subwoofer working fine.
Problem started when i brought the Soundblaster Xtreme soundcard, installed it, and connected it to the Sony DAV DZ260 with an optical cable. The PC was connected to the TV via HDMI.
Whenever i tried to change the settings from 16bit 44000khz CD Quality to anything higher, the sound would disappear. So i disabled the Creative and tried the onboard Relatek.
The onboard Realtek (no optical output) goes up to 24 bit 192000khz and seems to play absolutely fine. But thats just going from the PC via HDMI to the TV, and from the TV to the Sony DAV DZ260 via optical cable.
It it really playing at that quality, having gone through the TV?
I listen to a lot of classical music, which is of a very high quality.
Between the Windows sound options, and Creative sound options i got so peeved i disconnected the optical connector, and disabled the Creative.
Am i doing something stupidly wrong?
Do you need more information?
Thank you for reading.
Darren