Audio problems (Help!!!!!!!!!)

**Philly#1 Lex** · 05-26-2006, 04:07 PM

First of all I know Iam a noob in CarPc's stereo apps so dont bash me to hard please. First here is My system:

EPIA M1000
OPUS 150 W
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Stinger 1 Farad Cap
Infinity 611a 4 channel amp
Infinity 311a 2 channel DVC sub amp
Infinity kappa Perfect DVC 10"
6 1/2 components front and Back ( 4 Speakers & 4 Tweeters)
Pioneer DEQ-7600 15-band equalizer
MP3Car shutdown controller pro
Xenarc 700TSV
Problems

1. I am running a extender cable from the soundcard "line in (green hole)" all the way to the front where it splits into to female RCA's to accept input from the Pioneer EQ "External Input". IS this correct? Am I suppose to give the EQ more signals? Meaning am I supoose to run more wires from the Sound Card to the EQ.
2.WHen I connected My Respective RCA's to run back from the EQ to the Amplifiers, I am not get anything from the EQ to the Subwoofer Amplifier? No signal from the Sound Card or EQ? I have tried multiple setup ( i.e. 5.1,4.1 & 2.1.) Only getting sounds from the from the rear channels? ANd they are distorted. Also It's like the EQ is Sending on a MONO signal? WTF? I have Board audio Disabled as well.

Can anyone tell me how am I suppose to get sound out of all channels? I am so frustrated. Thanks

**3onDubs** · 05-26-2006, 04:52 PM

For 5.1, you're going to use more than one rca jack on the sound card. Firstly, what sound card do you have?

I would go into the owner's manual or in the help section on the software and read about how to set the sound card to be 4.1 and how to connect the rca's to the sound card.

**Philly#1 Lex** · 05-26-2006, 05:03 PM

SoundCard is a Audigy 2 ZS platinum. I am going for 4.1. I dont have a center channel. And if I to run more RCa's out of the sound card how am I suppose to connect them to a 1 set of male connecters? I have to run it through my EQ to boost the signal ?

**blazinaspire** · 05-26-2006, 05:21 PM

well since your EQ only has a two chanel input then your not going to get that 4.1 unless you have a digital sound procesor after that EQ that turns it into 4.1 but then its useless to have a 4.1 sound card, get a sound procesor that takes 4.1 in and out, or just do your setup now and hook up the sub to a seperate chanel on the deck ( if it has a sub out )

**3onDubs** · 05-26-2006, 05:34 PM

@Philly...They have these things called Y cables. You can use them to make one signal into two or to make two signals into one. But...i wouldn't do that...if you're eq has one set of rca inputs, then u should get a new one. That's why they have 4 channel line drivers....for that exact same purpose. The reason i say this is because one of your channels on the audigy is going to be a sub channel....you don't want to combine that signal with the regular speaker channels.

Follow the Audigy NX guidelines on how to connect. I actually think your going to need to use 3 of those jacks on the sound card (I had to do that with my Soundblaster live and it was nowhere near as advances as the NX).

@Blazin: You're not understanding what we mean by 4.1. Were not talking about dolby or dts...we're talking about 4 speakers and a sub. A digital sound processor isn't necessary for what he wants to do.....he just wants sound in his speakers and he wants it to sound normal.

**Philly#1 Lex** · 05-26-2006, 06:18 PM

I am attaching a picture of the backside of my eq. Hopefully you guys can get a better understabnding of what I am talking about. I was running the signal from the Pc all the way up to my Eq in the ext. input. and then using the eq's RCA to split the signal back to the amplifiers while increasing the signal's power. Since the first reply I went to creatives website and read up that I am suppose to connect three of the those "Y" cables into the sound card! Then I thats where the question is.

I know I can just go into my amps with "Y" RCA's and problems solved and just turn up the gain from what I read, But I want intergrate that EQ. Can you guys think of any way to intergrate the EQ?

Also thanks for the great help 3onDubs!

**3onDubs** · 05-26-2006, 06:22 PM

Honestly, the best thing to do would be to get an audiocontrol eq or something of the sort that accepts multiple inputs and gives you multiple outputs....if you force all your inputs to bottleneck into one...you're gonna have a degredation in sound and your sub channel is going to be mixed into your speaker channels....the result will be a bunch of mono-jumbo-distortion (as you described).

You're better off going straight to your amps or using a line driver like the Audio control eq....i would ditch that unit ur trying to use completely.

**Jahntassa** · 05-26-2006, 10:35 PM

First of all, the term "Y" cable that you're using isn't what you're really talking about.

For all intensive purposes. "Y-Cables" in terms of RCAs mean one female RCA connection out to two male RCA, or one male RCA to two female. The cables the Audigy is referring to are Mini-stereo (1/8") plug to Left/Right RCA.

If you want anything more than 2channels coming from your PC to the speakers, you'll need to ditch the EQ you have. It won't handle four channels no matter how hard you want it.