dolby 5.1 sound card

**albysure** · 06-20-2001, 09:30 PM

anybody have any experience with these cards? the sub and center are on the same output so i'm wondering what happens to the sub when i turn off the surround to play mp3's. i thought it had a separate output for the sub but it doesn't. also, how does the music sound if i leave it on. i haven't hooked this up yet because i'm waiting for my new processor to come in any day now.

**schrodos** · 06-20-2001, 11:05 PM

Athlon 750mhz not fast enough for ya?

**albysure** · 06-20-2001, 11:18 PM

sorry...thats what im waiting on. should be friday

**moahdib** · 06-21-2001, 02:58 PM

what kind of soudn card is it? Im thinking of getting the new creative labs sb live MP3+5.1 dolby surround cards.

**albysure** · 06-21-2001, 05:45 PM

mine is just like that but it is a generic one. i just have to hook it up this weekend and see if i loose the sub when i disable the surround for mp3 playback. the sub and center share the same plug. but 1 is left and the other is right so i guess we'll se.

**Adam F** · 06-21-2001, 05:53 PM

Hey guys what type of dolby digital sound processor are you using in your cars? Or do you just have a head unit with a digital input?

**albysure** · 06-21-2001, 07:07 PM

my car will only have a computer in it. no head unit. i have a dvd player so that is why i use a dolby card

**Adam F** · 06-21-2001, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by albysure:
<STRONG>my car will only have a computer in it. no head unit. i have a dvd player so that is why i use a dolby card</STRONG>

So in that case your power amplifier that you have your speakers hooked up to would have to have a digital input , like optical or coaxial (PCM), and a built in dolby digital processor, or digital ready 5 channel outputs to go to a dolby digital ready amp I have never seen an amp with these hookups. What do you have to process the dolby digital sound>?

**albysure** · 06-21-2001, 10:54 PM

well its nothing different than what you would have in your living room. the output is strictly analog but separated from the sound card. you will have front-left & right, rear-left & right, center and sub. i wil only use it for dvd playback, so i need another option for music playback. like when i turn the surround off i loose the sub because it is on the same channel as the center. but i'm hoping when i hook it up soon it won't.