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Pc jack questions.

  • 18-05-2009 4:26pm
    #1
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭


    I got a new computer and i have a couple jack questions.
    First above the usb slots theres a jack that looks like an rca male would have fit into but not quite.
    It had a symbol that looked like a squished up sine wave with an arrow going through it (like a wiggly line going up and down up and down)

    Second is the audio card: I have 5.1 speakers (i think) I have 3 wires. A green for audio and yellow and black for which i'm not sure)

    Now my new sound card has 3 holes and THEN a green hole and then a pink.
    So if i plug everything in with a mic for the pink theres a hole spare.. Is this for a 7.1 speaker system? I've plugged the black and yellow in on the 2 spots clostest to the edge with a plug inbetween empty and then the green one.


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  • #2
    waraf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭waraf


    Photos would help


  • #3
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    i tried taking them on my phone but they all came out rubbish... lightings all bad no matter how hard i tried. I'm really mostly interested in the one above the usb holes
    xps_720_h2c_back_light.jpg

    Edit: found one

    xps700_shots_red_525x265.jpg
    second is a little harder to see but you can just about see all the holes for the audio.


  • #4
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    I'll wager that's an SPDIF connector. SPDIF is used for bringing (non-decoded) audio data to your 5.1 surround speaker decoder, and tends to be done over Optical (that's the square-ish one above the keyboard and mouse ports) or Coax (the circular one between USB and keyboard/mouse)


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