To set surround sound, do I have to go through the optical cable aduio and then into a 6 channel input on my reveiver or will standard RCA cables give me surround?
I have a Sony 6-speaker surround system and I just use the basic RCA cables to hook up to my receiver. I have heard that the sound is better with an optical audio cable, but if you don't have the extra money for it, my RCA connection works fine for me. Hope this helps.
I have a Sony 6-speaker surround system and I just use the basic RCA cables to hook up to my receiver. I have heard that the sound is better with an optical audio cable, but if you don't have the extra money for it, my RCA connection works fine for me. Hope this helps.
Ok, anytime you use a stereo connection (aka RCA cables), you get simulated surround sound (a stereo connection only sends two channels obviously). Using an optical cable is the only way to get true digital surround sound (since it sends the data as light, it moves it fast enough to send the signal to each individual speaker, this no longer uses the receivers' internal converter). And no, you would hook the optical out, into the optical in on your receiver.
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