Posts by Hrimnir

Excellent. That was one of the reasons i bought that particular sony package, because it had a "true" receiver with normal speakers connections. I'm glad i made the right decision back then. Moving on, i would like to be in the...

Ok guys, i've been perusing and reading the forums for a while now, and basically there is a ton more information than i was expecting and its kind of got me on overload. I've always been one of those guys that enjoys well engineered...

Ok, got the optical cable hooked up, sound was "working" but was only doing 2ch stereo, basically ended up digging through the settings in Media Player Classic and found that i had to enable spdif in the player, once i did that it worked...

Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew Hornfeck Don't waste a penny on anything, just use an unused RCA cable you have lying around, or something that came with an old VCR with an RCA plug on each end! It's DIGITAL, 1's and 0's... you...

Quote: Originally Posted by renethx What's the model number of your Sony HTIB? I'll be home in about 4 hours and ill post it. Either way, thanks again for all the info guys ;-). I'm gonna roll by the store and pick up a decent...

You guys rock. Thank you so much. Right now, since you guys pointed out that i have a coax spdif, i checked my amp and it does have 1 coax input, so for right now im just going to use that, as i have had issues in the past with the...

Thank you for the info Jong. There were 2 reviews i read of the Ati 4350 that stated a cable would need to be connected from the sound card to the video card in order to do audio through the HDMI connection. Its nice to know i can...

Quote: Originally Posted by axell Hi there & welcome to the forum. First of all, is this correct? AN8-E is Intel based or AMD? According to the ASUS website, the only mobo with this code appear as SKT939 ( AMD ). Or maybe i didn't...

Guys, im so sorry, i swapped the mobo models, its actually a P5N-E. The A8N-E is in my file server. Very sorry. Here is link to mobo info: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?mo...3&l2=11&l3=473

Hi guys, i'm a new user here, have read the forums for a while now, and made excellent use of the HTPC guide for building my HTPC. That being said, i'm very happy with the HTPC, but at the time i built it i didnt quite have enough money...