how to connect a 5.1 surround set?

[KNARF XD]

hello,
i recently got a home cinema (second hand, the set is quite old) set and hooked it up to my pc through 3.5 audio jack, so it is emulating 5.1 from stereo. i would love to have it in native 5.1 surround, but i don't know how.
mother board: m5a97 evo r2.0
speaker set: philips hts3357

thanks

picture of plugs:
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speakers:

 

[KNARF XD]

anyone?

 

[americanaudiophile]

The HTiB seems to have a coax digital input and the spec on your mobo says that it supports this.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_EVO_R20/
In the audio control panel it should allow you to set one of the audio jacks to output digital audio. You will need a cable with a stereo mini plug on one end and 2 RCA plugs on the other.
One of the RCA plugs will connect to the HTiB.

 

[Guest]

Since the amp only has RCA inputs for 2.0 audio, are you sure that its capable of native 5.1 ?

Certainly your motherboard can drive both 5.1 and 7.1 configurations. This should be easy to achieve using Realtek Audio Manager.

 

[KNARF XD]

The HTiB seems to have a coax digital input and the spec on your mobo says that it supports this.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_EVO_R20/
In the audio control panel it should allow you to set one of the audio jacks to output digital audio. You will need a cable with a stereo mini plug on one end and 2 RCA plugs on the other.
One of the RCA plugs will connect to the HTiB.

how?