- Jul 8, 2010
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Here is my setup:
Yamaha RX-V3900 AV Receiver
HTPC with ASUS M4A78-E mobo and HIS/ATI Radeon 4670 vid card with HDMI (HDMI used for video and audio to HTPC)
The rest of the components are a moot point. Here is the issue:
I am trying to set up a second audio zone outside my house on the back deck with two speakers. The receiver is capable of multiple zones. In order to connect my components to the receiver I MUST use analog connections and cannot use digital connections for any zone other than the main zone. The main zone can stay digital which is what I prefer. I have connected the DVD player via analog just for audio purposes and it works fine in the second zone, as does the DVR (so I can listen to sports games while on the deck, etc....). The problem is the HTPC.
When watching a blu-ray, the HTPC pushes the sound and video through the HDMI connection from the video card to the receiver. This works very well. I now want to be able to push an analog signal from my mobo to the receiver simultaneously to the digital HDMI signal so I can use my HTPC as a media server and play music through the receiver to the second zone I am running. Is this possible?
I have tried using a jack from the green speaker jack in the rear of the HTPC to the receiver but I think that is pushing a digital signal and thus it is not working. Is there any way to change the mobo's output from that jack to an analog signal? If there is a PCI expansion card that I should by then I will consider that too. Suggestions? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Yamaha RX-V3900 AV Receiver
HTPC with ASUS M4A78-E mobo and HIS/ATI Radeon 4670 vid card with HDMI (HDMI used for video and audio to HTPC)
The rest of the components are a moot point. Here is the issue:
I am trying to set up a second audio zone outside my house on the back deck with two speakers. The receiver is capable of multiple zones. In order to connect my components to the receiver I MUST use analog connections and cannot use digital connections for any zone other than the main zone. The main zone can stay digital which is what I prefer. I have connected the DVD player via analog just for audio purposes and it works fine in the second zone, as does the DVR (so I can listen to sports games while on the deck, etc....). The problem is the HTPC.
When watching a blu-ray, the HTPC pushes the sound and video through the HDMI connection from the video card to the receiver. This works very well. I now want to be able to push an analog signal from my mobo to the receiver simultaneously to the digital HDMI signal so I can use my HTPC as a media server and play music through the receiver to the second zone I am running. Is this possible?
I have tried using a jack from the green speaker jack in the rear of the HTPC to the receiver but I think that is pushing a digital signal and thus it is not working. Is there any way to change the mobo's output from that jack to an analog signal? If there is a PCI expansion card that I should by then I will consider that too. Suggestions? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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