8 Wizard

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July 28th, 2012 17:00

What do you want it for?

Heaphones and speakers plug into the same jack (usually green).

Line out used to be Blue. However, if going to amp, use a digital port like SPDIF or HDMI instead.

 

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July 28th, 2012 19:00

It is to go to the input of a 2.1 speaker system with its own amp. So it needs a 2.1 input,  

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July 28th, 2012 19:00

It does not have any other input- no spdif or optical in.

8 Wizard

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July 28th, 2012 20:00

If it's really a 2.1 set, the speakers will have 2 plugs ... a Green one and another for the Sub-Woofer (usually Black).

Plug Green to Green ... that's Front-L/Front-R.

Plug other to ... well, it's Orange on my System.

Open Realtek Manager on Control Panel. Hover over colored sockets and it will tell you which is which.

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August 1st, 2012 14:00

I did, and see that green is, as I suspected, L&R front. My  external system does not have a sub in, so it must derive the sub from front L&R, which may or may not have  low frequencies. It is not that critical for my setup. Thank you.

8 Wizard

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August 1st, 2012 16:00

 My  external system does not have a sub in,

 
So, it's not a true 2.1 speaker system.
 
Yes, set Windows speaker config to 2.0 (2 speaker stereo). It will send everything to the green socket. The cross-over circuit in the speaker system will derive the LFE (sub) channel and send it to the sub-woofer.
 
 

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