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Use of S/PDIF Interface at Dockin station and D630
Hi all,
I like to use the digital Audio Interface S/PDIF at the Dell dockin station with a DELL D630 and W7 Prof / SP1- But I need do know how to use the S/PDIF. Do I need a special driver or do a need a special setup of audio ...? BWT: I use the build in sigmatel audio device and the Microsoft high definition audio driver.
Thanks in advance - Juergen
Jim Coates
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March 24th, 2013 12:00
You probably should install the Sigmatel audio driver. Because there is not one for Win7, download the Vista version Sigmatel R171788 and install it into 7 by using Vista compatibility mode. There are a couple of ways of doing that. First:
Download the driver
Right click the driver installation file and select Properties -- > Compatibility Tab.
Select Windows Vista from the list
Click Apply -- > OK
Right click the file and select the 'Run As Administrator' to install the driver
The other way is to download the driver and unzip or unpack it to c:\Dell\Drivers\R171788, but cancel the installation process.
Navigate to c:\Dell\Drivers\R171788. Find the setup.exe file and right click on it. Select the Properties. Find the compatibility tab and select Vista.
I am not sure of the exact instructions to make the s/pif work. I would suggest selecting s/dif as the playback device in the Sound properties -- similar to the sceenshot below except that the green check should be next to s/pdif.
If you do not see s/pdif at all, right click in the blank white area and select to look for it in the disconnected and disabled devices.