Audigy 4 digital cable

I'm getting more or less mad now. I have tryed 2 different digital optical cables where as one had an 3.5mm male. I haven't tryeid a caox cable yet because I do not know if it's the right or not. So I would really appreciate if someone here at this forum could help me out with this.

Audigy4 simple, the one that cost $80, is in fact diffrernt than the Audigy4 Pro. That mean that while Audigy2, Audigy2ZS, Audigy4Pro all have on the digital out the 3 SPDIF outputs necessary for the mini DIN connection, the Audigy4 "el cheapo" will have only one SPDIF out on that jack. And one SPDIF IN.
This is seen from the compatiblity table of the digital IO module - all those cards won't work with miniDIN cable:
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...emRequirements
So, if you have the cheap version of A4, and you have plugged in the digital speakers, you will have only the front channel out. The rest of the speakers will have fake surround made by speakers, not by the PC.
You can test it with the speaker utility from AudioHQ.Message Edited by SoNic2367 on 05-29-2006 07:27 PM

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