Home Stereo Connections

I just purchased the external soundcard to connect a media pc to my av receiver. I connected the ubs cable and linked the rca plugs with the mini jack to the minijack for my av receiver. I have it connected to a set of video in audio jacks. I am getting no sound through the sound card. Can someone tell me what i have done wrong with the link bertween the creative 5. external audio card and the av receiver. A direct connection from my computer audio out minijack into the rca input jacks produces sound.

Hi,
Can you please check if the external sound card is selected as the default audio device?

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Yep, thats fine, just get one of those!
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I've been reading all sorts of threads about problems people have been having with the iPod classic (80GB) and dock compatibility. Do you have any recommendations for docks that will actually work ($50-$100 range)? I'm not that technologically savvy. I'm looking for the following:
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*Charges the iPod while connected to the dock (without falling asleep as I hear they often do)
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I am really stumped here. I bought the X-Fi specifically for use of its digital input capability. I would have gone with the next higher model which comes with the 5 /4" bay panel (and standard coax SPDIF jacks) but my PC does not have a 5.25" bay available.

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I'm afraid that I really have no idea of what I'm doing here....this is my situation -
I have a G5 iMac in my home office connected via Airport Express to a DSL modem (and via USB to a printer on my desk). I also have a Sony VAIO notebook (Windows XP Pro SP2) with a Belkin 802.11g wireless notebook network card that I have connected wirelessly so it can access both the printer and my ADSL modem. No problems to date with that.
I have a second Airport Express downstairs (ground floor) in the living room (my home office is on the first floor) that I have used to extend the wireless signal so my husband can connect his Mac mini and 12 inch Powerbook to the ADSL modem. His studio is across the courtyard from the living room on top of the garage (about 7 - 8 metres from the Airport Express in the living room). This works, too.
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Sorry to be so ignorant - perhaps my Stereo is just too old?
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Cheers
Tricia

A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing..... :-(((
I did some reading of the Help files and discovered a couple of basic things -
1) I had to change Preferences in iTunes to look for remote speakers connected with Airtunes
2) I had to change System Preferences/Firewall setting to check the iTunes Music Sharing box
3) I had to remember to turn on the volume control for my stereo
Result - I now have my iTunes music playing throughout the house because my stereo system (20 years old) is wired to the bedroom, bathroom and study...I love it
Cheers
Tricia

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Why? Because Tiger does not support the A2DP bluetooth profile (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), which is required to broadcast stereo audio over bluetooth.
Apparently, Leopard will support this profile (you'll have to wait for its final specs).
Meanwhile, there are a couple of wireless (wi-fi) options available, including the Apple Express with AirTunes.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
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Hi,
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=935713&tstart=30
Your options are limited when going from analog output to digital/optical input.
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I'm connecting my iPod from the earphone jack into my home stereo using white & red RCA cables.
I'm also using a car adapter that plugs from the earphone & little flat slot next to it and this to the cigarette lighter.
Neither way am I able to hear my music in stereo.

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