Problems Connecting to an Old Recie

Hey, I'm trying to connect my X-Fi to a pretty old reciever via headphone jack to rca's and if I turn up the main volume in windows all the way (or even past 50%) , I get REALLY bad distortion even when the recievers volume is on notch . If i turn the main volume in windows to about 25% I can turn up the reciever alot, and its really clean, however on lower volumes I hear a hiss ( probally because the windows volume is low) So, does anyone know why I would get major distortion when the windows volume is above 50%

It sounds like you are connecting to the "phono" input on the reciever, this is a VERY low level input and cannot be used with the headphone jack output. Plug it in to any other input on the reciever and the problem should be fixed.

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