Sage-Tips

Can a laptop output 5.1 audio?

Your monitor or TV would probably have to be connected to the surround system so just speakers won’t work. Optical audio out is very rare on laptops and 5.1 analog audio out is never available on laptops.

How do I connect my 5.1 home theater to my laptop?

1. Buy an external USB sound card and connect regular analog or digital speakers to that.
2. Connect your laptop’s HDMI socket (assuming it has one) to a 5.1 audio receiver.
3. Buy a set of home theater 5.1 speakers with bluetooth and have a wireless connection to your laptop.

How do I connect my computer to my AV Receiver?

Once you have two HDMI cords leading out of your computer, simply hook one of them up to an HDMI input, and the other to an input on your AV receiver. Tune your TV to the input your PC is connected to, and do the same with your receiver.

How can I connect speakers to my laptop without a receiver?

1: Buy an external USB sound card and connect regular analog or digital speakers to that. 2: Connect your laptop’s HDMI socket (assuming it has one) to a 5.1 audio receiver. This also has the advantage of letting you use a large TV for a monitor to, though if you want to use the laptop’s built in monitor the speakers probabl

How do I hook up my graphics card to my Receiver?

For option 2, connect the HDMI cable through the receiver and set the ‘Nvidia HDMI Output’ as your default device. Then click ‘Configure’ and select 5.1. I already have 2 HDMI cables hooked up to my graphic card. 1 for my monitor and 1 for my TV…

How many wires on a 5-1 receiver?

OTOH, that’s six goddamn wires for 5.1. Which is why no one puts them on modern receivers that cost less than $1600+ since there’s not much demand for it when there’s an equivalent one wire solution.

How do I Change my HDMI output to 5 1?

The 5.1 options are not in the advanced-tab with the HDMI connection. In the main playback window, left-click the output you are using once, then while it’s highlighted, click configure in the lower left corner of the window. This should allow you to make your speakers 5.1.