spdif in cable

[xthalle]

Purchased Gigabyte's spdif in (12cr1-1spdin-02r) but no sound at all. Properly connected. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Dark Mantis]

I am afraid a little more information than that would be requried for somebody to be able to help you.

[xthalle]

Oh, missed hardware. Motherboard GA-X58-USB3 with 4 GB RAM and Intel i7 processor, video card Gigabyte GT240, Windows XP Prof. SP3.

[Dark Mantis]

Please can you explain a little more about what you are trying to do.

What do you have the spdif connected to ?

Have you selected spdif as the input ?

[xthalle]

SPDIF out is from Amino AmiNET100 set-top box. Connected with proper cable. So I expect sound through speakers but nothing.

[Dark Mantis]

To be honest I have never even heard of these boxes before but having checked on the net it seems that people have some problem with digital signals with them. They are a bit old now and maybe that's the problem.

Have you selected the spdif as the input on the computer?

[xthalle]

Now it goes, I don't know it. Motherboard manual says how to connect the cable, and some configuration which is so tiny picture of that. I'm really new to SPDIF-stuff.

[Dark Mantis]

So it is all working now then! Great news.

[xthalle]

No. I meant by my last post we're getting closer, we're understaning the problem. I'm still in problem. Sorry my poor English.

[xthalle]

So, in detail, where shall I select my input?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes no problem the language barrier is often a stumbling block.

Check here for more information that might be of use to you and at least you can make it bigger

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x58-usb3_e.pdf

Have a look in the control panel and Sounds icon. You can set it to different input and output devices from there. You might also have a Realtek HD Audio Device tab icon as well that does similar things.

[xthalle]

This PDF material has the same small picture as the paperwork. My Realtek interface gives only this picture for configuration.

[Dark Mantis]

Does your spdif out work when using another source for the input ?

Is your computer actually receiving an input from your set top box ?

[xthalle]

No, I don't have any other source to find out. And answering to the second line - how do I really find out? Every part from the box to the computer is brand new, so I don't expect there's a sort of damage or such.

[Dark Mantis]

Most of our problems are concerning new parts so I wouldn't be too sure that just because it's all new it is perfect