It is a CMedia CM6206 I can’t find the company contact form.I have
ordered an optical cable to see if that helps.Currently running USB to
the CM6206, then the three analog outs to left/right, center, and
satellite.
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*Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:19 PM
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*Subject:* Re: Need a bit of USB sound education
It almost sounds like he's running a USB type soundbar that has all
the satellite speakers branching out from it.
I'd have to know more the specific model that he has before I could
really offer further help, but if the USB keeps disconnecting, then
I'm still under the assumption it's probably something shorting out
somewhere within the actual electronics of the USB port itself either
on the bar, or on the mac itself, and god forbid the ladder.
Chris.
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That part hopefully Christopher-Mark can help you with. My setup
is pretty simple. I have the optical cable from the mini's
headphone jack going to my 5.1 receiver (an old Dennon) and from
there snakes out wire pairs to the speakers at various positions.
I might be able to look something up but I don't see where you
said what specific subwoofer or USB device you have. I know some
subwoofers are set up that you can actually pass left and right
high power signals to the subwoofer which will strip out the low
bass for itself and then pass what's left to your regular left and
right speakers. Others expect just a single separate subwoofer
(the dot one in 5.1) line level input. That might not have much to
do with your USB subwoofer setup.
CB
On 1/20/16 12:08 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
Thanks. But if I want to replace the sound device, all the new
wincing to have optical out only. Is there some way I can get
an optical out to pair with the three Jack cables that go to
my speaker system. I really don't want to replace them too.
Thanks.
Bill
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On Jan 20, 2016, at 9:33 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
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Correct. Macs have had optical out going back to 2006 so
you should be fine. Only tricky bit is to get a mini
TOSLink cable to make the connection. It will have a
headphone-shaped connection on one end and then then usual
square optical connection on the other. You won't find
them at the usual BestBuy and such but they are readily
available online. Just search for "mini TOSLink" to find
them on Amazon, newegg or wherever you get cables. Should
be well under $10. I use this all the time as a Mini is my
families home TV/entertainment hub (no cable except for
internet service).
CB
On 1/20/16 8:02 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
I was told my mac mini didn't have an optical out. Is
it the same jack that you would normally take audio
out of?
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On Jan 19, 2016, at 11:43 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via
MacVisionaries <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If you are trying to get 5.1 out of your Mac, does
your amp have an optical input? If so, it might be
easier to skip all the USB stuff and just run
optical from the mini to your surround-sound amp.
CB
On 1/18/16 9:57 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
Hi.
My wife says they are green, orange—red?—and
black.The USB cable goes into the box, those
three cables go to my 5.1 system subwoofer,
the subwoofer has the amp, I am guessing, and
there are five audio cable jacks in it that
lead to the left, right, satellite, and center
channels.The speakers also have a large cable
with a volume know, a headphone jack, and dial
for bass/treble, and another that does
increased separation.Does that help?
The USB audio keeps dropping out, then coming
back.I thought maybe it was an OS issue, but I
am running VM, and after a config change it
started asking me where I want the device
connected, Mac or Windows, so I am guessing it
is actually disconnecting and
reconnecting.Tried three different USB
cables;, didn’t help.
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*Subject:* Re: Need a bit of USB sound education
OK, do you know what color those cables are?
That would tell me a fair amount. Are they
blue green and black? If so, I might have a
possible solution. If two of them are red and
white, then I'll have to think about it, as
that wouldn't exactly tell me much.
red and white is generally your standard RCA,
then of course yellow would be for video, so I
highly doubt that is what you're working with.
The green, blue, and black would be digital
and probably would be like a composit cable.
That's why I'm kind a wonderring. We need
just a slight bit more info.
Chris.
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*Sent:*Monday, January 18, 2016 5:15 PM
*Subject:*Need a bit of USB sound education
Hi.
I am currently running a USB sound adapter
to a set of 5.1 speakers on my Mac Mini,
connected by three color-coded cables to
the subwoofer, which in turn connects to
the five speakers.
The device is acting up, it keeps failing
and restarting.Tried different cable, same
issues.I want to replace the device, but
not sure what I am looking for.All the
ones I see on Amazon show audio out.What
do I need to look for in one that will
connect via the three color coded
cables?Hoping to get off fairly
inexpensively, so if anyone can recommend
one…much thanks.
Bill
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