Sourround Sound to Pc or Tv?

[Blake_3]

I just bought the Frisby FS-5010BT 5.1 off amazon. My current sound card in my PC only has pink, green and blue. So It does not support 5.1 hook up. My computer is hooked up to me tv via HDMI, Hisense 55in 4K.

If I hook up the sound system to the tv, will I get 5.1 output, or should I buy "Sewell Direct Sound Box External USB Sound Card 7.1 and 5.1 Channel Audio (SW-29545) " and hook it up that way.

If Option two is the case, from my understanding I will need 3 3.5 to RCA Y adapters. But I dont know which out of the orange black and green is the front two, back two, and center/sub

 

[Paperdoc]

Your computer cannot do anything more than 2-channel stereo sound from the green jack. (Pink is Mic in, Blue is Line in.) So to play 5.1 surround sound you do need a sound card or some device like the Sewell USB-connected device to generate those outputs. These points may help.

1. The Sewell unit will need to have a device driver loaded into your computer's OS (I'm presuming Windows). This software probably comes on a disk with the system. Connect the Sewell unit to your computer and install the driver. Then you will need to tell Windows that it should use this new device as your default sound output device, and NOT the old sound system you have been using. To do this, click on Start ... Control Panel ... Sounds and Audio Devices ... Audio tab. In the upper box for Sound Playback, click the little down-arrow in the box to see a choice of audio devices. Choose your new device as the Default Sound Playback Device, then close the windows.

2. The Sewell unit uses 3.5 mm stereo plugs for each of three output connectors for 5.1 channel sound - Green for Front L/R, Black for Rear L/R, and Orange for Front Center and Sub-woofer. The Frisby speaker system has inputs for these, each as single RCA female sockets. So you need three cables, each with a stereo 3.5 mm plug on one end and two RCA plugs on the other end, like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2C30768&cm_re=3.5_mm_to_rca_cable-_-82-196-061-_-Product

Normally these are color coded so that White is Left, Red is Right. For the Center/Sub pair, likely White is the Center Front speaker. Use those three cables to connect to the inputs on the Frisby system. then check that sounds are coming from the correct speakers. If two are mixed up, just swap the plugs on the Frisby input panel.

NOTE something important from the user reviews and the maker's website. The hardware and driver software as supplied will only produce 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound if you are using it under Windows 7. Under Win 8 or 10 it is LIMITED - can only produce 2.1 channel stereo plus sub-woofer! SOME users have reported more success if they got a driver for another system from a different "manufacturer" that seems to be identical hardware.

I see you can buy what appears to be the same thing here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G28N6339&cm_re=usb_audio_card-_-29-128-010-_-Product

made by StarTech. Their website claims it is compatible with all Windows versions up to 10, although it does not make a clear statement about 5.1 channel capability in all cases. Some users claim it DOES do that under at least Win 8.1, but some disagree. It may depend on whether you update to the latest device driver from the maker's website.

One other user comment on the Sewell version, at least, was that unlike come internal sound cards, this device is not able to take a 2.1-channel signal and up-convert it to a simulated 5.1-channel surround signal. Such a capability, again, MAY depend on the driver software you get.

Of course, you also have the option to replace the sound card inside your computer in a PCI slot, rather than using an external device connected to a USB port.

 

[Blake_3]

Your computer cannot do anything more than 2-channel stereo sound from the green jack. (Pink is Mic in, Blue is Line in.) So to play 5.1 surround sound you do need a sound card or some device like the Sewell USB-connected device to generate those outputs. These points may help.

Of course, you also have the option to replace the sound card inside your computer in a PCI slot, rather than using an external device connected to a USB port.

I own a Syber Vapor Gaming PC. I am not too familiar with changing out parts, if someone could suggest a sound card that supports 5.1 or 7.1 that will work with my PC running WIN10, I can go have it installed, but other than that I have no idea what I am Looking at.

 

[Paperdoc]

In a search for Cyber Vapor Gaming PC, all I can find is the pages to order one from them with lots of customization options. I could not find any place to download a manual for any of their machines. So I can't tell you how to open it up, what might fit inside, or even whether doing that stuff might violate a warranty. If you know where to find a downloadable manual, post the link here. OR, if you have a manual, maybe that can tell you. Otherwise, using an external sound "card" via USB, as you suggested, may be your easiest path. The only question was whether the unit you like actually CAN give you 5.1 sound under Windows 10. By the way, whether your Windows 10 is 32-bit or 64-bit may be important. Maybe you should try contacting StarTech about their product linked in my prior message to determine the answer to that for THEIR hardware and driver package.