Audigy 2 digital out to KLH receiver

[McGrawh]

Recently i had upgraded from an SB Live to an Audigy 2 in order to get the digital output function correctly. I'm trying to get the digital out connection on my sound blaster audigy 2 to work with my KLH receiver, for some reason though my receiver doesn't seem to be picking up the digital signal from my sound card, i tried both my audigy 2 and my nforce 2 digital audio outputs , the cables i'm using for this is a radio shack digital gold series Universal Optical Cable. However i have managed to get full Dolby Digital 5.1 sound through the same cable arrangement when using PowerDVD and a suitable DVD. So can any body tell me that why doesn't my audigy zs digital out work with my KLH receiver? Am i missing something or am i hoping too much from my Audigy card? Kindly provide me the correct solution for the above issue.

[Hardwareman]

According to me, i think it is actually a coaxial output, so you need a coaxial of 1/8 inch adapter to function it properly. Audigy has 3 analog outputs that are:

• Front L/R
• Center/LFE
• Rear L/R

[Maxforu]

Make sure AC3 decoding is off in surround mixer. The card itself is not a Dolby 5.1 digital encoder, so it won't output a 5.1 digital signal unless the software generates it. This is why it works with powerDVD and a 5.1 DVD. To get 5.1 from games not programmed to generate it, you would need a solution like the nvidia chips that are built into some motherboards.

[Killen]

The Digital Output is always active except when playing DRM encoded content, at which point it is disabled. For that i think you need to use 3.5 mm to dual RCA adapter from Radio Shack. Digital Audio will be present on one of the RCA output. This is a requirement of DRM support otherwise the Audigy 2 would simply not be able to play DRM encoded content, e.g. DVD-Audio, as would be the case for other non-supporting soundcards.