Reddit reviews Panlong 5.1 Audio Gear Digital Sound Decoder Converter - Optical SPDIF/ Coaxial Dolby AC3 DTS to 5.1CH Analog Audio

Something like this would be necessary

https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y

Something like that should work.

Well my advice would be to try and sell it and get something better. But, if you don't want to do that, and you have an optical or digital output, [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y) should create the right inputs for you.

You need a DAC (digital to analog converter) that can decode the 5.1 signal from the optical cable and turn it into line-level outputs.

This one would work as long as all your sources are in AC3 or Dolby DTS format: https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y/

I don't know how good the quality will be, but chances are with the kind of lower end speakers that use 3.5mm 5.1 inputs you won't notice.

So you're looking for a surround sound decoder. Here's one from eBay for $50. Unfortunately, I've never bought this product, so I can't say how well it'll work.

There are also a couple similar boxes from Amazon with Prime shipping and reviews, which might be the better direction to go.
here, here and here

Hope this helps

I'll condense all my information to this reply. A box like this is what you are looking for. It will take your SPDIF input and convert it to the 3 cable setup you currently have. Those 3 ports on the left will be the green black and orange cables you are using.

Now if you can't find that exact model in germany (with the 3 connectors on the left side that you need) then you can use any converter that takes your SPDIF input and outputs it to those red and white connectors. You can use those connectors with cables like these. That will give you the connectors you need to hook them up to your green black orange cables. The FL, CEN, SUB etc markings underneath each plug represent what channel they are. You use those extra cables you bought and hook them up accordingly into your logitech set.

EDIT: Something like this will work as well. That just eliminates the red/white plugs you dont need. But it has the 3 green/black/orange cables you need. They are marked underneath, just not color coded like your surround sound is. It will work fine.

> So I need to find a way to turn the Monitor into a recording device, not a playback device. Is there any way to do this?

Not too sure on that exactly, but I have an alternative for you that may be easier, which is basically how to get the same thing you had with your 360.

The XBox One can output audio over optical, so you simply have to convert that to 3.5mm, and the route to that is a DAC:

What I did when I first got my XBox1 and had a monitor without speakers was I used an optical -> 3.5mm active converter then put it into the line-in/mic port on my motherboard and set the listen option like you did with your 360. (On the XB1 in audio settings you can set it to output audio on the optical.)

This is what I used: https://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA It comes with an optical cable, so all you should need is a male-male 3.5mm stereo cable to run between it and the line-in on your computer or speakers. (and a free power outlet)

 

 

(The following is extra information in case you want to output now or in the future to a 5.1 surround sound setup but don't have a receiver that can take XB1 input already)

 

 

I've upgraded since so that the XB1 can output to my surround speakers. I have speakers that have two inputs on them in front/rear/and center. I use Altec Lansing ACS41 for rear and center and Bose Companion 2 for the fronts. Then I have the optical from the XB1 going into one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y . (Then this one is personal to my system to allow me to easily control volume balance without having to run around to each speaker and disrupting the PC's balance which also go into those speakers.) I have three of these: http://www.sescom.com/product.asp?item=SES-MKP-27 One for Front, Center, and Rear, next to each other on my desk, and then from there they go to the speakers.

Do you have any other connections on the TV? If not, you'd need something like this (you may be able to find something cheaper, but this is what I found after a quick search).

https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y

You'll connect this to the optical out (the squarish connection at the top) with a TOSLINK cable, then the 3.5mm jacks on your creative speakers.

Black = Rear left and right.
Green = Front left and right.
Orange = Center and Subwoofer.

You need a cable like this

Connect to the green cable.

If you can return/exchange your audio converter, you might get something like this instead so that you can take advantage of your subwoofer and surround capabilities -- I don't know (nor have I used) the particular one in the link, it is just here as an example of the type.

Why not use the optical out on the xbox one to a converter to convert to multiple 3.5mm jacks like this https://www.amazon.ca/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y

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Hdmi is video/audio, where as usb is for connecting devices. You can hope that xbox x will support the Ryg via USB connectivity later. But i'm pretty sure HDMI to USB is not a thing for decoding as plugging in the RYG to the converter would require that there were drivers on the converter to interface with.

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I think it is 3.5mm because it's 1 wire for both L & R channels and RCA is 1 wire per channel. This looks like it's the same thing and one of the reviewers mentions using them with a 3.5mm connection for PC speakers:

https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y/

Worst case you could also get RCA to 3.5mm adapters if you had to.

Hi all, thanks a lot for the replies.
The subwoofer has 5 color coded RCA outputs for the 5 speakers, then 3 color coded 3.5mm jacks for connecting the front, rear and center channels to the PC. I tried to get this audio converter: https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498591321&sr=1-1&keywords=panlong+5.1+audio+decoder
This converter has an optical output which I connected to my TV from one side then from the other side it has the 3 color coded 3.5 mm plugs, so I was able to connect the subwoofer to and it worked fine and the speaker sounded great but it's on the cheap end and it keeps breaking, and the channels were not distributed very well.
so I want to get a nicer one and mainly connected the speaker directly to the new reciever and then connect the subwoofer to the reciever as well, so my main question is how to connect the the subwoofer to the receiver, I couldn't find a cable that has tripple 3.5mm on one end and and RCA on the other end (assuming this is how a regualr subwoofer connects to a receiver).
Thanks

If you are truly insistent on using these speakers, you could purchase this optical to coax/3.5mm converter for like $35. 1st disclaimer is I have never used one of these and have no idea what the results/quality will be so you're on your own for that one!
https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y
[Ok, here is my 2nd disclaimer: Personally I think this is a silly idea. I do not think this is the route you want to go if you really want a surround sound setup. And spending this much on an adapter to use speakers that are maybe $60 (that's what...$10 each??) is kind of silly in my mind.
I don't think you will be happy with the results.
If you want surround sound, I think the entry level point would be to look for a used 5.1 receiver on craigslist that accepts optical audio.
If that's not doable, I think working towards a nice 2 channel setup is way more rewarding than a super-super-budget, pseudo-5.1 setup.]
Ok, sure, to each their own though. Really.

Short of getting a full A/V receiver, you can use an digital to analog surround sound converters like this or this for that. I've never used either of those products and just linked them as examples, a little research might turn up better options, and note that optical is limited to lossy compression for surround sound while HDMI supports full quality,

You would need a receiver with preamp outputs. What sort of receiver are you considering? Preamp outputs are not usually found in cheap receivers. You have to get into multi-hundred dollar receivers, the assumption being that you find the built-in amplifiers too poor.

You'd be further ahead getting a Digital Audio Decoder. Not too expensive.

You posted a link to EU. What country are you located in?

Yeah there are devices out there that claim to convert digital to the 3.5mm needed for those type of speaker systems... How well they work, i couldn't tell you. These devices fall into the "jerry-rigged systems" category which has a very high chance of not working so just be aware of that before going too far down the rabbit hole.

You'd be looking for something like this I just googled "optical to 3.5mm 5.1" and this is what came up.

Ok, thanks...found one I think. The versions I had seen looked to have issues around 5.1, this looks like its worth a try. https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y

what model computer do you have?

some of the older macbooks had a combo 1/8"/mini-optical port. you could go from that to some sort of box (something similar to this) that converts an optical signal to discrete 5.1. and to be honest, with headphones you're not going to notice the difference between 5.1 and 7.1.

i don't know that the newer macbooks (specifically the air that i have) support the optical connection through the headphone jack.

another option might be to find an external USB audio device but without doing a lot of research, i don't know if there's one that's specifically mac compatible.

Okay the price isn't bad, but there's no reviews on that specific model i noticed. Have you personally tried or heard if its reliable with a PS4/Z506 setup?

Because ones like these below got tons of mixed reviews about delayed audio, static, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y/ref=pd_sbs_23_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00AMC2J1Y&pd_rd_r=XSW11N6QWP9QMWTF73HC&pd_rd_w=10swf&pd_rd_wg=yNTJZ&psc=1&refRID=XSW11N6QWP9QMWTF73HC