Asus g75vw rh71 setting up my astros with it

[NoLonic]

I just got the astros a40 and I really want to use the 7.1 sound I know the headsets jack doubles as a optical port I already have the toslink to 3.5mm but I don't know how set it up after that do I have to download something I would really want step by step instruction.

[NoLonic]

I have the Mixamp pro but can't I use a external sound card that has dolby digital live and that supports 7.1 sound

[ZeroBarrier]

NoLonic wrote:
Sooooooo gay I can still return the astro should I just get a headset the gives virtual 7.1 sound through usb

Cartaspr is right, for 5.1/7.1 to work it has to be encoded in 5.1/7.1 and support pass-through. So any video or audio you play that's encoded in 5.1/7.1 and supports pass-through will work, but most games are not encoded in 5.1/7.1 and do not generate audio in 5.1/7.1 on the fly. For most games, you can choose Dolby Pro Logic or Bypass on the receiver/headphones. The surround receiver/headphones will still try to "upscale" to surround.

[NoLonic]

So what About battlefield 3 would I be able to use 7.1/5.1 sound

[Cartaspr]

Yes you can and there are some external sound cards that support DDL like the ASUS Xonar U3, I’m actually thinking on buying it.

[NoLonic]

Cartaspr wrote:
Yes you can and there are some external sound cards that support DDL like the ASUS Xonar U3, I’m actually thinking on buying it.

does that have 7.1/5.1

[Cartaspr]

Yes it is 5.1/7.1 it haves a mini TOSLINK on the headphone jack and supports Dolby® Digital Live/Dolby® Headphone /Dolby® Virtual Speaker /Dolby® Pro-Logic II

[pathfindercod]

I just picked up a creative Recon USB adapter. For headphone gaming on a notebook I think it is hard to beat for positional audio on stereo headphones. Plus you can use any headphones with it..