The USB is for the power ONLY correct? The inputs for sound are only from optical and coaxial, yes? My laptop has no opt or coax.
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ya got it all wrong; most people don't have optical or coax on their laptops unless they have a MAC, which I don't have.. n-e-wayz...... the usb has a dual purpose. not only does it carry the sound signal FROM your computer, it also powers this DAC. This DAC then does two very important conversions: (1) If you want your stereo to do the digital-to-analog (aka D-to-A) conversion, the DAC produces a digital signal for that purpose which leaves the device thru its coax and optical jacks, one of which should be connected to your stereo. (2) If your stereo doesn't have digital inputs (optical or coax) OR you think the D/A converter in this DAC is better than the one in your stereo, then you should connect the analog audio outputs on the DAC (the RCA connectors) to your stereo's AUX, TAPE IN, CD, etc. connectors.
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No, USB is also an input. Plug it into your laptop and it'll recognize this as a sound card and will be able to use it right away.
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Answer: INCORRECT The USB connection ALSO supplies audio (FROM) your computer TO the Muse DAC.
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The optical and analog phone jacks are output only. They send the signal to the device you want to hear the music on, like your stereo amp.. THE audio signal (in digital form) and power come in thru the USB to USB type B jack on the unit labeled USB in. Hope that helps.
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I just set mine up and it works fine. I use the USB connection and you need to click the input monitor in the lower toolbar so you can hear it. If that button is not lit up you won't hear it. You don't have to record it. My computer has speakers attached. I have Windows XP.
87592
Yes, this needs usb power to function at all. You don't have to use the sound, but usb is always necessary.
884786
Yes it is. I have both an optical input and a USB input and I am able to switch between the two. Occasionally, I have to switch it off to get the signal light, but that's only happened a couple of times. I cannot answer as to how it responds if you have all 3 inputs in, as to whether it only selects the one that is "on".
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I use a VGA cable to run my laptop off of my TV. However instead of hooking up an audio cable to the television I just plug in a small set of speakers to the laptop to increase the volume coming off of the laptop. It's really same thing, just that sound comes off of the computer instead. Just a suggestion and another option.
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You should be able to connect the Stereo-Out (headphone) from the computer/laptop to the Aux-In. Not sure of your entire setup, but personally I think this unit will be an overkill as computer speakers.
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Yes, BOTH plugs MUST be used, The USB is for power only, the audio plug is for audio IN only. However, the low frequency ability of this speaker sucks, I dumped all of these speakers I had and replaced them with MICROLAB B51 speakers, much better audio quality.
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If your asking about the built-in USB (only computer connect I'm aware of) it carries the 2-channel main mix output, not individual channels. Hope this helped.
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First you have to connect this to a laptop, because it is powered by a USB2.0/3.0. There is a application that goes with it, you can configure input/ouput channels from that application installed on the laptop. And you can set the output level from the knob on it (zoom in on the picture, it is on the upper right corner of the panel). Hope this helps.
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Nope, USB powered. Most likely your cable is damaged if everything just stopped working all of a sudden. My fan died from use and being just old. Speakers work just fine after almost 6 years. I did however velcro the laptop to the stand.
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You only need the focusrite box, a 25ft Xlr audio cable and a usb cable. The sound should be clean unless your pc laptop generate hum.
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Yes, that is correct. Coaxial and optical cables cannot carry HD audio signals; they simply cannot support the required bandwidth.
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You can use the USB plug for Sound/Power, you don't need to use the audio jack. I have mine plugged in to my desktop and I think the sound is really nice. I listen to lectures and music on then and I like that you can control the sound from the right side speaker dial.
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It also has a coax and VGA input as well. USB appears to only be useful for firmware update.
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Check your TV to see if it has optical output. If it does, then hook up the optical cable to it. Note: some of the sound will NOT process by this model (like XBOX games, or sounds has DTS). In that case you have to use RCA cable to hook up from your TV to this sound bar. I also found an issue with this model is that, when the sound bar is on, it will mess up my wireless connection to my laptop.
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I thought it was the square input, as well. Thanks for this tip, and it works great. Sharp wanted to charge me $28 to answer this question. The thing that threw me was that the manual refers to the output as coaxial. It is simply takes a single RCA cable. Wonder what that square connection is all about?
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I have a 42" Toshiba (something like that I forgot) and it works just fine. Here are all the inputs that are located in the back of the sound bar: A "Sub Out" that is purple, an "Input 1" which has 2 plugs (one is white and the other is red), the last one is "Input 2" and that one is not color-coded. I use the Input 1 (the red and white) these two turn into one plug at the end that goes into the "Analog Audio Out" on my T.V.