Why no Audio out? :(
 

Question says it all, why i there no audio out on the Pace NTL digibox :(

I want to watch with surround sound.

Some boxes have phono outputs. If yours doesn't then get a Scart breakout and you will, at least, be able to listen in stereo.

Use the scart then? You can buy a lead what has phono sockets on so you can connect that to your Hi-Fi.

I know I can do that but it's a PITA.
Besides, it was more amazement that the box didn't have audio outputs, I mean FFS, virtually every OTHER piece of equipment that can be hooked to the TV does!!

In a way this is what provides a solution.

Simply hook the box up to your VCR and make use of the auio out on that to feed to the sterio. You may even find that your TV also has audio out built in many do. As long as some point along the way provides the output you are good to go.

I do agree with your original point though, it does seem odd that no seperate audio out was provided.

Must have been a cost saving thing.

Given thatthe majority of users would not connect them up. (my assumption).

This is what I currently have, however I was hoping to remove the VCR from the equation (as I never use it), only to find that I can't (until I buy some more leads) due to the fact there are no audio outs on the Pace box :( (or on my TV for that matter)

we have hooked ours up via the DVD player through to our hi fi and added extra speakers to get the surround feel, which works quite well.:D

There were audio out on some of the First Generation orig-ntl: Pace boxes, but all the ones i've seen at new installs don't have them.

They were really useful (:p ) but not surround sound. THe best I could get out of them was...

Well, it's a word I can't think of at the mo, similar to polyphonic, but it's not. If I think of it, i'll edit the message.

quadraphonic?

Gaz

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the best example, of which, I encountered, was Pink Floyd at Knebworth (late 70's), the speaker banks were at least 500 yards apart - surround sound has been around a while:)

Stereophonic, otherwise known as stereo? The stereo outputs carry the surround info embedded within (Prologic).

The phono sound outputs are identical to the scart sound outputs of any box.

I seem to get a nice effect through a Pro Logic II decoder/(encoder?) Really thought I was in the Queen Vic the other night......I should get out more.

Surround sound has been in use in large cinemas since about the late 50's. I think (although I am not sure) Ben Hur was a surround flick, and the music of 2001 sound pretty amazing in surround..

My system is fixed to the vcr and amp including the stb and dvd. It all works very well. Mind you I need another amp with better surround sound. :wavey: :wavey:

That's the word. I knew i'd think of it at some point!

As far as i'm aware. surround/dolby 5.1 output will only come from an optical/coaxial output, like you'll find on the back of a DVD/Mini-Disc/CD player or Sky+.

Quadraphonic sound is the processor in the surround sound amp deciding which bits of noise come from which speakers. ie from a CD, I get Vocals/Guitar from the front/centre, drums from the back, and Base.. well, erm, from the base sub-woofer.

Jon