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| Master Thrasher 2005-01-24, 9:38 pm |
| I just bought a sound system and an opitical cable for my PS2 and I was
wondering:
Do RCA and optical cable have to be plugged in to get surround sound?
Are there particular games that feature surround sound?
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| Buckaroo Banzai 2005-01-24, 9:38 pm |
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"Master Thrasher" <thexbox@att.net> wrote in message
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>I just bought a sound system and an opitical cable for my PS2 and I was
>wondering:
>
> Do RCA and optical cable have to be plugged in to get surround sound?
Well, if you've got a sound system that features Dolby ProLogic, you can get
simulated surround sound with RCA cables, but to get true surround sound you
have to use an optical cable exclusively and have that option turned on in
the PS2 options menu.
quote:
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> Are there particular games that feature surround sound?
Well, there are no PS2 games that feature strictly Dolby 5.1 surround sound
other than during cutscenes. But there are games that feature Dolby 5.1 DTS
surround sound (which is true surround sound) during actual gameplay, two of
them being, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and SSX: Tricky. There may be
others, I'm not sure.
HTH!
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| Master Thrasher 2005-01-24, 9:38 pm |
| Should I disconnect the two sound RCA cables and just use the optical cable?
I'm trying to tell if there is a difference between the two cables.
"Buckaroo Banzai" <blackhole34@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Master Thrasher" <thexbox@att.net> wrote in message
> news:0VeJd.81922$w62.76248@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> Well, if you've got a sound system that features Dolby ProLogic, you can
> get simulated surround sound with RCA cables, but to get true surround
> sound you have to use an optical cable exclusively and have that option
> turned on in the PS2 options menu.
>
> Well, there are no PS2 games that feature strictly Dolby 5.1 surround
> sound other than during cutscenes. But there are games that feature Dolby
> 5.1 DTS surround sound (which is true surround sound) during actual
> gameplay, two of them being, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and SSX: Tricky.
> There may be others, I'm not sure.
>
>
> HTH!
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| Buckaroo Banzai 2005-01-24, 9:38 pm |
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"Master Thrasher" <thexbox@att.net> wrote in message
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> Should I disconnect the two sound RCA cables and just use the optical
> cable? I'm trying to tell if there is a difference between the two cables.
Yes... disconnect the RCA cables, because if the game, or source (if you're
playing a DVD movie) doesn't support 5.1, the optical cable will provide the
same audio that the RCA cables would.
Again, make sure to go into the PS2's options and select the optical cable
option... I forget what it's called exactly in the options... I think it's
the TOSlink, but if I'm wrong, I hope someone here will correct me.
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| Fred Liken 2005-01-25, 3:38 am |
| "Buckaroo Banzai" <blackhole34@yahoo.com> wrote
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> Well, if you've got a sound system that features Dolby ProLogic, you can
> get simulated surround sound with RCA cables,
Dobly ProLogic (II in the PS2's case), is real surround sound, not any more
"simulated" than surround sound from five speakers trying to simulate a
sound from a point not in the same spot as one of those speakers. ProLogic
I has at the very least three channels. If ProLogic isn't real surround
sound, then 5.1 isn't either since there's 6.1, and 6.1 because there's 7.1,
etc.
quote:
> but to get true surround sound you have to use an optical cable
> exclusively and have that option turned on in the PS2 options menu.
>
> Well, there are no PS2 games that feature strictly Dolby 5.1 surround
> sound other than during cutscenes. But there are games that feature Dolby
> 5.1 DTS surround sound (which is true surround sound) during actual
> gameplay,
DTS isn't Dolby.
quote:
> two of them being, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and SSX: Tricky. There
> may be others, I'm not sure.
The facts are that you don't need the optical out connected unless you're
playing something that uses DTS for the surround sound. Otherwise, ProLogic
II just needs the RCA's hooked up and a receiver that can demux the signal.
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| Fred Liken 2005-01-25, 3:38 am |
| "Master Thrasher" <thexbox@att.net> wrote in message
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quote:
> Should I disconnect the two sound RCA cables and just use the optical
> cable? I'm trying to tell if there is a difference between the two cables.
You don't have to, but if your receiver is getting the optical signal, the
RCA's probably aren't being used, no?
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