Audio Jack Question

[matto97]

on the back of my motherbord i have

 

L R 3.5mm jack

 

C Sub 3.5mm jack

 

RL RR 3.5mm jack

 

SL SR 3.5mm jack

 

And in my audio controle panel there is a option

 

Center/LFE Speaker

Swap Center/Sub Output

 

Just wanted to know what they all did. Thanks

 

Edit- And in my Audio options there is a option for Digital output (S/PDIF) wanted to know the difference between that and Speaker/Headphone options.

[SubTract]

LR 3.5mm is stereo (normally green plug, same as on a phone/mp3 player/normal headphone jack)

C/sub is center and sub speakers in a surround sound configuration.

RL/RR is rear left and rear right in a surround sound configuration.

SL/SR are surround left and right in surround sound configuration.

 

Center/LFE actually has no affect on the center speaker, but are the low frequency effects for a sub

swap center/sub. Some surround systems use opposite poles in the connector for sub/centre so if by any chance your sub is playing normal center noise and your centre is playing normal sub noise you would use that option.

(Digital) S/PDIF controls optical output, headphone/speaker controls analogue output (3.5mm connectors)

[matto97]

LR 3.5mm is stereo (normally green plug, same as on a phone/mp3 player/normal headphone jack)

C/sub is center and sub speakers in a surround sound configuration.

RL/RR is rear left and rear right in a surround sound configuration.

SL/SR are surround left and right in surround sound configuration.

 

Center/LFE actually has no affect on the center speaker, but are the low frequency effects for a sub

swap center/sub. Some surround systems use opposite poles in the connector for sub/centre so if by any chance your sub is playing normal center noise and your centre is playing normal sub noise you would use that option.

(Digital) S/PDIF controls optical output, headphone/speaker controls analogue output (3.5mm connectors)

Im sorry if i sound dumb but i still dont understand the last one S/PDIF thanks for the other info tho 

[SubTract]

S/PDIF can either be Optical (Little square plug with a red light shining in it) or a coaxial connector (round rca style plug, typically orange) 

so they are other plugs beside the 3.5mm jacks that are still for audio. Different sound systems may use a different connector not just the 3.5mm type. 

<---- these connectors do surround sound with just 1 plug 

<--- This style requires separate connectors to achieve the same output.

[matto97]

S/PDIF can either be Optical (Little square plug with a red light shining in it) or a coaxial connector (round rca style plug, typically orange) 

so they are other plugs beside the 3.5mm jacks that are still for audio. Different sound systems may use a different connector not just the 3.5mm type. 

<---- these connectors do surround sound with just 1 plug 

<--- This style requires separate connectors to achieve the same output.

Ah ok thanks

[emmett82]

might get banned for bumping a old post but meh. im kinda curios i have a 2.0 stereo system and i want to add a sub to my setup. will i have to buy some 2.1 kit that has the orange plug or can i just use a 3.5mm to rca adapter to wire up a sub using the rca ports on back like what a polk psw 10 -psw110 or a cerwin vega xd8s has.