Hi, I just bought a mini projector. It comes with VGA and AV sockets as well as SD card and USB sockets. The idea is that I can plug a memory stick or an SD card into it and play media from there in MP4 format. I was hopeful that there was a way to connect the device to my external virtual 5.1 surround sound card and that way get surround sound through my speakers. But that doesn't seem to be working out. First of all, my external virtual 5.1 sound card connects to my laptop via USB and that works fine, but when I connect it to the projector via USB, it doesn't work. I am under the impression now that the USB and SD sockets are for playing media only. So my next attempt was to try the line in feature on the external sound card. It's a 3.5mm input. I connected a cable from there to the projectors AV socket(which didn't work) and then to the projectors headphone socket, which didn't work either.
I have come to the conclusion that I only have 2 options here:
1. If I want to watch movies from USB or SD card, without the need for my computer as a host for the sound, I will have to use Stereo Speakers and connect them to the Headphone socket.
or
2. If I want to have surround sound through my projector, I will have to connect via my laptop using VGA to VGA or Laptop HDMI to VGA, while keeping the external sound card connected to the laptop via USB. It just all seems messy with cables everywhere?
Can anyone confirm if I am right or can anyone suggest some alternative solution. Cheers.
I have come to the conclusion that I only have 2 options here:
1. If I want to watch movies from USB or SD card, without the need for my computer as a host for the sound, I will have to use Stereo Speakers and connect them to the Headphone socket.
or
2. If I want to have surround sound through my projector, I will have to connect via my laptop using VGA to VGA or Laptop HDMI to VGA, while keeping the external sound card connected to the laptop via USB. It just all seems messy with cables everywhere?
Can anyone confirm if I am right or can anyone suggest some alternative solution. Cheers.