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Hi
I'm going to configure new setup and I'd like to hear your advice.
TV: SHARP Aquos LC-40LE630E
Home Video: PIONEER BCS-717
Laptop (ancient): Toshiba Satellite A300 (no HDMI!) running Ubuntu 12
How would you approach problem of connecting these devices and configuring XBMC on them?
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Your only options appear to be VGA for display into your TV, and stereo sound into the audio system.
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Thank you for advice. How would you connect laptop with TV? VGA-VGA cable? Does this make sense to use VGA-to-HDMI?
From inputs available in audio system - which one would you chose?
• 2 x HDMI in
• 1 x Optical In
• 1 x RCA Audio In
• 1 x Portable Audio In (front)
Is headphone output on laptop the only option?
Could you recommend any cables?
Does this make sense to add something extra here? UBS-to-HDMI to the laptop?
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VGA->VGA seems your only option for video.
For audio, you've either got stereo from the headphone output into the RCA in on the back, or the portable audio in on the front, or you could look at getting a USB->Optical converter - you will need to search for one that has drivers for your operating system.
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Maybe I should go for some external sound card? Anything you could recommend?
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Turtle Beach make external USB sound cards which will connect to your amplifiers spdif input.
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Thanks Nickr. Just to make sure I've send out an email to Turtle Beach support. Waiting for reply
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I have the same problem. No VGA on my main TV, no HDMI on my laptop. Was going to buy a VGA->HDMI adapter, but it's basically the price of a RasPi. So I ordered a RasPi (backordered might take a few months...) for my main TV and am using the laptop on a different TV.