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Hello. Am I correct in connecting my u-DAC8 as follows for a 5.1 system:

Output 1 -- left front
Output 2 -- right front
Output 3 -- center
Output 4 -- subwoofer
Output 5 -- left surround
Output 6 -- right surround
Outputs 7/8 -- unused

This seems to correspond to the numbering system for MacOX in the manual -- but the manual doesn't show the similar layout for a Windows arrangement.

Thanks. JCR

@ JCR,

Indeed it seems to be the correct routing. here is a reference from Microsoft on that topic.
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows...11%28v=vs.85%29.aspx



Unlike Mac, I don't believe that you can remap audio channels under Windows. Might be wrong..

DevTeam

Thanks for the reply. Your diagrams above say the LFE is Ch3, not Ch4. I am trying to reconcile that against my perceived correct mapping.

The context of my inquiry is that I have the u-DAC8 outputs running to the 7.1 analog MCH inputs on my Marantz AV-7702. SW1 sounds fine. SW2, however, sounds as though it is getting a full range signal sent to it. It sounds terrible. I did run a MCH audio channel identification file and it correctly identified the LF, C, RF, LS and RS, so that makes me think that the routing I described in the first post is correct. So, just reconfirming in light of the diagrams. Thanks. JCR

@ jrobbins50,

Please note that these diagrams are straight out from Microsoft, so not exactly sure why it would be toggled but it's not on our side I think.. The labeling start from CH0 hence the offset. So correct me if I'm wrong but I think that we aggree with that setup.

Are you using another software in between? Maybe the switch is done there? We haven't seen this before..

ROUTING as per Microsoft routing to match diagrams.
ch0 -- left front
ch1 -- right front
ch2 -- center
ch3 -- subwoofer
ch4 -- left surround
ch5 -- right surround
ch 6/7 -- unused