Drop-outs in audio when PC is connected to receiver using USB Theo 03.07.2007 21:52:02 I own a Pioneer VSX-D2011 multi-channel receiver. Some time ago I decided to try the USB port on my receiver. I bought a USB cable of about 10 foot long and connected the receiver to my PC. At first I was very happy because the sound was fantastic! Finally I was able to use my PC as my personal radio station! :-) But after a couple of minutes I noticed a drop-out in the music. Maybe it's just a hiccup in my media player, I was thinking. But after a minute or so there was another drop-out, and another, and they kept on coming at random intervals. My question to you guys on this board: do you have experience with this problem? And if so, is there anything I can do about it? Is there a setting I need to adjust on my PC, or do I need an other cable? I've already searched the Internet for an answer to my question, but to no avail. :-( Some extra information for you guys: When my Pioneer is connected to my computer with USB I see it appear on my PC as "USB Audio CODEC". There is not much you can set in the mixer except for volume and panning. There are separate sliders for wave and cd playback though and for overall volume. I've looked everywhere for properties that could alter some kind of memory buffer for playback for the USB Audio CODEC device but could not find them. Finally: the sound card I'm using is SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. If you have suggestions for solving this problem I would be glad to hear about them. Best wishes, Theo

RE: Drop-outs in audio when PC is connected to receiver using USB Byte 04.07.2007 13:58:03 Connecting Your PC to Your Stereo http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/10.htm Connecting your radio to your PC http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/radio/radio_pc/radio_pc.html WeetHet - Video - Connecting your PC to your TV-set http://www.weethet.nl/english/video_connect_pc2tv.php -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "Theo" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I own a Pioneer VSX-D2011 multi-channel receiver. Some time ago I decided to > try the USB port on my receiver. I bought a USB cable of about 10 foot long > and connected the receiver to my PC. At first I was very happy because the > sound was fantastic! Finally I was able to use my PC as my personal radio > station! :-) > > But after a couple of minutes I noticed a drop-out in the music. Maybe it's > just a hiccup in my media player, I was thinking. But after a minute or so > there was another drop-out, and another, and they kept on coming at random > intervals. > > My question to you guys on this board: do you have experience with this > problem? And if so, is there anything I can do about it? Is there a setting I > need to adjust on my PC, or do I need an other cable? I've already searched > the Internet for an answer to my question, but to no avail. :-( > > Some extra information for you guys: When my Pioneer is connected to my > computer with USB I see it appear on my PC as "USB Audio CODEC". There is not > much you can set in the mixer except for volume and panning. There are > separate sliders for wave and cd playback though and for overall volume. > > I've looked everywhere for properties that could alter some kind of memory > buffer for playback for the USB Audio CODEC device but could not find them. > > Finally: the sound card I'm using is SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. > > If you have suggestions for solving this problem I would be glad to hear > about them. > > Best wishes, > Theo

Re: Drop-outs in audio when PC is connected to receiver using USB "theplectrum" <theplectrum[ at ]spam.wanadoo.fr> 04.07.2007 17:48:45 "Theo" <Theo[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2A1288AC-AA64-4011-979E-F28A7BBB8508[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I own a Pioneer VSX-D2011 multi-channel receiver. Some time ago I decided >to > try the USB port on my receiver. I bought a USB cable of about 10 foot > long > and connected the receiver to my PC. At first I was very happy because the > sound was fantastic! Finally I was able to use my PC as my personal radio > station! :-) > > But after a couple of minutes I noticed a drop-out in the music. Maybe > it's > just a hiccup in my media player, I was thinking. But after a minute or so > there was another drop-out, and another, and they kept on coming at random > intervals. > > My question to you guys on this board: do you have experience with this > problem? And if so, is there anything I can do about it? Is there a > setting I > need to adjust on my PC, or do I need an other cable? I've already > searched > the Internet for an answer to my question, but to no avail. :-( > > Some extra information for you guys: When my Pioneer is connected to my > computer with USB I see it appear on my PC as "USB Audio CODEC". There is > not > much you can set in the mixer except for volume and panning. There are > separate sliders for wave and cd playback though and for overall volume. > > I've looked everywhere for properties that could alter some kind of memory > buffer for playback for the USB Audio CODEC device but could not find > them. > > Finally: the sound card I'm using is SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. > > If you have suggestions for solving this problem I would be glad to hear > about them. > > Best wishes, > Theo > Sounds (!) like a hardware problem. The USB Audio Codec is built into your soundcard. For explanations, see this (halfway down) : http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/585789-usb-audio-codec.html or trawl through this lot : http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=USB+Audio+Codec+ Also, try it on a friends PC - do you get the same results ? If so you have a problem in the Pioneer. If no issues then your soundcard is either nazz or can't handle the input from the receiver. Cheers, Jerry