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Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black)

Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black) Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black) Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black) Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black) Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black)
$ 27.19

Score By Feature

Based on 832 ratings
Easy to install
8.49
Volume control
8.52
Sound quality
8.50
Tech Support
7.16
Quality of material
7.16

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Product Description

A single channel of surround sound
The USB 2.0 interface is simple and straightforward. Connectivity USB 0 (Backwards Compatible With
48/44 is the support. For recording and playback, a sampling rate of 1 kHz is recommended
is an optical digital input and output standard
A true stereo recording is made possible by stereo microphone inputs on each side of the interface
The Vantec sound system should become the default sound system. Please refer to User Guide and Manual for more details

Questions & Answers

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Please let me know whether I can insert The number 1 or the number Would that be possible to plug in two (preferably optically) into my computer to enjoy surround sound? Could virtual surround sound be used?

It is very nice of you to ask. Your input is 7, so you will need to change it to The number 1 or the number In case of a stereo input, the answer is yes. If your input is mono, the answer is no. There's no doubt about it, optical (SPDIF) are two channel (stereo) signals only. I agree to all If either 1, or 7, or both, then 1. By compressing five sources through optical, one source is converted to one. If either 1, or 7, or both, then 1. The digital version (encoded Dolby Digital/DTS) is converted to a stereo version. After being decoded the DTS or Dolby signal is sent to a receiver with a DTS or Dolby decoder and If either 1, or 7, or both, then 1. The speakers are given one point each. Here's why your input needs to be compressed to 5, if your input is in compressed. If either 1, or 7, or both, then 1. If you're trying to decode 1 (encoded), then the NBA-DR decoder is necessary It is not possible to encode audio files using Dolby Digital/DTS using the 200U, there must be an accompanying Playback will only produce buzzing noise without a decoder. *br> *br>If your source input is stereo, then it will not be compressed and the NBA-DDA encoder will be able to deliver it. In this case, the 200U will playback in virtual Surround sound as expected.

Is there any special driver required for the Windows Home Server operating system?

My own drivers are sufficient for Windows 7 x64 no 3rd-party drivers are required. It recognizes the device automatically, my sincere hope is that this will help

If it's not compatible with Dolby Digital Live, is there a way I can get DTS Connect to work? When I play games on my laptop recently, I'm not getting surround sound. ?

It would be great to have surround sound in games.

Selected User Reviews For Vantec NBA-200U USB External 7.1 Channel Audio Adapter (Black)

The seventh item is no It is 1/2
3/5

One from digital optical or SPDIF The audio on my current video card with HDMI output was limited to two channels, so I purchased this to upgrade my home theater PC. Sound cards were the first thing I looked at. As I am using a small form factor case, I only have access to the low profile slots. A friend of mine shared this with me. I could not make out anything about a 5 from the description or the website that I could see. The 7th. A digital out is provided to 1 user. I cannot believe what I'm seeing! Could you please explain why you would not allow the multi channel out of the digital output? Why would you rather state that multi channel out is only available from the analog output? As it approaches my trash can, it is now ready to hit it.

Madelynn McCullough
Madelynn McCullough
| Aug 19, 2020
To install the Windows 10 driver, download the updated version from the Vantec website first
5/5

It was a Vantec NBA-100 that I purchased The 200U 7 is a good choice. An adapter with 1 channel that will allow my Windows 10 laptop to connect to 5 devices. Through my 5 speakers, I hear 1 sound. The analog surround sound speaker system consists of one speaker. Even though I only checked its analog output, I find it to be perfectly reliable! After I got it up and running (probably about 30 minutes), it took a little bit of work to get it to work. The steps I took were as follows I'm a 200U). Running the installer (as administrator) after extracting and running the setup will provide installation instructions. By connecting the adapter to a USB 3, I was able to run the "exe" file. The USB is plugged into port 0 the 5 is plugged in to port The front is green, the rear is black, and the sub-basis is orange Describe the subwoofer/center. I restarted the computer after the installation had completed. (Reboot your computer so that the software can complete the installation. my computer started again, I opened the Control Panel in Windows 10 and selected the Sound applet. I set this for five. The sound of 1 syllable. Next I checked the system task bar and noticed a blue icon with a white swirl on it. I clicked on the icon and a message appeared saying, "USB Multi-Port" It opened the "Channel Audio Device" application which let me set up a mixer, karaoke, and effects among other things. There were no problems with the woofers. I have no problems adjusting the volume or muting.

Millie PARKIN
Millie PARKIN
| Feb 07, 2021
I find it very helpful
5/5

The following tips can help you. This is probably the same story as many others. Logitech 5 was the mouse I was using on my desktop PC. Connected to it is one speaker system (with cables in green, orange, and black). I replaced my PC with a laptop (a fairly old HP Elitebook 8460p) with only a headphone jack when my PC died. I bought this as it seemed to be appropriate for my needs, and the price was reasonable. It turned out that I was right There are now five of them. From my laptop, I have one surround sound channel. I would like to draw your attention to the following I. 1. Unlike many other compact cameras (see photo), this one is quite small
2. Connected to a USB 2 port, it can be used as a printer. Connected to a USB 2. 0 port (I actually have it plugged into The hubs are all disconnected) The devices need not be connected via * * 3. It is not necessary to install drivers for my operating system (Windows 10 Professional v1903) The necessary drivers were automatically loaded by Windows 10. 4
There was no sound coming out of my center channel at first. It turns out that I had to run the mmsys. exe ([Windows key]+R) in Windows 10 to set this up. I use the cpl Control Panel application. After selecting my five, I went to the next step. An audio set consisting of 1 speaker. Tested everything and got it up and running. While I am not an audiophile, I can attest to movies and MP3s sounding perfect to me. I cannot comment on sound encoding accuracy/quality since I am not an audiophile. Here are some tips that may help!.

Kenia Harmon
Kenia Harmon
| Nov 11, 2020
Take the reviews with a grain of salt! Exactly as described, this device works like a charm! I was pleasantly surprised by how well this device worked
5/5

The key factor in this case is that the device DOES NOT function as a DTS/Dolby Digital decoder. Decoding the uncompressed PCM stream requires an optical device connected to the optical network. In my case, the use case was straightforward. In order to watch movies and listen to music in Dolby 5 format, I needed optical digital PCM pass through for my Logictech Z906 system. What I want to point out is this. The easiest way to make this work is to a) turn on PCM in Vantec software As for the rest of the settings, they are analog-related and thus don't mean much In this case, Windows 10 does not see the device as digital output, only as a device connected via USB. There isn't much to do in that area. Regardless of the client you are using, you must set the client variable. It is suggested that you DO NOT transcode the audio with either VLC or PLEX. It is very important to take this In contrast, if you do not do this, you will get what sounds like a weird stereo/surround hybrid that sounds awful- Keep in mind that SPDIF is really just two audio channels PCM data is passed to an accessible device, but it has to be able to decode PCM . . . in this case Dolby, DTS, etc. Once you have made those changes in your client, you need to make sure the movie or music you are playing has the right encoding - this includes ensuring the video is of the correct resolution and the audio is high quality. You won't get the same result as you might expect when you play a stereo MP3 or an AC3 movie on two channels Whatever you send to SDPIF output it will expect to be decoded by the device connected to it. So, all you need to do is make sure your computer is sending PCM data (PCM is uncompressed data) and you will be loving your Vantec device in no time. It's not my experience to speak of the analog output's sound quality. . . but a lot of people love it! Nevertheless, I suspect they'd be ok although I would guess that the A to D converters in a sub $30 DAC will not be up to par. You're off to a great start!.

Kyrie Moore
Kyrie Moore
| Oct 06, 2020

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