Official X500 Owner's Lounge!

[Ingvarr]

I thought it was harman Kardon soundcard?

There is no such thing.
Toshibas use Harman Kardon speakers. As for soundcards they all use standard HD Audio codec chips.
Previous Toshibas used Realtek codecs, X505 uses Conexant Pebble. And Conexant own drivers are just buggy.
Good thing that all HD Audio codecs have a driver in the standard Vista/W7 - so you don't exactly need driver from manufacturer (as long as you don't need some "extra functionality" in manufacturer drivers).

[Leebo]

I have an A/V receiver that does not have an HDMI input and was thinking about using the SPDIF output (via headphone jack) from the X505.
Has anyone tried to use it? What cable are you using?

judging by the Conexant audio control panel info, it appears that it may require an optical cable.

I called Toshiba tech support and also Toshiba Direct sales but they don't seem to be very knowledgeable about this.

[freedom16]

I am going to buy a creative x5 pci card someday. I have the usb verison so thats good for now. Well thank god for windows 7 to have basic installed drivers.

[Compusmurf]

x5 pci card? Where are you going to put that? Surely not in a laptop.....

If you are thinking the Xfi Expresscard, save your $. It doesn't have a hardware chip in it, your CPU does all the processing. What a waste that one is. LOL

[freedom16]

Oh ok well i have the usb verison of it. What type of headphones do you have?

[freedom16]

This is what i was talking about. Well I have four laptops now so it won't only be used for this machine. Creative 70SB095000004 24-bit 48KHz ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook.

[Compusmurf]

Freedom, that card is junk. it does NOT have the true XFI chip in it. All processing occurs on the notebook's processor.

Go look at all the reviews everywhere. The software is poor as well.

If you really, really want one and are in the US, I'll sell you the "mistake" errr, the one I bought. LOL

[freedom16]

lol, ok well then a good pair of speakers or headphones will have to do. Well i got mine today at my friends house but i won't be able to play with it until the next day at 6 oh well, i am like really exicited about this notebook, hopefully the drive doesn't fail like my slot load blu ray drive. I live in the US, where do you live compusmurf? It seems like your the only one who actually pays attention to this thread. lol

[Compusmurf]

Ingvarr also does. You gotta remember, this machine is just over 1 month old and most of the world is in a recession and can't just run out and buy new toys right away. I suspect after Christmas, you may see more folks here.

I'm in the US. Tampa, Florida area.

[freedom16]

I know i remember, most will be after Christmas, Toshiba should have sales for the machine. I am so excited for this machine!