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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1106418" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I am not convinced that the Griffin adapter transmits audio. There are adapters that do transmit audio in the $8 price range vs the $40 for that Griffin one also.</p><p></p><p>Since you have the video from your Mac working and want sound via your 5.1 receiver, I would suggest you do nothing regarding changing the video adapter/cabling.</p><p></p><p>Simply add an audio cable from your Mac to the receiver. You'll need to look at the receiver (or pull out the owner's manual) to verify what type of input connections it allows.</p><p></p><p>If it has an optical input, you'll need a mini-toslink to toslink cable.</p><p>The second choice would be a stereo mini-plug to RCA.</p><p>You can find either of these at Amazon or monoprice.com for under $5.</p><p></p><p>That will be the cheapest method at this point. If you want specific recommendations to reduce clutter and best all around way to connect everything, you will need to provide all of the info requested in the first post of the link chscag has provided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1106418, member: 24160"] I am not convinced that the Griffin adapter transmits audio. There are adapters that do transmit audio in the $8 price range vs the $40 for that Griffin one also. Since you have the video from your Mac working and want sound via your 5.1 receiver, I would suggest you do nothing regarding changing the video adapter/cabling. Simply add an audio cable from your Mac to the receiver. You'll need to look at the receiver (or pull out the owner's manual) to verify what type of input connections it allows. If it has an optical input, you'll need a mini-toslink to toslink cable. The second choice would be a stereo mini-plug to RCA. You can find either of these at Amazon or monoprice.com for under $5. That will be the cheapest method at this point. If you want specific recommendations to reduce clutter and best all around way to connect everything, you will need to provide all of the info requested in the first post of the link chscag has provided. [/QUOTE]
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