antonellichrisj Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I have my HD500 connected to my home receiver via the S/PDIF output on the HD500. My guitar audio comes out the S/PDIF output fine, however the audio that I am putting into the MP3 input on the HD500 does not pass through and come out of the S/PDIF output along with the guitar sounds. If I use headphones hooked up to the 'Phones' output then I can hear both together just fine. I realize a workaround would be to hook the 'Phones' output up to an analog input on my receiver. But I would really like to be use S/PDIF for this if possible. Is there any way to get the MP3 input to come out my S/PDIF output? I tried looking through the settings but no luck. Thanks. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 No - you can't get the analog mp3 input signal to be routed through the digital s/pdif output. That's because the mp3 input signal is not converted to digital format inside the HD500 device; the mp3 input is routed directly to the analog outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfsmith0 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 But you can stick your mp3 into the Aux input. That will come out S/PDIF. You may have to use a few FX gain blocks to boost the signal, though. You'll need to rout it thru path B and your guitar thru path A to keep the two signals and FX separate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonellichrisj Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks for the very fast replies! Follow up question... I'm at work now so I haven't tried it yet, but if I have my computer hooked up to the HD500 via USB will the USB audio from my computer come out over the S/PDIF from the HD500? If it did, that would also solve my problem. I know it comes out of the 'Phones' output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonellichrisj Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 I was happy to at least figure out that my computer audio will play out through the S/PDIF when connected by USB to the HD500. While there are times I would like to have my iPhone hooked up the HD500, most anything I have on there I can also have on my computer. If I really want to use my iPhone then I can hook up my HD500 to my receiver by the headphone output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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