# 5.1 with a projector
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 25, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118 "2006-12-25T19:36:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sleeper)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/1 "2006-12-25T19:36:58Z")
Someone told me that 5.1 surround sound speakers do not work with projectors. I currently have the infocus in24. Im looking into buying a 5.1 set but was told if i hook a 5.1 system up to the projector, itll just utilize 2.1. Anyone know how accurate this is?
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/2 "2006-12-25T23:33:36Z")
depends on the sound output of the projector…
if it has 5.1 support then… it can do the 5.1 sound… BUT… i dont know much about projectors… so i don’t know if a 5.1 projector is available
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/3 "2006-12-25T23:49:57Z")
doesn’t a projector just have video input? Wouldn’t your audio be controlled by a reciever? I don’t see the problem. It’s like saying my TV isn’t compatible with 5.1 sound… If you have a 5.1 reciever, then you can use 5.1 sound with anything.
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/4 "2006-12-26T00:11:48Z")
yea word… anything with 5.1 is just a sound card shoved into something to do its purpose whether its through cable or reading a dvd
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/5 "2006-12-26T07:24:40Z")
You don’t run the sound through the projector… you use a seprate reciever/amplifier for sound.
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### Author:  [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/6 "2006-12-26T12:45:17Z")
Many projectors have a speaker or speakers in them, but it would be like listening to LOTR through your clock radio…
You use the projector (or any display device, really) as just that. Connect all your video sources to your preamp/reciever and send a single output to your display device.
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-1-with-a-projector/22118/7 "2006-12-26T13:04:47Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> doesn’t a projector just have video input? Wouldn’t your audio be controlled by a reciever? I don’t see the problem. It’s like saying my TV isn’t compatible with 5.1 sound… If you have a 5.1 reciever, then you can use 5.1 sound with anything.
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