5.1 audio

[mike]

i can't get the center speaker to function. all the others
work fine, all the plugs are correct, windows is configured
for 5.1 audio. and yes, i am playing a 5.1 capable media
file. i'm using my onboard 6 channel audio on my k8v se
deluxe. i doubt its the mobo though.

 

[Guest]

Is your center speaker a woofer? If it is, it may have its own volume control
button, check it out. Try speaker settings for desktop speakers, that may
activate all the speakers.

 

[Chris Lanier [MVP]]

Center Channel is the Center, it can't be a sub. The sub will always be
your .1 (or .2)

--
Chris Lanier - http://www.msmvps.com/chrisl/

NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
to get back to you.
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[Guest]

I understand that, but he did not state that it was a center channel speaker.
I have six speakers hooked up with a woofer. You must be reading between
the lines.

 

[Chris Lanier [MVP]]

Not reading between the lines, it's stating correct information. The
question is about the center channel, asking if it's the subwoofer doesn't
relate to the question.

Your 5 speakers in a 5.1 setup go as follows...
--Center speaker
--Front left speaker
--Front right speaker
--Surround (Or back) left speaker
--Surround (Or back) right speaker

--Subwoofer is your .1 in the mix.

Your 6 speakers in a 6.1 setup go as follows...
--Center Channel speaker
--Rear center speaker
--Front left speaker
--Front right speaker
--Surround (Or back) left speaker
--Surround (Or back) right speaker

--Subwoofer is your .1 in the mix.

If you have 6 "speakers" connected to your PC or HT then you have a 6.1
setup, not 5.1. If you have 7 speakers and one subwoofer then you have a
7.1 setup. The woofer will never be a center channel, it defeats the point
of a 5.1/6.1/7.1 setup.

--
Chris Lanier - http://www.msmvps.com/chrisl/

NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
to get back to you.

 

[webfactor]

i can't get the center speaker to function. all the others
work fine, all the plugs are correct, windows is configured
for 5.1 audio. and yes, i am playing a 5.1 capable media
file. i'm using my onboard 6 channel audio on my k8v se
deluxe. i doubt its the mobo though.

Ok now mine 5.1 just great using sound onboard but this time theres a
S/Bracket attached to mobo you can get one cheap
The green chord on the motherboards soundcard and yellow and black chord on
Bracket.heres a file to check your 5.1
www.webfactor.dk/Rodekasse/6_Channel_ID.zip

 

[Guest]

i'm not exactly sure what you mean about the brackets but i
ran the windows version of the 6 channel test. it says
"front left, from the front left, "front right" from the
right, ...etc. so i know they're pluggd in right. when the
test gets to the center all i hear is a very slight rumble
from the subwoofer.
and i did mean the center channel (speaker) not the
subwoofer, sorry if there was any confusion.

 

[webfactor]

Ok now mine 5.1 just great using sound onboard but this time theres a
S/Bracket attached to mobo you can get one cheap
The green chord on the motherboards soundcard and yellow and black chord on
Bracket.heres a file to check your 5.1

SPDIF_OUT connector
http://www.prcdata.dk/ProduktLinkFrame.asp?produktId=41205855
Ok it´s a Danish shop but to get the hang of it
See Yá..Wait maybe it´s the driver´s Dx9 for 64 Bit ain´t mayde yet really
Your's an FX I presume what I mean is mine choakes a little and It's only an
Athlon 64 running x64 Edition newly send from Microsoft

 

[Guest]

Interesting... I also have a similar problem. I have a set of Creative Inspire
T5400 5.1 speakers with the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card. My rear
speakers have stopped working in Windows whenever I play songs. However, they
work just fine in games. Mine could be a software/settings problem.

Funny... I swear that they were working a while ago.

 

[Phillips]

You shoud have the Audigy Speaker Set up application installed - it's on the
main Audigy CD.
Michael

 

[Guest]

I have 5.1 surround on windows xp and latest Windows media Audio. I have a
sound card for 5.1. My speakers work but there are no adjustment controls
witht the ahrdware. I acnnot find volume controls for each of the 5.1
speakers in WMA. Can anyone help.<

 

[Guest]

I can plug my speakers or headphones into the back plugins on my PC and they
work OK. But, how come I can't plug in my headphones into the same looking
ports on the front, there I get silence. This something I need to set or
what? Those headphone wires just won't reach fromthe back to the front
comfortably.