Sound Issues

[Dan]

Do not know if anybody has had this problem but.....

I have a SB Live 5.1, sound card. Installed vista drivers.

I have a set of 5.1 logitech speakers. I can only get sound from my middle front speaker and my front right speaker. Why is this

I have set the speakers in vista to quadrofonic and 5.1 and neither do the trick.

Any suggestions?

[awesomejs]

plugged in right?

[DazedNConfuzed]

are you doing that test vista has? because for me that test only produces sounds for the front speakers minus centre.
but when i play audio/video it comes through all speakers.

[Dan]

Now that you've mentioned that awesomejs, I realized some plugs were not right.

But i've only got front right/left, and center channel speakers working

The rears you just hear hissing out of

[Dan]

are you doing that test that vista has? because for me that test only produces sounds for the front speakers minus centre.
but when i play audio/video it comes through all speakers.

The test itself, I can hear audio from all 5 speakers. Its when I listen to music/watch video that I only hear the front speakers

[DazedNConfuzed]

lol i get no audio in that test from the rears/centre/sub

oh well. yours work..gg!

[Dan]

I realized at first I had my front left in my rear left hole. So I switched those and now I have full front sound

I want to know why now I hear sound out of ALL speakers during the test and only front during multimedia

[Thaiwoo]

I think the media you listed to has to be 5.1.

I use PowerDVD for watching DVD's and you can adjust to 6 Speaker system for instance.

Maybe there are adjustments in the software you use.

[Thaiwoo]

I think the media you listed to has to be 5.1.

Just checked mine. No it doesn't need to be 5.1. MP3 in WMP plays on all speakers. I also pass the Vista speaker test.

I used to have a SB 5.1 and I had to twiddle with the plugs and they didn't go as marked as I remember. I think even had to enable the Swap Center / Subwoofer output. But that's been a long time ago.

[Dan]

Here is what I ended up doing.

Windows Vista Ultimate does not like my speakers + sound card on 5.1 for some stupid reason. So after messing with the wires, i popped it on quad. Movies worked. NOW

For those that have trouble with winamp.. I had to get the following..

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/147013

Now everything works *crosses fingers*