thrashsynergy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I'm sure you guys see this alot ubt i searched and couldn't see a topic about it recently. I recently purchased some 4.1's and set them up today. The front two work perfectly as well as the sub. But i can't get the rear 2 working. All speakers work fine if used in the front position and i've tried setting Windows to sorround sound in the Sound Options under Control Panel. I don't know what else to do since i'm fairly certain everything is hooked up correctly. My soundcard is built into my Soyo K7V Dragon+ motherboard and it's 5.1 compatible. Any help appreciated, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 music is only 2 channel sound, in order to create 4 channel sound (or more) you need to enable some kind or channel expander or logic algorithm. Most sound cards have something to do this, some mp3 players like foobar2000 can do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrashsynergy Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 I tried playing a DVD and still the same effect, sound out of the 2 front speakers and sub. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 you may have pluged it in wrong, the purple wire on the 4.1's needs to go into the black output port on your sound card. Your DVD may not work bceause you dont have a decoder and the DVD has to have dolby digital or dts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrashsynergy Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 what do you suggest i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doudou Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 does your sound card decodes DD or DTS? does it have a 5.1 audio output?? check that rear volume isn t set to -15db or something like this on the control pod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doudou Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 007 is right,you should activate the algorithm that transform a stereo source in a 4 channels source if you can. and in your dvd player you should set your speaker set to 4 speakers or quadraphonic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrashsynergy Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 I've been messing aroudn with my settings and I'm wathcing a DVD on windows media player. When i go into the sound options here it gives me the Mono, Stereo and Dolby Sorround option but the 2 speaker output bullet is checked and i can't change it. below it i see the 3d sound, 4 speakers, 5.1 speakers and enable S/PDIF options but they are greyed out and i can't access them. Might this be the root of my problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafarer Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 It may be that your onboard sound can't output to more than two speakers. Check the specifications for your onboard sound. How old is your motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrashsynergy Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 my motherboard does indeed have 5.1 support. Check any review for the Soyo K7V Dragon+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 download foobar2000 google search it. open it up and click on the "Foobar2000" buttom, then click "preferences" on the left on that menu look down and find the "PlayBack" menu and expand it, Then right below that you should see "DSP manager" Click that once. Then on the left you will a number of DSP to select from and the Active DSP, move "Convert setero to 4 channels" Into the active dsp menu then click "close" load up one of your mp3's and see if you get 4 channel sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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