Microwave
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+515|7117|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
MEH.




Another problem, I am now surprised when things do works, which is turning me into a pessimist! Not good!




Issue:


I have a Cambridge SoundWorks 5.1 surround sound speaker set and a Creative Audigy 2 ZS sound card.

When I moved house the cable for the central speaker got lost...so for the last few years I've been using 4.1.


Last week, I found the cable...WOOO!  Plugged it in.....and it works. WOOO!



BUT now the rear two speakers do not work in surround sound games (for example the 'speaker test' on css).

When I go on the creative speaker settings I can test the channels for my speakers; it plays "rear right" and "rear left" through my front two.
The central speaker works properly - when it says "centre", it plays through the centre speaker.


So you think I've wired them wrong. No: I have checked the wiring, and the rear two worked before.

This is where things start to get weird. When on the creative speaker settings I click on calibrate It lets me click where i hear the sounds coming from....and I can hear it coming individually from the rear speakers.
And at the end of the calibrating, it plays music which moves round the speakers in a circle - it works.

Then when I got back on the speaker settings test and the ingame test in counter strike, it still plays the sound through the front two.


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When I unplug the central speaker I get the same problem on 4.1 (rear sounds playing through the front), this is with the same setup that worked before.

I have tried reinstalling the sound driver. Reinstalling my original driver from disk.



Help!

Last edited by james@alienware (2007-02-06 10:44:08)

Microwave
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+515|7117|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
Maybe?
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7116|Teesside, UK
I used to have a very similar problem a long time ago.  Usually the drivers on the cd are pretty crappy and i found a better one on the creative site.

http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/
Parker
isteal
+1,452|6856|The Gem Saloon
im more of a home theatre kind of surround sound guy......my advice, unhook EVERYTHING. setup everything again and give it a try......9/10 with surround sound its a loose wire you cant see.
good luck
Brasso
member
+1,549|7092

Maybe it's just CSS.  Try watching a 5.1 movie, and listen for any noises coming from the rear speakers.
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StrydA
Member
+1|6989|Essex
Hmmm, make sure you have your sound card software etc set to 5.1, its a n00bish error i've made a few times when switching between headphones and Speakers.

Otherwise download latest driver, unplug it all reinstall all speaker software (if came with any) plug back in.
-StryDa-
Microwave
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+515|7117|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
I'm using the driver update at the moment, and yes it is set as 5.1


With regards to css it doesn't work on others too.



I might try unplugging everything.

I don't think it's a wire because they all work when i calibrate, but not when i test.


I think it's software...
Maxxxie74
Member
+25|7032|Brisbane, Australia
From memory, Windows has a setting related to speakers, where you tell it you've got two speakers or five or whatever.  Go into Sounds/Audio Devices in windows control panel, then in the "speaker settings" section, click the advanced button.  From there, tell it you're using 5.1 surround speakers.

Hope this helps!
Max
frankyman_88
I <3 J.C.
+29|7017|QLD, australia
some creative program things have a setting that is default and makes the sound balanced 100% to the front instead of 50/50. happened to me last weekend lol with my new x-fi

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