Problem with Logitech X-530 surround sound

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ehlo

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I got some new surround sound speakers. They are Logitech X-530 (5.1).

The package comes with:

1 middle speaker

2 rear speakers

2 front speakers

1 sub woofer

Ok so I have a motherboard has all the sockets required for surround sound.

The plugs are:

Microphone

Line In

Front

Rear

Side

Bass

So I plug it in using the colour coded plugs into the correct holes. The holes being used by the speaker system are coloured red.

In Windows (XP x64) I then go into sound properties and change the speakers to 5.1 surround sound.

However when I play music the rear and centre speakers are not working.

I move the plug that is in the side to the rear. The makes the rear speakers work.

However the centre speaker still does not work.

Does anyone know how to resolve this?

Thanks

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kenetik

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I had the same problem when using my Z5500 on my 5.1 surround mobo. What brand is your mobo? You need to look at the mobo website, download the latest drives, and most likely theyll have some surrround driver you gotta run, Ive got a MSI and I have to use Xear3D.

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The problem: Music files are STEREO. Its not going to output to all speakers. With the SB Audigy 2 you can turn on something called CMSS which forces sound to come out of all speakers. What you can do is use Winamp, then go into options, turn on hardware acceleration and restart winamp. That should give you better support.

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son....you have the Rears pluged into side....

plug them into REAR

as the center/sub share the same hole

it should be:

Microphone

(leave empty)

Line In, empty

Line Out= front speakers

Rear = Rear speakers

Side= side speakers (7.1)

Bass= center/sub (might have to switch output mode in properties to do switch sub/center

also check your mobo manual as it may say different for the Bass and Line In

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dragon2611

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unless your running an app that is outputting 5.1 you wont get any output on the center speaker

with some soundcards its possible to clone the front speakers to the rear for things like mp3 but you still wont be getting any sound out of the center speaker, simply becuase theres nothing to send to the center speaker.

best way to test it IMO is to pop in a movie dvd and make sure your playback software supports 5.1

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kennyout

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Nvidia's Audio driver wants to clone

don't let it...make sure you have removed Nvidia's Sound app....

instead find the Sound card manufacture's site, update the driver to theirs, (usually Nforce 2-4 boards use Realtek audio drivers....but some do not)

in fact the Realtek sound drivers for AC'97 codecs come with their own sound app, that actually is easy to tell which plugs go where....

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son....you have the Rears pluged into side....

plug them into REAR

as the center/sub share the same hole

it should be:

Microphone

(leave empty)

Line In, empty

Line Out= front speakers

Rear = Rear speakers

Side= side speakers (7.1)

Bass= center/sub (might have to switch output mode in properties to do switch sub/center

also check your mobo manual as it may say different for the Bass and Line In

Turns out a made a little mistake in the first post :blush: . Originally the rear speakers where plugged in to the rear. However nothing came out. Moving the plug to the side made the rear speakers work.

I'll check some of your suggestions and then get back to you :)

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Nvidia's Audio driver wants to clone

don't let it...make sure you have removed Nvidia's Sound app....

instead find the Sound card manufacture's site, update the driver to theirs, (usually Nforce 2-4 boards use Realtek audio drivers....but some do not)

in fact the Realtek sound drivers for AC'97 codecs come with their own sound app, that actually is easy to tell which plugs go where....

I removed the nvidia driver (from the nForce4 AMD x64 chipset) and installed the offical driver. All speakers are working for standard songs now.

Thanks :D

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