have 2 speakers connected to 7.1 green and orange aux but orange doesnt play... only in test i hear sound

[djsioni]

have 2 speakers connect to 7.1 green and orange aux but orange doesnt play

i only hear sound when i run test
where the green arrow and box is located in the picture

the speakers in the green aux are 2.0 speakers
the speakers connected to the orange aux is 2.1 speakers with woofer

please help

 

[dudio]

Have you tried the 2.1 on the green output, and the 2.0 on the black output ?

 

[boosted1g]

That is not going to work right.

Orange is desgned for 1 center speaker and for the subwoofer (not a 2.1 subwoofer but a 5.1 or completely separate one).
Trying to plug a 2.1 system into that orange port, the 2.1 is not going to know what to make of the signal.
Not to mention that nothing will output from it if not playing a 5.1/7.1 audio file.

If you are trying to setup a fake 4.1 setup then plug the 2.1 (fronts) into green, and the 2.0 (rears) speakers into black. Then configure both your windows and realtek audio panels for that.
If you simply want 4 channel stereo then it will be easier just to use an rca splitter cable and use the green port

As I said earlier, the rear speakers will ONLY work when playing a file that has surround sound. If you are playing music or a youtube video with only 2.0 sound only the fronts will work

 

[djsioni]

above where it sais analog and back panel on the right
theres a feature that sais "ignore front panel detection"

and adjusted decibels to 3+ on both front speakers...

i need a splitter cable indeed from radioshack

but anyways

any tips for... keeping volume in the middle to keep the speaker amps cool

 

[dudio]

Your best bet to keep speaker volume down is to ensure the Windows volume is cranked to 100% and what ever source you are playing has its audio out set to 100%. You can increase +3 db, etc like you are saying, but it's very easy to start distorting it.