How to set up 4.1 speakers to 5.1 sound card? rca input

[Mayur007]

I have creative sound blaster 5.1vx
and 4.1 speakers which has only rca intput connection so I want it to connect to my pc to get surround sound

how to set that up?
rca Is the only Option I have

connection is almost like this

but I want it to connect to my pc for surround sound

 

[Alabalcho]

From that picture, it seems you have only Stereo input (Left and Right on RCA white and red), and your speakers make for "surround" effects, somehow.

You cannot use these speakers for true 5.1 surround - you need speakers with six inputs (front left, front right, center, back lefr, back right, and subwoofer).

 

[ssddx]

^ unless of course your system is not like the picture and does have quadraphonic inputs (FL/FR/RL/RR) then its possible to get 4.1 by connecting to FL/FR and RL/RR on pc and selecting quadraphonic in your sound settings.

if you have just rca red+white input alone, then the best you can get is stereo output of the pc to the system and like alabalcho stated its likely faking in the other channels.

 

[Mayur007]

thanx if I use RCA on dvd Will it give surround effect with dvd player?

 

[Alabalcho]

There aren't that many DVD players with discrete 5.1 audio outputs. If yours happen to be one, you are four RCA cables short of trying it for yourselves.