Rear speakers are detected as front speakers

dulajs

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Hi,

I have bought Logitech 5.1 surround sound system and connected to my on-board 7.1 Realtek sound card.

The problem is that computer cannot separate the rear speakers from front. It thinks that front and rear are both same. When press the left speaker in Realtek Audio Manager, it plays from both rear and front left speaker. When I press rear left speaker, it plays from both front and rear left. The cables are connected properly on speakers as well as on the motherboard.

Any ideas?

I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro, downloaded and installed the latest drivers just now, restarted to no luck.

Bios is upto date as well.

Please help. I'm not able to make the best out of the speakers due to this.
 

Nikolay Savov

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You have to connect you sound system corectlly to the PC
You have to be OK with the sound drivers + sound driver manager in the system task in the right
You have to setup you Playback device in the OS or the sound device manager for 5+1 sound


 

dulajs

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Please see the answer below :

You have to connect you sound system corectlly to the PC - Green jack goes to front, orange jack goes to center, black jack goes to rear

You have to be OK with the sound drivers + sound driver manager in the system task in the right - Has the latest form Asus.com

You have to setup you Playback device in the OS or the sound device manager for 5+1 sound - Tried 5.1 configuration with Windows Sound manager, no luck. It still thinks front and rear are the same.

:(

 

dulajs

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Ok guys, after hours of reading forums online, I found the solution.

Turns out the sound effects buttons on my Logitech Z906's (3D, 4.1, 2.1) is actually made for people who had a stereo sound to convert it to 5.1, 4.1 or 2.1.

I switched off it and BAM! the channels are working as they are supposed to be. When I press each of the speakers from the Realtek sound manager, now it only plays sound on the speak I clicked on.