Using 4 Speakers With SB Live! 5.1?

[ViRGE]

Having never used anything but a 2 speaker setup with a SB card, I need some help in getting a friend's system set up for 4 speakers. All the speakers are plugged in correctly, and under the Sound/Audio control panel in XP, it's set to Quadraphonic. However, even with this, he's still supposedly not getting sound out of the rear speakers. So, what do I need to do/set to get it to go in to 4-speaker mode? Thanks.

 

[Viper96720]

Have you changed it in the soundblaster control panel? Unless the wiring is wrong

 

[ViRGE]

Which control panel? There's AudioHQ and a whole suite of other applications in the default SB Live install.

 

[slackware1995]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Which control panel? There's AudioHQ and a whole suite of other applications in the default SB Live install.

Go to "Control Panel"... click on "AudioHQ" then click "Speaker" this will allow you to configure the SB Live for 4 speakers and test it.

Good Luck

 

[thorin]

The drives that ship with WinXP don't support rears, you'll have to dl XP drivers from Creative's site.

Thorin

 

[Moeken]

First rule of trouble shooting --> look for the simplest solution.

Is the fade control set all the way to the front?