blaze_mk

Okay so i just bought my z-5500 speakers ..
Took me a while to set it all up . So basically i have an onboard soundcard 7.1 HD on a gigabyte mobo ..
I had creative 5.1 speakers before and they worked perfectly .. but i thought of getting some more power .

The thing with the z-5500 is that i cant get the center speaker to work .. i have it set at input: direct and effect: stereo x2 .. the only other setting that works is stereo x1 but that only makes 2 front speakers work...

Its really annoying now .. coz i have no idea what the problem is .. im pretty sure i have connected everything fine .. and i have installed new audio driver too..

And btw the pink noise test doesnt work AT ALL! BUT somehow i can listen to music with 4 speakers working .

And one more problem .. the subwoofer is too quiet .. even though i keep it at max.. :S

if anyone owns the z-5500 and knows what could have gone wrong .. please help...

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Danbeme32

Did you try setting in control panel>sound and had sure you have it set to 5.1 speakers. And you need to set the z-5500 to 6ch direct to hear all of the speakers.

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blaze_mk

yea its set to 6ch direct on the central panel ... and in the realtec audio driver aswell ..
i read in manual that pink noise is to check if evrything is connected fine.. i dont get any pink noise ... but the music plays .. very weird..

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CRZYSTNG

Stereo means that you are using one left channel and one right channel. Stereo X2 means that you are using the rear channels in a forced stereo mode along with the normal stereo setup. I would suggest try using a setting that is meant for 5.1 use such as the pro logic II movie/music modes or the 6 channel direct mode as those modes are designed for 5.1 channel use while the stereo modes are just that, stereo.

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dead_j0ker

Think you might have the same problem as me, do your z5500s use wires for the speakers or RCA? There is not real fix for my problem

G|F.E.A.D|Killa

dont use stero X2. thatd disables the center and just puts it at 4.1. use direct 6 channel and the center will only kick in when it needs to. so its not a problem. also on the pod if you have it set for movies you can choose the width of the sound. W is wide and makes the left and right work more and N is narrow and puts more sound to the center.

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blaze_mk

the problem is im using analog wires .. so i cant enable the optical or coax wire option.. only direct.
The 6ch direct option doesn't work for some reason .. its silent .. The dolby mode doesnt work aswell i think it mite be bcoz of my stock mobo sound card .. i dont know.
Any ideas?

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blaze_mk

And btw .. i think the gigabyte mobo soundcards aint that bad .. they supposed to be HD 7.1 channel

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blaze_mk

haha i found an ancient sound blaster live 5.1 in my room! xD
Since im not very good with sound cards .. im gna ask this ..

Should i just keep trying with the gigabyte onboard HD 7.1 and somehow make all my speakers work ?

Or should i try to resurrect my 4 years old ancient sound blaster.. and will it actually sound better than the onboard one?

lol ..

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The_Rocker

Try a decent sound card with Optical / Coaxial as it ROCKS.

Especially with Dolby

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