Hi All,

I'm trying to get my rear speakers working with my SB Live! 5.1 CARD.  They're plugged in the correct plug, and the speakers work fine, but I'm not getting any sound out of them.

I have the latest drivers from Creative.  When I do a sound test with it set to 4 speakers I don't get any sound from the rear speakers, but if I tell it I have 5.1 speakers one of the rear speakers declares itself as "Center Channel", but still no sound on the rear channel test.

In "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the Control Pannel I have it set to "Quadrophonic Sound", I can't think of what else I could do!!

PLEASE HELP ME.

reply here or email me at [email protected]Questions:

1. Are your drivers properly configured?
-- You may have overlooked a certain configuration menu that could have been added after installing the soundcard drivers.
2. Are you using the original drivers?

Suggestions:

1. Download the latest drivers for your soundcard
2. Obtain the manual of your Soundcard and Speaker set and refer to the trouble shooting section.be sure that your music or audio is not defaulting to a program OTHER than the one specified by Creative for the tests, be sure the music you hear actually SUPPORTS 5.1 and that the sub-woofer is in the ".1" jack. Cheers A good song to try out the stereo is Hotel California beleive it or now (By the Eagles)The WIRING for them matters, CONSIDERING what you said before. As you probably know 5.1 means 5 speakers 1 sub, 6.1 = 6 speakers 1 sub...etc etc etc. When you said one of the speakers declares itself the center speaker that seems to me like you are listening to music that isnt in 5.1 surround, and your speakers arent wired correctly. The center speaker always plays, as do the left and right front, while in certain cases the rear wont; a better test to see if they are working is to play a dvd, as they run in 5.1. Check your wiring.If one of the rears thinks its the center channel it is in the wrong plug.  There should be 3 spots you can plug speakers in, fronts, rears, center and sub, switch the rear's plug with the other open spot.  And if you want 5.1 you can just add another set to the front/sub port.  
I had a 4.1 system, and instead of buying a 5.1 I just bought a 2.1 and hook it in the center.