I have just bought a creative 5.1 Inspire P580 surround sound system and a Creative Sound Blaster Live Digital 5.1 sound card (SB0100) and, eventually got it to work!!1 But I cannot get the centre speaker to work. I did a test on all the speakers and the centre one was fine. But if i play music it wont work, or play music direct from the internet (youtube) it wont work then either!!
I have been into speaker setting and adjusted it to 5.1 surround sound, but still the centre speaker will not work.
2007-02-09 22:38:10 · 3 answers · asked by Paul C 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
No, There are no knobs on the box!!
2007-02-09 22:50:26 · update #1
Your card is likely working fine. When 2.0 audio or stereo music is played it is only routed to the main and surround speakers. Stereo music wasn't designed in 5.1 so it won't play on the center channel unless you apply a surround sound effect to mix the signal into the center channel sound feed.
Try playing a DVD with a 5.1 audio track. The center speaker should provide most of the audio for the dialog.
2007-02-10 02:40:56 · answer #1 · answered by C J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you installed the Playcenter software? If you have, then you need to go into it and check the CMSS. It is the virtual surround sound setting. It takes the regular stereo signal and converts it to surrouns sound. It should at sound to the center and rear speakers. For more info go to creative's website.
Hope this helps
2007-02-10 08:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by PETER K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
silly question, but is there a knob on the back of the box?
2007-02-10 06:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by im*horny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋