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Originally Posted by jman15
And i have gotten sound to work but the center and rear speakers do not work.
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Not long ago at all one of my friends had the exact same problem. It turned out that he was listening to mp3's, which are only encoded for 3 channels; left, right and sub-woofer. If you're only listening to mp3's/wav files, then that would explain it. I've read that you can get programs/plug-ins that will project the side channels through all 4 side speakers, and I believe that the middle speaker operates as a mono channel with most of those programs.
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Originally Posted by jman15
also, do i only get surround sound with certain movies/audio files?
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Some movies (they have to be encoded for 5.1 surround sound) will utilize all the channels, but all the movies I've encountered that have 5.1 support are for DVD. If you're watching DVD's I'm sure you can use all speakers.
It's worth noting that the mp3/wav encoding issue is only one of the possible causes. If you got a program with your sound card that lets you test all the speakers to ensure they're working, then try using that.