Antioch wrote:
Hello, I have Logitech X530 (5.1) hooked up to a SB Live Card on my PC. All
the plugs from the speakers have a place on the back of machine on the card
without confusion. Problem is I cannot get any sound from the center speaker
ever, even though it works in the SB test. I have already checked the
settings in the windows sound file location and changed the to 5.1 yet
nothing. Thanks for any help.

Win Xp Pro SP2


You'll only ge sound from the centre speaker if you turn on CMSS for
stereo sources. This can be done from Playcentre, in the player view
when you expand the panel on the right.

You should also get a centre channel if you play back a DVD (with 5.1
sound ) with the player set to SPDIF output and the Live's AC-3 decoder
turned on. Alternatively you could set yer DVD player to 6 speaker mode.

Games which support DirectSound 3D or DS3D with EAX will give you a
centre channel (unless its based on the Quake 2 Engine (like the
original Half-Life), in which case the centre will be dead. More modern
DS3D games will give you a centre channel.

Playing back MP3s won't give you centre channel unless you turn on CMSS.