Audio inputs, 3 wires 6 outputs

kicks66 · 6 Oct 2011 at 17:34

Ive got a motherboard with 6 outputs on the back. Ive just bought a 5.1 surround system and its got 3 wires, im not sure which wires go into which sockets?

Surveyor · 6 Oct 2011 at 18:16

Green is the front left/right output.

Black is the rear left/right output.

Orange is the centre channel and subwoofer output.

kicks66 · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:00

Is there a way to get all programs to use all 5 speakers? At the moment stuff like itunes and youtube only play out of the front ones?

Tealc · 6 Oct 2011 at 22:32

That's because you are playing stereo sound. Not a great deal of music or youtube will be 6 channel or greater.

So you'll need to upmix it to the 6 speakers. How you do that depends on the sound chip's software. I don't recall seeing an option in the software that goes with my now unused Realtek software but it may be in there somewhere.