How to get full surround sound

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:29

Hi everyone. I have recently upgraded from my stereo amp to a 5.1 av receiver. The problem i have is on my 7.1 sound card there is plugs for front, centre, side and rear. My amp receiver will only take one input at a time so i have to connect it to the front plug on the sound card.

Question is how do i get it to work proper 5.1?

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:09

It is a Sherwood Newcastle R-525. Here is a link to the manual http://dl.owneriq.net/e/ed7c3473-1b3a-48d0-9b4e-c8a262f1c2cc.pdf

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:12

My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio which i got with my MSI P7N diamond M/B

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:33

The main problem is when watching HD movies in Powerdvd form my 360 HD player the voice is very quiet and everything else is very loud. How do i get around it?

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:04

Thanks for all the advice guys. Just a couple more questions. In the Creative sound menu do i set the speakers to 5.1 even tho its just through the front output or 2?

robgti · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:40

Ok well just looking in to a replacement for my receiver and have found the CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 540R V2 which has optical inputs and outputs. Could i use an optical cable from my sound card and set up 5.1 through there?

robgti · 26 Sep 2009 at 14:15

Think it is time to save up then. Will the sound card im using be ok to have 5.1 over optical?

robgti · 26 Sep 2009 at 20:37

Sorry to bring this back up but it looks like im going to go with the CA 540R AVR. I was thinking about connecting it via the optical but have seen connecting it through the analogue will enable me to play HD sound via powerdvd. Question is my sound card has the output jack centre/sub. Hows does it know which is which?

robgti · 26 Sep 2009 at 21:07

Yeah i noticed that but when you connect say the front its on for R and L but the centre/sub is for two totally different types of speakers