MacBook Pro + 5.1

ikillbears · 7 Aug 2006 at 15:45

right people i have a dilemma. I hooked up my Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital 5500 to see if i would be able to hear my songs in 5.1 goodness. However i seem to have trouble soing so . I have connected them up fine and i know thats not the issue as i can have it playing through line in fine. Its when i try to make it digital that it becomes a problem in that nothing happens. I dont think i have to do anything fancy with the mac according to the handbook and i know the speakers are set up fine . Do i need some sort of 5.1 software for my mac to make it work ?

ikillbears · 11 Aug 2006 at 16:56

help? i was exploring some audio properties and i found a bit where i think i could have told it to be 5.1 but it was blacked out :/

Dr.EM · 11 Aug 2006 at 21:11

Do films and games work in 5.1 properly? Music will default to stereo (or 2.1) and you may not be able to play them in 5.1 unless it is a special 5.1 disc. I wouldn't worry about it unless your rear speakers never do anything, ordinary stereo recordings will gain nothing being sent to 5.1 speakers, you'll just distort the stereo image tbh.

ikillbears · 7 Sep 2006 at 16:02

no they dont. I have to use the stereo input cable to get any noise out of them what so ever. If i use my Digital cable and select it on my speakers no noise what so ever comes out. So my laptop isnt sending it in digital form i think and i need to set it so it does or get some sort of program ;/

tom_nieto · 7 Sep 2006 at 16:43

Have you enabled the digital output? Don't worry about 5.1 just yet, worry about whether your computer is outputting a digital signal first.