Sound coming out of wrong speakers

Joseph · 02-01-2010 10:42pm #1

Hi all,

Recently I upgraded to windows 7 64 (was running xp 64) and since my sound has been messed up.

I have Logitech Z5500 speakers 5.1 and a audigy 2 ZS soundcard. I downloaded windows 7 drivers for it which allowed them to work but now the sound is coming from the wrong speakers, as follows:

Left front comes out center
Center comes out left
Subwoofer comes out right front
Right back comes out back left and vice versa
and subwoofer does nothing

So pretty severely messed up, anyone any idea? I presume it's a driver issue but the drivers I found seem to be working for everyone else running win 7 64

Thanks

game4it70 · 02-01-2010 11:14pm

Can you not just swap the connections around? (ones into the soundcard)

Joseph · 02-01-2010 11:16pm

Connections in the sound card are in the correct slots though?

game4it70 · 02-01-2010 11:21pm

Deaddude wrote: »

Connections in the sound card are in the correct slots though?

Maybe the drivers have messed up or reasigned the connections.
I had a similar issue and that is how i fixed it albeit with different speakers

roberthurley14 · 02-01-2010 11:51pm

i had a similar problem with my z5500's but i have a fata1ty card, try set them as 7.1 (even tho theyre not) it worked for me

Joseph · 03-01-2010 12:11am

Thanks game that did work, bizarely though because on XP they were correct lol.

Spent about 15 minutes rearranging the cables before I got a combination that worked.

game4it70 · 03-01-2010 12:13am

Deaddude wrote: »

Thanks game that did work, bizarely though because on XP they were correct lol.

Spent about 15 minutes rearranging the cables before I got a combination that worked.

Nice one,enjoy.:)

Joseph · 03-01-2010 12:25am

Just trying to get windows to use 5.1 setup now for some reason it'll only use the front left + right and subwoofer

Yet in the audio test console now all the speakers are playing correctly

game4it70 · 03-01-2010 12:37am

Not sure if you have tried this but if not,
Try going to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\manage audio devices.
If you right click on speakers you will get the option to "configure speakers".Change them to 5.1's there.

Joseph · 03-01-2010 12:40am

Yeh it is set to 5.1 and I've tried other settings too, with the speaker test facility all of them work perfectly but the system just won't use them.

On the speakers I changed it from 6 channel direct (which it selects automatically) to Stereo x2 and everything but the center speaker worked

game4it70 · 03-01-2010 12:50am

Strange,i wonder is it down to the configuration of the cables that with Stereo x2 all but the sub works?
When you say "the system just won't use them" what programs are you trying that wont use them?
If it any consolation to you it has me confused too:P

Joseph · 03-01-2010 1:41am

Installed the new beta drivers and all the speakers bar the center speaker is working now on the 6 Ch direct setting (which is the setting for surround sound)

The center speaker isn't broken it does work (i.e. I can hear from it by using the creative speaker test facility)

Scratch that the center speaker is working, turned it up full volume on the via the button and held it to my ear could hear it faintly putting out sound so maybe a volume control issue somewhere

Pah

Sound coming out of wrong speakers

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