speaker prob

[OneShot]

How do I set my PC up to work with 5.1 surround speaker system. I need help Going crazy. E-mail doxies@mounet.com
Thanks OneShot

[Rob]

What is the operating system of your pc? What type of soundcard do you have, if any? And, do you have a 5.1 speaker setup?

How are you trying to use 5.1, with games, or DVD's?

[OneShot]

Using Windows Xp Home using for DVDs and or music not sure about soud card type OneShot

[Alan]

Unless I am not fully understanding the question, my system just plugs into the speaker port on the back of my PC. You cant have true surround sound from a PC, you can have stereo sound but from five speakers and a bass unit.

EDIT - yes you can have surround sound if your sound card supports it.
Obviously I need to update my sound card!

[Rob]

There are 5.1 sound cards, some that support Dolby Digital and DTS. Unless your current card supports this, you will not be able to get 5.1 and will not have inputs for 6 speakers.

I found a few 5.1 sounds cards at our sponsor PCMicro Superstore as well as at any other pc stores.

[Alan]

Ok Reggie, This is as I see it.

First Method:
This is where your speakers plug into a 'Splitter Box' (supplied) then plug into the Speaker Port on the back of your PC. You usually have a seperate volume control which sits on your desktop. This is a fairly in-expensive method although what you are getting is stereo out of your PC and split through the five speakers and bass unit.
I used to have this set-up!

Second Method:
This is, as Rob says, a surround sound card where all your speakers plug into it and your driver splits the signal into 5.1 (surround sound). If you only have the speakers, this is the route to take, but of course you must buy and install the card.
I have got to try this set-up!

Third Method:
This is where you plug your PC into a conventional surround sound system. By that I mean the DVD/amplifier Box from which you connect your video and TV. For this you need to have a lead from your Speaker socket on the back of your PC to the Aux socket on the back of your Surround sound system. If you want to watch a downloaded movie, you need to connect a cable from the TV Out socket on the back of your PC to the TV, then either configure your graphics card to clone your monitor to your TV or use a program like TV-Tool.
This is what I have now!

Let us know which system you have and we can giveyou a more detailed explanation on how to set it up.