Sorround sound setup

Go to your control panel,
Sounds & audio devices
go to advanced on speaker settings on the bottom
Select what speaker setup you have
It should help.
 
i did do that. When I test my speakers, they all work. When I play audio, I can only hear it in the front right speaker, front left speaker and subwoofer.
 
Ok, try these things:

1. Open up your audio control panel software that came with your hardware (e.g., if you purchased an Asus motherboard, you need to go to the bottom-right of your taskbar and select Asus VIA HD Onboard Control Panel from the small icons). Then, find settings for audio configurations, and select 5.1 from there.

2. You need to change the settings in your media player to allow for surround sound (5.1). Find these settings in your media player and configure them to 5.1 output.

3. You need to play a file that is actually in the format of 'surround sound'. If you play your standard mp3 that only has 2 channels, it will only come from the front 2 speakers. So google 'free surround sound songs' or something like that, and play it in your media player.

4. If you can't find songs or your media player settings don't work, try playing a game... And in the audio settings change the setup to 5.1 surround...
 
What sound card do you use? I know Realtek HD has the "speaker fill" option that plays stereo files with all speakers. X-fi sound card uses something like cmss 3d and xonar sound card has similar settings too. You have to activate these settings in order for your surround sound speakers to all work with stereo files.
 
2. You need to change the settings in your media player to allow for surround sound (5.1). Find these settings in your media player and configure them to 5.1 output.
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How do I do this? I use Winamp.

3. You need to play a file that is actually in the format of 'surround sound'. If you play your standard mp3 that only has 2 channels, it will only come from the front 2 speakers. So google 'free surround sound songs' or something like that, and play it in your media player.
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What's the point in buying a 5.1 surround sound system if standard mp3's can't benefit from the other speakers.
 
I know this post is super old but I went thru everything mentioned and I still cannot get any audio from the rear speakers. Please help Thanks.
 
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