High Quality audio sound out of all surround sound speakers?

grussell

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Apr 6, 2013
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Hi! I have just found the 'Creative Inspire 5.1' in my neighbours garage (he obviously doesn't want it) and I took it: it comes with four speakers (not five) a sub-woofer and volume control unit, I connected it all together, and wanted to use it with my Lap-top, so it could play my iTunes... I plugged it straight into my Lap-tops audio jack (Just a logo of headphones and a mic) with a 'man-to-man' jack audio wire from my beats headphones (Allthough on the sub-woofer, there is three 'audio inputs'), but it only comes out of two, of the four, speakers.
My question is, how do I get good high-def sound from all four speakers?
 
Assuming you have RealTek HD Audio manager, it is on the lower right of your screen on the task bar.

Dbl click on the icon and it opens the Real Tek software.
Go to speaker configuration.
Select 5.1
Check box that says speaker fill.

Now this will be simulated not true 5.1 since it is a stereo signal not a discreet 5.1 signal.

Happy listening, the Prisoner...