Audio Problems new htpc

[Niven 0]

Hello!

 

I just finished building my new HTPC, and before installing Mediabrowser etc. I wanted configure my speakers.. 

I have 5 speakers and one sub-woofer which connects to my on-board audio jacks (1 blue, 1 green, 1 pink.) It says that the motherboard (MSI - B85I) supports 7.1 channels.

The problem is that I only get audio from my two speakers left and right from the  green plug. 

 

I have installed the drivers from MSI's driver page; the Realtek HD Audio Driver version ; 6.0.1.7245 (up to date), I also configured it to 5.1 surround in the realtek hd manager interface.

But when i test the speakers only two of them gives audio. I've also tried to changed the audio jacks , which only results in stereo from two other speakers.

 

Also under "speaker properties" -> jack information, the only jack listed is the L R green rear 3,5 mm jack. Don't know why the others are not listed.

 

Would really appreciate if someone could give some tips or insight !

 

[solved] the problem pretty simple ,but never used this Realtek HD manager... had to point the jacks to the different speakers and it works! 

 

- niven

Edited June 25, 2014 by Niven

[Beardyname 197]

Maybe the 7.1 speaker configuration is achieved with for example spdif or some other form of audio out ?.

 

The jacks you have listed are (generally) for:

Pink - Mic in

Blue - Line in

And green - stereo or headsets output.

 

I would suggest opening up the Motherboard manual and see what it says

[Abobader 3314]

 

[solved] the problem pretty simple ,but never used this Realtek HD manager... had to point the jacks to the different speakers and it works! 

 

- niven

 

Thanks for sharing, well done.