5.1 Sound System with Satellite X200

Hi,
this is my first post here since up until now I've been able to solve all issues regarding my laptop. In the meantime, I acquired a 5.1 sound system to connect to my machine thinking it would be pretty straightforward due to all the technology implemented in this model and the SPIDF output and so on and so forth....well it wasn't :)
I've searched online for a solution but nothing obvious came up, and I've tried just sticking the sound system jacks everywhere just to experiment and see what I get but apparently there's always only 2 speakers working plus the bass.
Can anybody give me a hand?
Thanks in advance, best regards from Portugal
Bruno Belo

Boas!
The x200 sound system is a 2.1 system, so to have a 5.1 system you need an external decoder and bypass the internal system using the SPDIF output.
Did you really aquired a 5.1 sound system or just a 5.1 speaker system ? If is really a decoder you should have a digital input to plug the SPDIF output and configure it to play at least 4.1 with an stereo source, an mp3 for example.
If you only have a 5.1 speakers system(even digital) you'll need an 5.1 external sound card, some are USB interfaced others pcmcia.
Regards from Azores ;)

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