5.1 sound with x-fi sound blas

Hi all,i bouhgt an X-fi soundcard together with an logitech 5. system with thx decoder. So this is my problem: My soundcard is connected to the logitech system with an coaxial cable. When i play a dvd with suround sound or a test file i downloaded i dont get suround sound. with the test file i got seperate centre right and left speaker sound but no rear sound and subwoofer sound. on the audio console i selected the passing through mode. Waht else can ai do?Thank you.

Hi,
I don't have an solution, but I have the same Problem. My speaker system is an old DTT2500 (5.) from creative. I have the same issues, left, centre and right speakers are working but no rear speakers! I am very disappointed, because my old soundcard couldn't handle 5. an so I expected this new x-fi music card can handle it. I would like to have creative to tell me what speaker system is required to get 5. (surround) sound with this card!?BTW: Using AC3 (DDS) on the external decoder for DVD's (thru spdif) is working.

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