Audigy 2zs and Logitech z-

Hi,
i connected my z-680 over digital out with a coax-cable. but if i'm watchin a dvd-film, my z-680 receives no dolby digital or dts signal. the same with all games. nobody seems to know something about this ugly problem. are these components incompatible?

Silent-Phil,
Have you try searching the forum for possible solution before you post? You need to disable the soundcard decoding and also your DVD software decoding feature.
Jason

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I have an Audigy with a Logitech X-530?( and had the same Problem?)?. The rear and center speakers are enabled only in Dolby Surround Sound and in games Supporting Dolby sound . if u want to make the Center speaker? ,? and the rear ones enabled , u should first fully install the software provided with the card then go to the EAX Console (Right Click on the Volume Icon on the taskbar then select it ) and enable audio Effect ( That's Optional ) , then Go to the CMSS 3D tab , enable it and select Stereo Sound . i had the same problem as u mentioned , i had an onboard Sound card , then i upgraded to Audigy and the Center & rear?Speakers were not working so i thought that may be the card was not working?Correctly , but?now Everythings is working
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/Re: PC suddenly lost my sound card (Audigy 2zs)& Hi Zehnra, I don't think it's exacly the same problem. My PC sees no card at all and even reeboting with a diferent one on a diferent slot won't do the trick. I also don't think it has anything to do with any windows update or else system restore would take care of that (I restored it to 24h of the failling point).
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Loud crackeling noise and barely any sound-Audigy 2zs, Dell Dimension 2

I just installed audigy 2zs into my Dell Dimension 2400 and all Im getting is a loud crackle, like static, out of my center speaker (logitech 5. Thx). There is a faint bit of sound in the background also, and no sound at all from the other speakers. Any suggestions? I think I have all the drivers installed and all the tests have passed. Thx.

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One thing you do need to learn is that SHOUTING IS MUCH HARDER TO READ!
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I am in the same situation as you. As the CL told me
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