Creative Audigy 1 Platinum and 2.1 Surround So

Ok, i have a Audigy Plat. so have the front dri've etc etc.... i also have the Creative i-trigue 3300 which is a 2. surround sound system....at the moment the way it works is that i connect the 2 speakers into the sub woofer and then the sub woofer into my sound card...thouhg this maybe a 2. system, in real terms the sound card doesnt treat it as a 2. system...
I was just wondering if i can connect like the sub to the digital/analog out of the card and the 2 speakers to the rear and line out of the card?
Reagrds

For 2. and 4., those 2 and 4 speaker settings are what the proper settings are called. Your speaker's sub will control what it sends to the satellites.
Don't worry, they just didn't change the labels. Most cards send the full signal out and most speakers take it from there.
5. is different as the card sends dedicated signals to all 6 speakers.

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