Harman Kardon Sound Sticks Not Working

Hi everybody.
I have a Harman Kardon Sound Stick speaker system hooked up to my computer, and although the light is on, it is not working.
When I go into System Preferences and click on Sound, it is not listed.
Can someone please give me a few suggestions for troubleshooting this problem?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Brian
PowerBook G4 and PowerMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hi-
The system Preferences will show the output as headphones/built-in audio. You do have the Sound Sticks plugged into the audio port?
On one of the speakers, there are two chrome plates on either side of the port at the bottom of the speaker- one has a plus, one a minus. By touching one, or the other, you can raise, or lower the volume. make sure that you have the volume turned up, by touching the plus.
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