IMac G4 plays through one speaker on stereo system through headphone jack

Ok so for some reason the headphone jack won't allow me to play music on my stereo in surround sound. It just plays music through one speaker. i have adjusted the balance on my amp but now i can only play through 2 out of 5 speakers? help please! headphones work properly but not sound system?

That's normal, unless the stereo system has an upmixing matrix program in it, and then you have to actually engage it.
So do you have a surround sound receiver, or just a stereo receiver, or is it just an amp?

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