Klipsch Pro Media GMX D-5.1 on a 2 zs

Question

the only speakers that output sound in 5.1 are the front left and front right correctly. the others still display sound, just not the way it's intended. in games, my center and two rears don't do the proper sounds neither. like when a person is talking and i walk away, i can't hear their speech and when i'm face to face with someone, their voice is distant (front l/r working but not front center). when playing regular sound, music, etc... all the speakers work (i guess this is that css or some crap mode?). as i was saying, i see this is a huge common problem for people with this setup. why is it so difficult and hard? what is wrong? who's the fault? who needs to die for such heartache?
this is really pissing me off; whether it's the audigy or klipsch.

Answer 1

AC3 sound is the encoded stream on DVDs as well. What you're experiencing with music/games/speakertest is normal. That set has optical and coaxial inputs, if you're using either of those, that's normal. Those connections/cables can only pass over an encoded stream (AC3) or stereo PCM. For more information, read this Knowledgebase article:
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...p?l=2&sid=4438
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