Rear speakers, no sound

Currently i'm running a Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium and a Creative Labs DTT3500 system. The front speakers are sounding for both front and rear speakers when i run the test. I also get no sound from the rear speakers when i play a DVD movie with the Dolby Digital. I've tried looking through all the software and still nothing works. I've checked and re-checked all the connections. I also tested the rear speakers and they work. Has anyone else come across this issue.
Thanx
AJ

Also, If i enable Dolby Digital Live, all 5. speakers work fine HOWEVER other than the Creative Labs tools, no other piece of software seems to be emitting sound from the speakers.... Once i disable Dobly Digital Live, rear speakers stop working again...
Interesting...
AJ

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