Why no sound on iTunes?

iTunes is not working. I get no sound when playing from my iTunes library or playing a CD; though the sound works OK if using Parallel to run Windows XP and play it as a WMA file; and on the Mac with other applications like Garageband.
I am running iTunes version 10.6.3
Can you help?
Robert

Go to Settings>Audio & Video
Make sure that Dolby Digital and Audio Output are both set to Auto.

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