X fi xtreme gamer Windows 7 64bit no custom tab to set digital I/O?

Hi guys
im trying at the moment to use my pc as a HTPC on my tv,? I have a xf fi xtreme gamer card (sb0730x one)? I bought a mini toslink to toslink lead and I've plugged it into the flexijack port and the toslink into my reciever (samsung ht-tz325r)?
Following the guide in creative support ( http://support.creative.com/kb/showarticle.aspx?sid=64440 ) I do not have a custom tab under speaker properties.
I can not get any sound out of my reciever.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance
Steve

http://www.imagebam.com/image/0f7c885053978
Thats a SS of how it looks on my pc atm, no custom tab , I dont get it ;/

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But I have some trouble in normal windows mode.When I try to test the single channels (front left, center, ...) there are speaking a minimum of 2 speakers at the same time. The left speaker activates also the center, the center activates also the left and the right speaker. The test for the rear boxes also activates the front box on its side.
If I connect the set via analog connectors into the soundcard, it works fine.
Is the soundcard simply not able to solve that job, did I do something wrong or does it work, like it should? Are the better models of the X-Fi series able to handle that job or will I have the same effect there?
Just a note: Sorry, if I it sounds like english for runaways. I tried my best, to explain the issue properly and hope, that all of you could understand the problem.

There has been quite a misunderstanding of the digital output capabilities of the Creative cards going all the way back to the first cards that had a digital output. This was often the subject of a good many heated flame wars among users who felt that they should be able to just hook up that one, nice-and-easy, digital line to their SPDIF input on their home theater receiver and get 5. (or 7.) sound for all sound sources. I know, I was once one of those people myself, although I never got in a flame war over it. Instead, I got the quick realization from a Creative rep named Harvey Fong and a couple of other, knowlegeable users, who made me realize that in actuality all one really is doing by using the digital conection is saving a little time and hookup work by only needing a single cable. Much more importantly was the realization that the full fidelity, analog signals from the card would need to be highly compressed, using the lossy, 5. scheme that we've all grown to accept from DVD movies, etc. The equipment used for movies is several thousand dollars worth of DACs and ADCs that can give us the sound we get in movies. Obviously, such quality is not going to be available in ANY brand sound card for home computer use. So, by using a much more "affordable" encoder found in many other soundcards and onboard sound solutions, the resulting audio quality being deli'vered to the user is going to be of inferior quality over that obtainable by using the full fidelity analog jacks on the card. As we all (hopefully) know, when using the card to send SPDIF digital to a receiver, when playing movies on the computer with DVD software, the card's circuits are basically acting as a "passthrough" of the digital signal generated by the DVD playing software on the computer. With games, or other multichannel output, such as music using the CMSS 3D output generated by the X Fi cards, the analog outputs are necessary. This is because Creative wishes to maintain a standard of being able to produce the highest possible fidelity a card can give while keeping costs low. As we also all know, you CAN get 2 channel stereo from the SPDIF output because this is FULL FIDELITY, UNCOMPRESSED PCM digital output, and will be processed as such by your receiver. The analog jacks of course, are the same level of fidelity so one should simply bite the bullet and hook up the necessary cables for total mutichannel sound from ALL possible sources without having to make selections in a control panel to switch modes, etc. I may add that since the analog outputs are also VERY low impedence, even very long analog cables will not cause loss of signal or high frequency response to the receiver. You also do NOT need over-priced, "Monster" type cables to get full fidelity, but you have a choice there. I hope all will forgive this LONG post but hope I can clarify this for all who may read it, so that everyone will get a full understanding of why Creative Labs designs the cards the way they do, and you will not feel as if you're missing out on a feature that other sound solutions have. If you really care about, and can hear high quality audio, as I said above, hook up those analog cables to your receiver and enjoy the best audio possible with a sound card. Phil

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I've been having an unusual problem with my "X-Fi Xtreme Gamer" sound card while playing games on my pc. This is happening everytime i play Gears of War for Windows at the moment and occaisionally in Half Life 2. My setup at the moment is to mute everything in the Windows Volume control except the Master Volume, Wave Volume and Line In Volume (i have?my xbox 360 sound going through the pink jack). Now whenever I play a game on the pc (360 switched off btw) i get a loud humming sound and slightly higher bass volume. This happens because somehow the Microphone volume has been unmuted, and consequently Line In is muted (that happens anyway if you unmute it yourself). If i change this back to original settings and resume the game, everything is perfect. Can someone tell me how i can stop this happening... yes I have the latest drivers for everything.

I have major problems with my Xfi in Win 7 64 right now as well. The Console works fine from Vista if you want to download that. Creative is being very lazy about updating there drivers at this point as you can see from all the upset posts in the Win 7 forums. Just hang tight like the rest of us :*(

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