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How to Connect 5.1 Speakers to Your PC
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Tutorials Last Updated: December 28, 2005
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Configuration

After making all physical connection, you should configure your PC to use 6-channel audio. This is done by going to your audio driver properties. Usually when you install your audio driver a new icon is created on Control Panel and a small icon is shown next to the Windows clock.

In our PC, which used Realtek drivers, the icon on Control Panel is called Sound Effect Management. Double clicking it and then clicking on Speaker Configuration tab will show the window shown on Figure 12.

There you should select “6 channel mode for 5.1 speaker output” and check “Only SURROUND-KIT” if your PC has the separated rear and center/subwoofer outputs (which was our case).

6-channel configuration
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Figure 12: Configuring the PC to use 6-channel audio.

That’s it. Now your PC is configured to use your 5.1 speaker system. Enjoy!

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