Surround Sound not working?

[KerbalPhysicist]

Hey, so I just bought this surround sound system from craigslist, it in good condition, the guy showed me that it works completely, all that good stuff. I went home and plugged it into the SPDIF port on my motherboard, and then switched realtek hd audio over to the digital output, and it works, but only in stereo. It wants me to put it into DTS Interactive 5.1 surround for the codec, but whenever I do that, it fails to play any sound at all. In fact, it only plays if I have it in dual channel 16 bit sound mode. I re-installed the driver with the latest update, and still nothing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I can do computer hardware, but audio is a relatively new field to me.

Thanks in advance!

-Sam

[dcb-z]

I believe there's a Windows setting you have to change to tell it how many speakers you have. Try looking under Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Sound, select your audio configuration, and click Configure. It should take you to a window where you can configure your speaker setup.

[KerbalPhysicist]

I believe there's a Windows setting you have to change to tell it how many speakers you have. Try looking under Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Sound, select your audio configuration, and click Configure. It should take you to a window where you can configure your speaker setup.

Thanks, I'll try that

[KerbalPhysicist]

I believe there's a Windows setting you have to change to tell it how many speakers you have. Try looking under Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Sound, select your audio configuration, and click Configure. It should take you to a window where you can configure your speaker setup.

It won't actually let me configure it, the button is greyed out

[KerbalPhysicist]

So I tested it a little bit more, and it can actually handle codecs up to 24 bit 96 kilohertz. It is a little bit on the old side though, a panasonic SA-HT05, but it says dts surround right on the front. Not DTS interactive though.

[dcb-z]

It won't actually let me configure it, the button is greyed out

Are you on an administrator account?

[KerbalPhysicist]

Are you on an administrator account?

Yes I am, its my personal computer