Woot! Speakers mixed up

[rezinn]

I finally got some cheap Dell 5650s from woot april first and I set them up but have one small problem. The subwoofer and right rear speaker are mixed up. Seems like a simple problem, but I don't know how to fix it. The connections are fool proof so I didn't mess that up.

I'm using my Abit KV7 onboard sound because my old card didn't support 5.1, and using Abit's Vinyl Deck software.

I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me. Having the right rear speaker try to act like a subwoofer isn't sounding great, although the subwoofer sounds fine.

 

[Calin]

Do you have that "software assignment of audio outputs" on your sound card? This is the place where such things can happen. Check for this in the audio programs (in Start, Programs somewhere)

 

[rezinn]

I think the software I am using automatically assigns them, which may be the problem. It only gives the option of switching center and subwoofer channels. Perhaps I need to find a new program to use.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

How did you determine that the sub and right rear are messed up?

Is there one of those test programs that will go through all the speakers and show you where it should be outputting?

 

[rezinn]

Yes I used a test program. You can either play a wav file that says "left front" etc, which results in nothing for the subwoofer and right speaker, or in this Via program that comes with the drivers you can click on each speaker and subwoofer and it plays a sound. When I click the subwoofer the right rear speaker sounds and vice versa.

 

[Hyperlite]

is the subwoofer the reciever for all the speakers? my friend has a logitech setup like this, all the speakers plug into the sub, then go from the sub to the audio outputs. His center channel kept stopping for some reason and we found out that the right and left channels weren't shielded and the EMI was canceling out the center channel.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

You might want to try uninstalling and reinstalling the sound drivers. Maybe something go messed up and that would fix it.

The only other thing that comes to mind as a possible solution would be using a bunch of splitter cables to change around the outputs to get to the right inputs.

Example:
take the center/sub output and split it to 2 mono RCA and split the rear output to 2 mono RCA
(with two of these)
get 2 adapters that take dual mono and combine it back into a stereo signal
(with two of these)

Then you could attach the center output and the sub output (that is coming from RR) and combine it into a signal for the speakers like it should be.

Take the remaining signals of RL and RR (that is coming from the sub out) and combine them into a signal for the Rear input for the speakers.

I hope that made sense.

This is a really odd problem though. You should try to reinstall the drivers first.

 

[rezinn]

I've reinstalled different drivers multiple times. I had more time to check it out and it's more messed up than I thought. Rear left output goes to center. Rear right goes to subwoofer. Subwoofer goes to rear left. Center goes to rear right.

Aiyah..

The center connector is not RCA, although your idea does seem like it would work. Too bad I can't just direct the wires where I want them.. There has to be a program that will let me do that somewhere.

 

[rezinn]

Okay, I thought something was fishy. 🙂 You guys will all laugh at this. But I fixed it.

It turns out that the colors on the wires do not necessarily correspond to the colors on my onboard sound card 🙂

I know, I know...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ha, if you had mentioned that RL and center were switched too, I would have known immediately.

Oh well, at least you fixed it 😉

"The connections are fool proof"

:laugh: