Soundblaster Live 24bit and speakers

[captaincurran]

I've got a soundblaster Live! 24 bit card. as seen here => http://www.soundblaster.com/products...ct=10315&nav=1
I've got 2 sets of speakers, one on a monitor, and one set by themselves. Also i got a subwoofer that i picked up, however i have no idea which plugs to use, because i can't get it to work right. i had it working through only one set of speakers in the green port. but when i put the speakers plug in the next one over (black port) the sound stopped from both speakers. so some assistance would be appreciated.

[Got EpOx]

On my setup i have one set of speakers plugged into the green socket and the other set plugged into the orange socket. That's on the Audigy 2ZS however, i believe JC Denton has a Soundblaster live, PM him.

[Samuknow]

There might be a speaker setup utility you need to run.

[dsio]

Are these powered speakers or not?

Because all of them, particularly the sub, need to be powered on a Live!

[captaincurran]

they're all powered I assume. The ones on the monitor are built in, and i assume they're powered through the monitor. the others have their own power plugs

[Got EpOx]

I suspect you have the software for the card running in 2.1 speaker mode. You'll have to enable 5.1 sound to include the extra speakers.

[captaincurran]

I've got it set for "5.1 surround sound speakers" and i've got it set for the soundblaster in the Sounds and Audio Deviceds Properties thing. I've got the small speakers in the green, the monitor speakers in the black and the subwoofer in the orange. the other port is the blue and i'm 90% sure it's for the mic. (considering there's a pic of a mic by it) i've only got sound coming from the green port. and that's only the dingy noise when you click on the volume slider and midi files.

[captaincurran]

ok with a restart of the pc i got it to play mp3s through the speakers again. however it's still playing only through the smaller speakers, nothing through the sub, nor the monitor speakers.

[Samuknow]

Green is front.....orange is center/sub....and black is rear....

[JC Denton]

hmmm...i dont know...i think your sound card is a bit different...mine has 5 sockets plus a yellow pin-connector thingy ( probaly for gamepads )
i cant say where the rear goes for sure cus i dont have them installed o nteh wall yet
how exactly do u have your things plugged now ? u have the monitor on black socket ? try fiddeling with settings and check windows sound settings. i was once all panicked then after 2 hours i found the sliders muted down.

on this picture:
orange=center
green= front L/R
??? = rear L/R

[Samuknow]

It looks similar...supposed to be standard...

Green Front L/R
Orange Center
Black Rear L/R
Pink Line in
Blue Mic