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frisbee78 · Aug 17, 2005, 11:40 AM

Hi all,

I have installed the 3538i kX drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS hoping to have 7.1 support as some other people reported to have an option to select 7.1 speaker configuration in the Surrounder+ module.

However, I keep having my 6.1/7.1 DVDs playing on only 5.1 speakers if I select direct pass through in Surrounder+. After looking into it, it seems to me that this 7.1 support is only for the Surrounder+ to upmix on… For instance, when I play a Dolby Digital EX (6.1 right?), I only have signal coming out of the ‘ne’, ‘n’, ‘nw’, ‘lfe’, ‘se’ and ‘sw’ pins of the xrouting module… With 7.1, I should be getting something out the ‘e’ and ‘w’ pins as well but there’s nothing to be seen (or heard

). There’s also only 6 channels coming out of the FXBus module as well… Taking a look in the option of that module, under the AC3/3-D node, I see:
- AC-3 Left
- AC-3 Center
- AC-3 Right
- AC-3 Surround Left
- AC-3 Surround Right
- AC-3 Subwoofer
- 3-D Surround center
- 3-D Left
- 3-D Right
- 3-D Top

Based on this I assume that the ‘e’ and ‘w’ pins get signal only when using EAX but left out for AC3 decoding…

Am I right? Is there as known way to get 6.1 DVDs to play natively on 7.1 speakers (what’s the point to downmix the 6.1 to 5.1, and then upmix it to 7.1?)

And yes, before you ask, my DVD player software (PowerDVD), support 6.1 sources (at least it says so on the box).

Looking forward to see what you think.

Seb

Aug 17, 2005, 11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
frisbee78 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	6.1/7.1 doesn't work, does it? Hi all, I have installed the 3538i kX drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS hoping to have 7.1 support as some other people reported to have an option to select 7.1 speaker configuration in the Surrounder+ module. However, I keep having my 6.1/7.1 DVDs playing on only 5.1 speakers if I select direct pass through in Surrounder+. After looking into it, it seems to me that this 7.1 support is only for the Surrounder+ to upmix on… For instance, when I play a Dolby Digital EX (6.1 right?), I only have signal coming out of the ‘ne’, ‘n’, ‘nw’, ‘lfe’, ‘se’ and ‘sw’ pins of the xrouting module… With 7.1, I should be getting something out the ‘e’ and ‘w’ pins as well but there’s nothing to be seen (or heard ). There’s also only 6 channels coming out of the FXBus module as well… Taking a look in the option of that module, under the AC3/3-D node, I see: - AC-3 Left - AC-3 Center - AC-3 Right - AC-3 Surround Left - AC-3 Surround Right - AC-3 Subwoofer - 3-D Surround center - 3-D Left - 3-D Right - 3-D Top Based on this I assume that the ‘e’ and ‘w’ pins get signal only when using EAX but left out for AC3 decoding… Am I right? Is there as known way to get 6.1 DVDs to play natively on 7.1 speakers (what’s the point to downmix the 6.1 to 5.1, and then upmix it to 7.1?) And yes, before you ask, my DVD player software (PowerDVD), support 6.1 sources (at least it says so on the box). Looking forward to see what you think. Seb