Sound Blaster

[FlamingCarrot]

I am hoping somebody can help as I am going mad with this problem.

I replaced my Audigy 2 ZS yesterday for an X-Fi Music.  My setup is as follows:

MSI K8N NEO NF3 PLATINUM

AMD 64 3500

2GB CRUCIAL DDR 400

X800 PRO

CREATIVE 5.1 5700 decoder + speakers

I used to run the digital din from the Audigy to the Creative decoder and it was not a problem.  It picked up the 5.1 set up and never missed a trick.

I followed the same procedure with the X-Fi after removing the ZS. I cleaned out the drivers etc, loaded up the X-Fi drivers and was presented with the speaker config splash screen.

On the digital speaker selection it only offered me HEADPHONES, or 2.1 SPEAKERS. I chose 2.1 as it was the closest to my 5.1 setup and I thought I could alter it in the setup later on.

To cut along story short, I get 5.1 fed through the 2 front speakers.  I cannot tell the X-Fi that I have a Creative decoder - speakers and I'm stuck!

Please can somebody advise me what I can do as I'm getting desperate.

Thanks

[EinZteiN]

same thing here with my FPS2000 Digital 4.1 and X-Fi Platinum!
Can only choose 2.1 at most

REALLY BAD

~Levi

PS: and besides that we get NO x64 drivers and BAD sound problems/noises (popping) when computer is under stress (encoding e.g.). I never thought to get so many bugs after shelling out a considerable amount of money for a home/non-pro soundcard! I use this one for gaming and entertainment, and i will certainly not start using it for pro audio/music work, keeping that with the awesome Digi001!! (different spectrum i know... but i wanted to use this X-Fi for some simple, light music production... don't think i'll do that!)

oh well...

[FlamingCarrot]

That's just crazy isn't it?  There must be some solution / other people with similar problems with this stupid set up. The ZS worked perfectly so I'm currently having that slow uncoiling cold sweat of a bad buy coming on.....

[EinZteiN]

yeah... i hear ya
it worked flawlessly with my Audigy Platinum eX... and it's sitting here not set up anywhere (might sell it cheap... or keep it around :S)

its just too bad

[andreas_gr]

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EinZteiN wrote:
yeah... i hear ya
it worked flawlessly with my Audigy Platinum eX... and it's sitting here not set up anywhere (might sell it cheap... or keep it around :S)

its just too bad

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Same Problem with x-fi Platinum and Inspire 5.1 Digital 5700. At setup i could only choose 2.1 Speaker system. Later i can switch to 5.1 but the test signal from rear left and rear right are on the right and left front speakers. I connect to the speaker system with mini din. I hope there is a fast solution.

[FlamingCarrot]

Well at least its not just me.  Why the hell don't these companies test products prior to release? I hope they issue a fix fast as I'm not a happy customer.

Thanks all for your feedback so far!

[EinZteiN]

W0W

this is really bad... it happens with more than a set of speakers! Looks like that forgot 4.1+ systems with digital connections! :S

dang... i need a fix BADLY! not even to mention the x64 drivers and a solution for that annoying crackling when HDD is under stress :S

oh well... wait and see... just not good enough for me! really bad impression of creative atm!! technology ain't everything! what good is a technology with a bunch of bugs and bad support?? :S


~Levi

[FlamingCarrot]

Lets pray that someone in Creative's driver section actually reads this thread!

 I think i just threw away my hard earned ££££££

[andreas_gr]

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FlamingCarrot wrote:

Lets pray that someone in Creative's driver section actually reads this thread!

I think i just threw away my hard earned ££££££

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Support answered, that X-FI in combination with speakers DTT3500 and 5700 supports only stereo signals!

bad message!

[EinZteiN]

You've gotta be kidding me!!!

I spend more money to get a good set of DIGITAL speakers (4.1 in my case) and then i spend even more money to get the top-notch X-Fi Platinum... both made by the same company (or from companies on the same group/enterprise) and by the end of the day, they tell me I can't use the best feat out of THEIR product because of an incompability (that is no more than misattention... since i don't believe it takes that much work to allow 4.1+ out through the Digital Output - it was supported by older models) between THEIR products???

This is WAY too bad to be true!

PS: I don't really believe that anyone at support even knows anything about the tech aspects of this problem. They just fill in the blanks and send you the answer in the manual :S

Let's REALLY hope someone on the Dev area reads this! (they should...)

cheers,
~Levi