Purchased a set of them cannot get the rear speakers to work, i did call ZT and talk to a tech and he could not figure it out, also called the GEEKS where i ordered them from they sent me a new set and you guessed it the same problem..

 

I am assuming something needs to be turned on in windows 7 to run the 5.1 speakers setup, all 3 jacks are plugged into their respective colors.. the computer does recognize them when plugged in the icon pops up..

In the sound options in the control panel - does it say 5 channel surround sound speakers when plugged in? It may only say 2....

yes it does..

i got it.. had to shut off the front jack, it now uses a headphone jack in the sub system..

Pic of the setup or it didn't happen...

I have a klipsch system, it took me forever to get it working correctly. Creative finally released Dolby digital live, and WHAM, it finally worked. Dolby digital is awesome on a computer if your system has a decoder for it.

 

Do you have a audio card or is it onbaord?

 

Not that it matters since you got it working, but that doesnt sound all that right. Why would shutting off the front jack do anything?

 

My method was always, check windows audio, make sure 5.1.

Check your audio driver/software is 5.1

and if on-board, check the Bios for possible audio options.

 

I prefer the digital options over the 3 jack style personally if its available, and do spdif pass through.

I have a klipsch system, it took me forever to get it working correctly. Creative finally released Dolby digital live, and WHAM, it finally worked. Dolby digital is awesome on a computer if your system has a decoder for it.

 

Do you have a audio card or is it onbaord?

 

Not that it matters since you got it working, but that doesnt sound all that right. Why would shutting off the front jack do anything?

 

My method was always, check windows audio, make sure 5.1.

Check your audio driver/software is 5.1

and if on-board, check the Bios for possible audio options.

 

I prefer the digital options over the 3 jack style personally if its available, and do spdif pass through.

 

I have an OLD (10ish year) logitech 5.1 system, and when set up it must have the matrix button on or the center and rear speakers won't work. Once set up matrix can be disabled though. Sounds great for an $80 system

Funny thing is i had 540 5.1 speakers but the flood got the base speaker and amp, everything was set from before so i do not know why that made a diffrence..