5.1 home theater only gives 2.1 output

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

I have a Kingsonic 5.1 home theater. It has a button on it to change the input, ie; 5.1 & 2.1. But when i change it to 5.1,no sound comes from the speakers. Any fixes???

 

[alexoiu]

Cn you post a picture with the I/O ports (back panel) and the connections?

 

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

 

[alexoiu]

Try connecting the white and red RCA cables from R and L to FR and FL.
Then switch to 5.1. You should get sound to the front speakers.

 

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

so that means it will work in 5.1 mode???because none of speakers used to work when i change the input to 5.1

 

[alexoiu]

Because you had the cables in the Stereo input ports.

 

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

after i connected it as you said, sound only come front 2 speakers, none from the back 2
speakers

 

[alexoiu]

Of course, cause you didn't provide inputs for the other ports. Do you have 5.1 sound on your computer?

 

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

yes i have 5.1 sound on my pc i checked it my refering this "" start>right click on computer>select properties(at the bottom of list)>somewhere at the top left you will see "device manager" click it>look for "sound, video and game controllers>click the sub category that pops up under it> go to details>where it says property click on it>scroll down until you find "lower logo version>it will tell you if it is 5.1 or 7.1 or 3.1, whichever it is. ""

 

[alexoiu]

Then try using this kind of cables for connecting the PC to the 5.1 back panel
https://mycablemart.com/store/images/products/1806_small.jpg , and you can test then if getting sound through all the speakers.
What I mean is that you need 5.1 input for 5.1 sound.
If the white and red cables that are now connected are coming from a TV, what you can do is using a splitter ( something like http://www.computercableinc.com/ccinc/images/CABLE-Audio-Y-Splitter-2-RCA-Male-to-1-RCA-Female-Cwholesale.jpg ) for connecting the BR and BL ports too. The only issue would be that you'd get the same sound from the front and back speakers and not 5.1 (different sound).

 

[Osteen Paul Poyyayil]

please respond to this thread http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1964886/tablet-touch-wifi-problem.html