Balance option in windows doesn't work for rear/ side and center speakers.

[NahidRana]

My motherboard is asus h61m-a, which has an on-board sound card realtek alc 887. I have a 5.1 home theater hooked up with it. In realtek software under the Room Correction tab, I can't correct my individual speakers. Room correction only affects front left and front right speakers. My speaker configuration in realtek and windows speaker settings are set on 5.1. I even notice that if I mute volumes for rear and center speakers in window speaker settings, there's no effect on them, I still get sounds from them. Both Mute and Balance options only affect the front left and right speakers. Your help would be appreciated.

 

[Lutfij]

Can you parse the make and model of your 5.1 home theatre system and how you've connected it from your system to the HTS? To me the post reads like you're connected off a stereo cable.

 

[NahidRana]

Can you parse the make and model of your 5.1 home theatre system and how you've connected it from your system to the HTS? To me the post reads like you're connected off a stereo cable.

Here's how I connected the HTS to my system.
https/drive.google.com/file/d/1QY_q_ACwUqP6aEONv_RN-HVZn_AIYB5Z/view?usp=sharing

And here's the link to my HTS's manual.

http/www.tzag-elita.co.il/media/files/0045509001483351434.pdf

 

[americanaudiophile]

Try turning off room correction. It might not work on 5.1 so if you turn it on it might default to stereo.

 

[NahidRana]

Try turning off room correction. It might not work on 5.1 so if you turn it on it might default to stereo.

Then how do I do room correction? Is there any alternative software? One thing worth mentioning is if I play test sounds I don't get sounds from the center and rear speakers. Normally, all speakers just work fine.

 

[NahidRana]

Try turning off room correction. It might not work on 5.1 so if you turn it on it might default to stereo.

I think I am not getting 5.1 surround sound even if Realtek shows me it's set on 5.1. Stereo sound is playing through different channels. But in the manual, it says it supports up to 8 channels.

 

[NahidRana]

I finally figured out what's causing the problem. My HTS was on Pro Logic. As soon as I changed it to 5.1, I was able to do the room correction and got 5.1 surround sound. Every channel is now able to play sound individually on 'auto test' in Realtek. Thank you everyone for taking trouble to help me out.