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Troubleshooting my 5.1

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I have an X-Fi titanium, 3 1/8th to rca cables, and a massive receiver capable of most any surround format. I have the receiver setup for 5.1. The xfi setup for 5.1. All connections checked. Yet I only get stereo? I have not been able to get any rear surround except when I use DTS connect NEO PC and digital output. That surround is less than acceptable though.

Any common issues I am missing?
 
Getting the most obvious question out of the way first - what input are you using on the receiver to connect the RCA cables to? Are you using the multi-in/multi-channel input? This input would consist of 6-8 RCA jacks, each labeled along the lines of "front left", "center", "right surr", etc.
 
I have done the speaker test. The input is correct. I only get stereo though. This is doing a sound test.

I think it is the receiver though. B/c I tried onboard sound and had the same issue. Maybe some of my inputs are fried. I will try with another source aka dvd player.
 
Do you only get stereo output coming from the PC, or are you hearing sound from only 2 speakers? Big difference in the two. Does the speaker test result in test tones being heard from all 6 speakers? if not, then I'd try intentionally switching the front L/R and surround L/R inputs and see if you get sound from the surrounds instead of the left.
 
When I do a sound test, only the fronts work. The surrounds will not work unless I use the digital link. There is no surround output with analogue. I'll do the dvd test soon and report back. Might be a day or two.
 
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