Creative Inspire 5.1 : Center Speaker No output !

Hello Guys,

I have purchased Creative Inspire 5.1 5200 Speaker for my Creative Live 5.1 sound card !

Everything works fine except for the CENTER speaker . STRANGEST is that i get audio from all the 5 speakers including the CENTER speaker when i use the CREATIVE Diagonstics => Test Speaker and also when i use the CREATIVE SURROUND SOUN MIXER => TEST Speakers.

But when i use the Creative play Center , i get not output from CENTER speaker , its dead !! .

Can you guys help me to sort this out .

P.s : I have the latest drivers . I run on WINXP home Ed . via Creative Diagnostics all the 5 speakers give clear and distinct output !! but when using creative play center ver 3.0.2 no output from CENTER speaker !

Well, the good news is that nothing's broken, it's meant to work that way. If you're playing a stereo source (MP3, CD, etc.) they'll just be played over the front (& rear depending on Drivers) speakers. If you want the centre channel utilized for stuff like that youd need to enable CMSS in Surround Mixer/EAX Console, wherever they had it on the Live! control panels.

Hi Thomas ,

Thanks for your info.

Would you be kind enough to give the steps to:

to enable CMSS in Surround Mixer/EAX Console.

I could find it neithger in Surround sound mixer ( ver 2.00.26 ) nor Creative Play center => EAX opion ( ver 3.02.70)

Thanks ,
rohan