Solved New/Old Surround Sound system

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I just got a whole Kenwood VR-209 Surround System with the 15" Woofers, Center Speaker and Rear Sperakers, the 200-Disk CD Changer, Dual Cassette deck and everything that came with it, for a very good low price.

So, I plugged my HDTV into the "Video 2" Dolby Digital/PCM using an RCA Coax Cable - Which sends the PCM Output into the receiver, ok, got that done.

But one of my computers connects via the stereo audio Line Cable from the back of the PC, and that system uses the RGB Video for the HD Video. So I am not expecting any Surround Sound from that (this) system.

But my Media system, uses a GEForce 210 which has the Digital Output on the HDMI cable. When I set it up in Media Center, it sends the 5.1 to my TV, but from the main Audio Output, there is no Surround Sound available. There is also a Falcon Tuner Card in there, but I never use it because I can't use it- I'm missing the Remote so it can't be set up. I was using it to Capture my TV from my Cable Box, but it's not so good.

It used to be when I set up the Audio Output for the HDMI in Windows 7, I had the choice of setting up 5.1 - But in Windows 8, it's gone, I can only choose Stereo.

Any ideas where my 5.1 output went to? When I use the forced/fake Surround Headset mode in VLC, it sends to all speakers, but it's not real 5.1. Is there some setting somewhere I'm forgetting to check?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
install latest audio drivers supporting your woofers.
now goto run command
type compmgmt.msc
goto device manager and right click sound,audio manager
click on scan for hardware changes
and reboot.
Your device would be setup and will show your audio options
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony
    CPU
    Sony
    Motherboard
    Sony
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1024 MB
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 10
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Ok, but I thought I had the latest Driver for my nVidia card - Is the 3.20 driver out of Beta?

Ok, Updated but still no Surround Sound available on the Hardware Configuration. I don't understand, as it works well from within Media Centre.

You think the Falcon card may be interfering?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
I found a way around this - My system IS sending out Surround signals, but only when VLC Media Player is playing 5.1 content. I told it to use S/PDIF automatically when detected and I changed the 5.1 setting to "ON" instead of "Automatic"- BOOM there's my surround signal. I was surprised what content had it and what did not. So my system defaults to stereo when it is not present, this saves me from having to switch the sound on the power amp.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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