Hey guys how to you get the 5.1 enabled? Ive gone to "sound" and configured to 5.1, but when i test, it just has the left and right speakers working... didnt think anything of it until i tried to watch a film, where i was only getting the background music from the film from the left and right speakers. i think there was a thread about this before but cant find it now.
Any help would be great, thanks.
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i think that setting is for an external system.
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nope its a internal system its in the specs.
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the spec means 5.1 connectivity, not 6 speakers installed inside the laptop
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im pretty sure the internal is 2.1 the two speakers and the small sub
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my bad sorry guys! serves me right for seeing 5.1 and just assuming. hmm how do i get the sub going then?
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Found the other thread.... just refer to the mini sub forum...
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http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m14x/575798-m14x-mini-sub.html (just in case anybody wanted to know)
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A laptop couldn't have built-in surround sound unless some part of the laptop were behind you...
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Surround sound, and 5.1 sound aren't the same thing.
Surround sound is what is sounds like - sound that surrounds you. For this, obviously, you need at least one speaker behind you for this to make sense.
For 5.1 however, you just need six different sources. A few MSI gaming laptops advertise 5.1 sound. And they do have five speakers and a sub, but obviously it doesn't help. -
I know that they are different, but there's little reason to do 5.1 if it's not surround. A laptop with built in 5.1 sounds like a waste of money.
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But it sounds impressive when a n00b reads it in the specs list. 3GB 555M? You should know by now Dell - and most other companies - do do things that make sense, they do what will make them the most money.
5.1 surround sound
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Boby b, May 16, 2011.