New Speakers for the A7N8X/dx, Need a bit of help!

I just received a set of Logitech Z640 digital SS speakers for my computer system.
There are 3 coax male plugs to be plugged into the sound out from the nF2 mobo.
I have read the manual, and the pamplet for the speakers. The instructions just state to match the colors from the cable to the sound out on the mobo.
The only problem is the colors do not match. Only one the green, which is the main speaker out for most speaker systems. I have that one right.
I have the front and rear left and right speakers to the two outlets next to the S/PDIF outlet.
This is where the Asus manual says to attach the left and right f & r . They do sound great, this way.
I had to expierment for a couple of hours, with the wife in the chair I usually sit in. We came up with a combination that really sounds great. The only voluce controls are the main volume control which turns up and down all the speakers. Then a volume control for the rear speakers.
I have the rear speakers set to where we cannot tell where the sound is coming from. R or F then the center speaker has it's own controles.
I have it set to where you can hear it but the volume is about the same as the front L & R speakers.
I am used to a control panel that allows the volume to be adjusted on all SS speakers. This one only have a control on the whole system, the rear speakers and the center speaker. That is all the control I have.

The bass has it's own volume control on the back of the speaker. The bass in this system is super great.
A 12"x12x wooden box with a large woofer designed for maximum output of low tones. Works great.
My question is do any of you guys have any Logitech speakers and how do you have them attached to the mobo outlets?

Unless your onboard sound card comes with software that lets you control the volume of the front left and right independently of the rear left and right, your stuck with only one volume control for both.

The SB Live and Audigy series cards lets you control the front and rear independently via the software/drivers.

Sometimes my fingures do strange things on these keys??

I opened the control panel and after a few minutes I was able to attain equal sound coming from all speakers.
Then went to a demo of music, sounds really good. I have volume controllers for the center and rear speakers, on the center speaker.
I also have volume controls of all the speakers in the control panel.

Are there any S/PIDF or fiber optics connector that would have three or more recieptals for the coax from these speakers?


Thanks CikoTiK for the heads up, I had forgotton about this control panel to set up the speakers. Thanks BJ

NP BJ.

BTW, what are the specs for your onboard sound?

This is a copy and paste from the SoundStorm features from ASUS website. Hope this is something near what you are wanting to see.

An advanced architecture featuring, at a minimum, support for hardware acceleration of 256 2D voices and 64 3D voices, and advanced 3D positional audio.
Full support for all DirectX 8.0 features and capabilities.
The ability to incorporate support for Dolby Digital 5.1 and a Dolby Digital encoder in hardware to deliver an uncompromised, cinematic-quality audio experience.

With features such as the most advanced 3D positional audio, a real-time Dolby Digital encoder, and full support for DirectX 8.0 audio, the NVIDIA nForce APU exceeds the features and performance of today's top-of-the-line sound cards and other integrated sound solutions. When incorporated into a PC distributed processing design, such as the NVIDIA nForce platform processing architecture, or a game console such as Microsoft's Xbox, the end result is an uncompromised 3D audio experience.

Feature
NVIDIA nForce/nForce2 APU NVIDIA SoundStorm
DSP or HW-Accelerated 2D (Stereo) Voices 256 Voices
DSP or HW-Accelerated 3D Voices 64 3D Voices
DX8 HW-Submixer 32 HW-Submixers
DLS2 Acceleration
Per Voice Parametric EQ
Occlusion and Obstruction
Near Field Effects
EAX2 and I3DL2 Reverb
Global Effects (Reverb, Chorus, etc.)
Speakers 2, 4, or 6 Speakers
Microphone/Line Inputs
SPDIF Interface Yes
Software and Utilities Basic Enhanced
H/W Dolby Digital Encode

Well I have given up on this SoundStorm system. This system sounded so great with the SoundWorks SW320 speakers, I thought I would get a set of surround sound Dolby speakers, a set of 6 speakers. It does not matter how I connect the center & bass, or the rear SS speakers they do not have enough volume to hear them. After spending about an hour with ASUS tech on this matter, He stated he has the same problem. He could not get the volume up on these channels either. He suggested to forget the designated way in the manual and use the three plugs in a row including the green plug. This would disable the mike and sound in capabilities of the sound system. After a day, and too much frustration, I installed the Santa Cruz sound card that I had been using prior to this system. Now I have all channels and these are great. Surround Sound sounds so good when all the channels are there. So my thoughts on the SoundStorm is if you have a speaker set with only one input, the SoundStorm would be great. If you have a speaker set with more than one input line. You will be much better off using a good sound card.

BobyJo is correct, these speakers just do not work with this motherboard. I'm thinking of trying an aftermarket soundcard - but I'm annoyed.

I gave the origianl system to the wife and built a new one same components except the case etc.
This is a v1.04 and the sound is as loud in all channels.
The problem is the SS rear channel sound is not coming from the rear speakers.
I was on the phone with ASUS tech again and they was listening to the speakers via the phone and they stated I was not gonna get this any better than this.
I have installed the Santa Cruz into this system and all is well with the sound.
I have come to this conclusion, The only way these speakers are going to work with this mobo would be if I could hook them up via S/PDIF or Fiber optics.
If anyone has an idea of a converter I could get to connect to the fiber optics adapter I have and would have the proper three sound out for these speakers to plug into. I would appreciate it, letting me know.

same problems with my Epox

all soundstorm are like this
they have the option of having green as front left and front right

and black (blue) as rear left and rear right

but my speaker, altec lansing
uses green as front and rear left
and black as rear and front right
or whatever

it just doesnt match up

no matter what settings i choose in the Soundstorm utility, no use...
so i gave up and went back to my Creative SB Live! 5.1 Platinum
with normal speaker wiring...
its sad u know...

a good chip set but a screwed up jacks system