Logitech Z-5500 Digital Soundroom

DanishDevil · Apr 9, 2009

I don't see the pic, but Green goes to the front speaker out on the sound card, black goes to rear, and orange goes to center/sub.

You also have to remember that if you're running analog, your sound card is controlling the output, and the speakers will do nothing to decode the signal, as it isn't encoded. If you're playing back stereo content (music) then you're going to get stereo sound out of them.

eggyhustles · Apr 9, 2009

am i better off just installing this ht omega striker and going digital?

DanishDevil · Apr 9, 2009

That's what I would do. Then you could use the sound card's software to upmix stereo content to 5.1. That's what Creative's "CMSS 3D" does. I'm sure the striker's got something similar.

eggyhustles · Apr 9, 2009

yeah i turned cmss2 on and it sounded 10x better...but stereo x2 sounds horrible..so does 6 ch direct..hopefully digital is alot better

eggyhustles · Apr 9, 2009

well i installed the ht omega striker..played around with all the settings in both analog and digital..couldn't get it to sound right :shadedshu

i put the audigy 2 back in..and while it does sound good the bass is lacking something serious..explosions in movies sound like their distorting at low volumes....here are the settings

it's hooked up via analog with 6 ch direct effect..

eggyhustles · Apr 12, 2009

i STILL can't get these to sound good. any help?

TheGuruStud · Apr 12, 2009

eggyhustles said:
i STILL can't get these to sound good. any help?

have you tried the modded drivers?

Darren · Apr 12, 2009

"..couldn't get it to sound right "

What is your definition of sounding right? what does that mean

Did you try Dolby Digital Live or DTS Interactive with the Striker via digital out?

eggyhustles · Apr 12, 2009

TheGuruStud said:
have you tried the modded drivers?

if those are the ones by daniel k,then yes..

Darren said:
"..couldn't get it to sound right "

What is your definition of sounding right? what does that mean

Did you try Dolby Digital Live or DTS Interactive with the Striker via digital out?

the sub bottoms out quickly. i tried all the options on the striker via analog and digital.

these are how the settings are looking now for the audigy.

VLC

In vlc if i were to select 5.1 i'd only hear vocals from the center channel and the other satellites would only play background noise..

Mussels · Apr 12, 2009

eggyhustles said:
In vlc if i were to select 5.1 i'd only hear vocals from the center channel and the other satellites would only play background noise..

Thats.... how it SHOULD sound?

eggyhustles · Apr 12, 2009

first 5.1 setup =x

Mussels · Apr 12, 2009

center gets vocals, sub gets bass, others others are used for music and positional sound.

Like if you have a movie with a car chase, you should hear the gunshots fire from behind you.
(if your speakers are setup wrong, it will totally destroy the surround sound effects)

DaveK · Apr 24, 2009

Bumpety. I'll be getting the Z-5500s soon, I will be plugging it to my future TV via TOS Link for my 360 and my cable box, but the cable box uses SCART but has it's own TOS Link connection, will I get 5.1 with the speakers connected to the TV and the cable box connected via SCART?

Also, I can choose which input to use, i.e have them connected to the TV via TOS Link and my PC via the 3 cables, so if I want to watch a movie on my PC can I just select the PC using the control panel thing?

TheGuruStud · Apr 24, 2009

DaveK said:
Bumpety. I'll be getting the Z-5500s soon, I will be plugging it to my future TV via TOS Link for my 360 and my cable box, but the cable box uses SCART but has it's own TOS Link connection, will I get 5.1 with the speakers connected to the TV and the cable box connected via SCART?

Also, I can choose which input to use, i.e have them connected to the TV via TOS Link and my PC via the 3 cables, so if I want to watch a movie on my PC can I just select the PC using the control panel thing?

You can use the remote or the control box itself to change w/e settings. If you have coaxial on the comp you could hook it up with that. Avoid analog all together

(not hatin on analog, the digital just seems to work better for me).

Mussels · Apr 25, 2009

my control pod died

digital inputs no longer work

DanishDevil · Apr 25, 2009

Aww poop!

Give Logitech a call and see what they can do.

Mussels · Apr 25, 2009

DanishDevil said:
Aww poop! Give Logitech a call and see what they can do.

i tried via email and just got a runaround. they want me to return it to the people i bought it off, but the people i bought it off have 'lost' the records of the sale so they wont let me return them.

DanishDevil · Apr 25, 2009

Lame! Maybe their customer support is different outside the US. I would be a little more assertive with Logitech

TheGuruStud · Apr 25, 2009

Tell them you're viking and you'll rape and pillage their headquarters!

Mussels · Apr 25, 2009

i got an email from them "we havent heard from you in a few days, if we dont hear another reply we'll close this support case" and i replied "You still havent answered my initial question, on how to go about replacing the faulty control pod directly with logitech"

lets see where i get with that.

TheGuruStud · Apr 25, 2009

Mussels said:
i got an email from them "we havent heard from you in a few days, if we dont hear another reply we'll close this support case" and i replied "You still havent answered my initial question, on how to go about replacing the faulty control pod directly with logitech"

lets see where i get with that.

You don't even have an old email in the trash bin you can resurrect and use it as proof for the dumb asses you bought them from? Just an idea...

Mussels · Apr 25, 2009

TheGuruStud said:
You don't even have an old email in the trash bin you can resurrect and use it as proof for the dumb asses you bought them from? Just an idea...

their email was a link to their login page

TheGuruStud · Apr 25, 2009

Mussels said:
their email was a link to their login page

Wow, that's very unprofessional. Sorry for your loss

DanishDevil · Apr 25, 2009

Man, I'm sorry to hear that. I'll try and think of something else you can do...

Glennicus · Apr 30, 2009

Configuring digital outpur for HT Omega Striker 7.1

This is an impressive post I stumbled upon while googling my problem.

I just purchased the Z-5500 as an upgrade for my HTPC, but I'm having some trouble setting up the optical connection. Essentially, I have all the hardware set up and ready to go, but the control center will not recognize an optical signal.

I'm using the HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card, and I'm certain that the problem is in configuring the sound card for digital output (I was using an analog connection with my old speakers), and I simply can't figure out how to make it work. I'd very much appreciate anyone who can walk me through configuring the sound card.

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