I'm just thinking aloud, but if any light bulbs come on over any heads, let me know.
(Without question, the plug to the F_Audio is the correct way round, and the rear set are hard-wired to the mother board)
The new 3.5mm USB device goes. It also pulls up the Realtek menu!
But still, the front is confused with back when the menu activates!!
In, (plug pushed in) is confused with out!!!
Stereo mode doesn't go,
but Quad and 7.1 does. On test, it misses out the two front speakers or more, but gives a blast on the rear two!!!!
That's about as back to front as this system could get.
There are a several large transistors near the sound output...easily big enough to drive small speakers. There are also several hefty chokes and close sizable electrolytic capacitors. Very audio-ish.
Something has to be blindingly obvious...right there in front of my eyes. I can't see into the 3.5 mm plugs to check the connections. I've tried with a watchmaker's loop, but it's inconclusive. They are encased, so can't see behind.
Surely, the prime plug (Green) has to be stereo output: Case + two connections, having worked in the past. But are the others all Case + one pin? ie a plug for each speaker. Alternatively, do some setups use a stereo plug out, but only one side when a single speaker is connected and two when two are connected?
I think this would go if I could reason out what's it is thinking.
