Logitech Z506 manufacturing error?

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

So I have my z506 speakers hooked up to my sound card but center/sub plays out of the rear speakers and vice versa. To fix this i had to switch the center/sub jack with the rear left and right jack. So instead of having black to black and orange to orange I have black to orange and orange to black. I know its not the sound card because I had it set up backwards at one point and had the front left and right speakers plugged into the center/sub jack and when i tested the center and sub speakers in my soundcards audio center they came out of those speakers, so i know the sound card is playing everything out of the proper jack. Does anyone else who own these speakers have it set up the same way? My guess is who ever made this particular set messed up the wiring which is why the two inputs are switched. All the speakers work 100% and I have no problems with (surround) sound or playback. All features work corectly too such as the 3D effect for stereo audio to playback on all speakers when only using stereo input, like with an ipod or before i bought my sound card.

[roguekiller23231]

1, make sure you wired the speaker to the right connection on the back of the sub.

2, make sure you have the 'rear' speakers set as 'side' speakers, because 5.1 setup has 2 front and 2 side speakers, not rear. if you have issues with no sound coming out of the back speakers, this is usually why, if you set them up as rear speakers then they will get no sound.

it does sound like you might have put the connections in the wrong place, as the sub is supposed to be on the same cable as the center speaker, and not the rear speaker.

you might have mixed the rear speakers up with the center and sub connection.

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

Everything is connected properly to the back of the sub I assure you. When I said I had everything connected backwards in my original post I ment to my sound card not the back of the sub. My sound card jacks are all gold and I didn't want to unplug everything to get my PC out to be able to read the actual lables so I did it wrong.

Originally posted by roguekiller23231:

make sure you have the 'rear' speakers set as 'side' speakers, because 5.1 setup has 2 front and 2 side speakers, not rear. if you have issues with no sound coming out of the back speakers, this is usually why, if you set them up as rear speakers then they will get no sound.

My speakers are 5.1 but I have it configed as 7.1 in my sound cards manager, so I can just plug into the rear jack and it will play that channel. I never said I wasn't getting sound out of my rear speakers anyway.

Originally posted by roguekiller23231:

it does sound like you might have put the connections in the wrong place, as the sub is supposed to be on the same cable as the center speaker, and not the rear speaker.

you might have mixed the rear speakers up with the center and sub connection.

Everything is on the right channel. When I test the speakers a voice will say "front left", "center", "subwoofer" etc. The weird thing is "center" plays from my rear left speaker and "subwoofer" from my rear right. When I test rear left it will come out of the center speaker and "rear right" makes a noise out out of my sub. To fix it I did exactly what you said.

From my sound card to sub it's connected like this:
Front(green)>>>front(green) and it plays from the front
Center/sub(black)>>>rear(orange) and it plays from the center/sub
Rear(orange)>>>center/sub(black) and it plays from the rear

I plugged the front speaker into every jack on my sound card and the voices came out of the right channels so I know it's not the sound card but the speakers that have that channels switched up. Not that its a big deal but still WTF?! How could they ♥♥♥♥ that up -_- Everything else works fine and it better stay that way. I wanna know if anyone with these speakers or any pair has had this happen to them

[Altureus]

I have the Xonar D2/PM Audio Card and this fixed my set up issues.

Try the following:

-Keep all of your connections on the subwoofer complete and try these listed connections on the sound card
-Plug the green speaker cable to the green slot (front out)
-Plug the black speaker cable to the orange slot (side surround)
-Plug the orange speaker cable to the white slot (center and subwoofer)
-Access the Xonar audio center software, then select 7.1 speakers.

Test it out then see if it works for you.

I hope this helps. :)

[UberFiend]

I find it's the software the $#@!'s-up the channels.

Haven't found a definitive fix yet, reinstalling sometimes works & sometimes stays the same.

But that's where I would be looking.

Nvidia/AMD HD Audio driver can often conflict too & is best disabled in Device Manager.

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

Originally posted by Altureus:

Try the following:

-Keep all of your connections on the subwoofer complete and try these listed connections on the sound card
-Plug the green speaker cable to the green slot (front out)
-Plug the black speaker cable to the orange slot (side surround)
-Plug the orange speaker cable to the white slot (center and subwoofer)
-Access the Xonar audio center software, then select 7.1 speakers.

Thats exactly how I have it except the other way around. ( I have it switched on the back of the sub instead of the sound card)

Originally posted by UberFiend:

I find it's the software the $#@!'s-up the channels.

The thing is I KNOW it's not the sound card/software because i tested each channel with the front speakers (since i knew they were wired correctly) and the correct voice plays out of the correct channel. so when i plug the green into orange on my sound card i will hear "rear left" and "rear right" out of my front speakers. Same with side and center/sub.

[UberFiend]

They're 5.1, what do you hope to gain by running 7.1, have you tried them @ 5.1?

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

The way my room is setup the only place i can put the surround speakers is behind me so it wouldn't make sense to have it in 5.1 and yes i have, same thing except i dont get sound out of rear becuase 5.1 doesnt have rear which is why i run in 7.1. the ponit is i have to connect black to orange and orange to black to get everything playing out of the proper speakers and its NOT the sound card because i tested each channel with the same 2 speakers and get the proper output for that channel.

[SogoiiChanss]

Originally posted by {DW}Mec-aniX:

The way my room is setup the only place i can put the surround speakers is behind me so it wouldn't make sense to have it in 5.1 and yes i have, same thing except i dont get sound out of rear becuase 5.1 doesnt have rear which is why i run in 7.1. the ponit is i have to connect black to orange and orange to black to get everything playing out of the proper speakers and its NOT the sound card because i tested each channel with the same 2 speakers and get the proper output for that channel.

SO yea... it is a Logitech bad wiring .... in 2020 got the same speakers, also had to install Realtek because even my SoundBlaster is having the same issue, this is super weird maybe Newer Motherboards don't have this issue Probrabbly using Optical or HDMI, but i have the same issue with these specific speakers with a 2014 motherboard MSI z97 Gaming 5, I'm thinking newer or more advance Receiver don't have this issue, cause they use HDMI or Optical but yeaa for anyone else having this specific problem follow try (Altureus and {DW}Mec]-[aniX first post)

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

Originally posted by SogoiiChanss:

Originally posted by {DW}Mec-aniX:

The way my room is setup the only place i can put the surround speakers is behind me so it wouldn't make sense to have it in 5.1 and yes i have, same thing except i dont get sound out of rear becuase 5.1 doesnt have rear which is why i run in 7.1. the ponit is i have to connect black to orange and orange to black to get everything playing out of the proper speakers and its NOT the sound card because i tested each channel with the same 2 speakers and get the proper output for that channel.

SO yea... it is a Logitech bad wiring .... in 2020 got the same speakers, also had to install Realtek because even my SoundBlaster is having the same issue, this is super weird maybe Newer Motherboards don't have this issue Probrabbly using Optical or HDMI, but i have the same issue with these specific speakers with a 2014 motherboard MSI z97 Gaming 5, I'm thinking newer or more advance Receiver don't have this issue, cause they use HDMI or Optical but yeaa for anyone else having this specific problem follow try (Altureus and {DW}Mec]-[aniX first post) [/quote]

damn 6 years later and they still can't wire it correctly. Well thanks for the reply good to know it wasn't just me going crazy.

To summarise what this post is about:
Some (or all?) Logitech z506 speakers are wired incorrectly internally, causing center/sub channels and rear left/right channels to play out of the incorrect speakers when connected to your sound card correctly. To fix this swap the inputs for those channels at the back the sub or at your sound card output.

Taken from an earlier post this is what it should look like from your sound card to the speakers:

Front(green)>>>front(green)
Center/sub(black)>>>rear(orange)
Rear(orange)>>>center/sub(black)

[{DW}Mec]-[aniX]

and steam keeps posting my whole post as part of someone else's for some reason