All Software Included, Continued
The DVD disc player setup tabs. Here you can see the audio choices. Note that I was unable to get any sound from the built-in S/ PDIF output. I tested it exhaustively with the Creative Inspire 5700, in addition to its sibling 5300, but it would not produce any sound from this output. I had, however, no other system to test it with, so it may be that the output format does not work with the 5700. Furthermore, I had problems with analog 5.1 sound, as I could get only two-channel (and quasi four-channel) audio, even with a SoundBlaster Live 5.1. The PowerDVD 4 six-channel version worked with both the SoundBlaster and the integrated AC97 hardware. The only true 5.1 sound I could get with the Radeon DVD player was with the 'Decode and down-mix to two channels,' and output in Dolby Prologic modes. This gave me true 5.1 with the SoundBlaster only, though. I think all these audio problems are related, and that my AIW7500 is likely faulty. Either I have not been careful enough with minimizing static electricity, or I have had incredibly bad luck to get two faulty components in one shipment.
