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Thread ID: 79951 2007-06-06 22:48:00 Right side of the Zalman headphones needs a bump! oldmanyoung (12376) Press F1
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556761 2007-06-06 22:48:00 Hi...

I have these Zalman 5.1 headphones. Recently it's giving me a strange problem. Whenever i open a movie, a music file or play my XBox 360, the sound only comes from the left side of the headphones. To make the headphones work properly again, i have use a software called THX Setup which came with my Audigy 2 card. This software tests your speakers. Once i test the speakers, the sound starts coming from the right side of the speakers.

What is at fault? The sound card or the headphones? Because when i test my speakers with the THX software, it works properly anytime. Hope someone can help me out here and hopefully offer a solution.

P.S- I have tried reinstalling the audio drives, cleaning my sound and headphones. Nothing has worked.
oldmanyoung (12376)
556762 2007-06-07 00:01:00 So as well as the right side not working on your pc, it doesn't work on your XBox as well? Have I got that right? mejobloggs (264)
556763 2007-06-07 00:03:00 The Xbox 360 is connected to my sound card. oldmanyoung (12376)
556764 2007-06-07 00:50:00 Tried updating the drivers rather than just re-installing them? Agent_24 (57)
556765 2007-06-07 02:49:00 Easiest way to test if it's the system or the headphones, is to plug it into another system and see if both sides are going.

And for an Audigy 2, here is a link for the latest (i believe) drivers.

au.creative.com

Err... that's long. And I just assumed you are on Win XP.

Another thing could be to check that you do have the sound set on 5.1
mejobloggs (264)
556766 2007-06-07 09:59:00 Tried updating the drivers rather than just re-installing them?

Yup, i am using the latest drivers. Everything used to work fine until a few days ago.


Easiest way to test if it's the system or the headphones, is to plug it into another system and see if both sides are going.

And for an Audigy 2, here is a link for the latest (i believe) drivers.

au.creative.com

Err... that's long. And I just assumed you are on Win XP.

Another thing could be to check that you do have the sound set on 5.1

I have the sound set on 5.1 and the THX software does check all the five speakers present in the headphones.

I would check on another computer but my other computers are pretty crap and doesn't have a audigy or higher sound card. And since these Zalman headphones have 3 jacks for front, center and rear, i would not be able to fully check the headphones as the 5.1 won't work.
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