Hiii!
I just got a new Mac and gave up the Lenovo and Im trying to get my Logitech 350 (5.1) speakers working on my new Macbook, but only 2 speakers are working!
I cant find the driver for my trust soundcard for Mac, or the driver for the speakers for Mac either!
Please help!! How can I get all 5 speakers working on the Mac??
Thanks!
V
Mac Pro, iOS 5.0.1
Apple's DVD player is 5.1 aware only for dvd soundtracks that use DTS sound. Before I give you the wrong advise in terms of cables, do you have a Macbook, MacBook Pro, or Mac Pro? The first is a consumer notebook, discontinued July 20, 2011, the second is the professional notebook, and the third a desktop tower Mac.
Hey there,
thanks for your reply. I just bought a Macbook Pro, 13'' 2.4 GHz...
The problem is that I was using the Logitech X350 (5.1) speakers before on my Lenovo, and it always worked with the drivers, but right now on my mac only two speakers (and sub woofer) are working...I'm trying to find a way to get all the speakers working. Let me know what u think (Im 24 hour old to a Mac so quiet uneducated about it right now)
Check with Logitech whether your speakers have digital input such as found on speakers designed for DVD players, SPDIF digital input, Toslink digital input, or just 3 channel input. If the latter, you'll need a Griffin Firewave (now discontinued) to get 5.1 audio out of it from a Mac. Otherwise the Mac uses a mini-Toslink connector to connect to any of the aforementioned digital input connectors.
Note, unless the audio file was recorded in more than 2 channels, it will only come out in two speakers.
Thanks for your answer again, I checked it out with the Logitech website and this is the Manual for the speakers. It appears that it has a 3 channel input (but Im not sure) you can check out the diagram here
What do you think I should do in this case?? (as you mentioned that Griffen Firewave is discontinued)
Please clarify, thanks!
The link you found was for the x530, not the x350. Which one do you have?
On my MBO early 2011 there is an application Audio MIDI setup.app
Perhaps you can use that to test your setup.
Hey, no where on the website of Logitech is the X350 info available but my set looks exactly like the one on the link (X530)...may be there is some confusion, but Im absolutely sure that this is what my set looks like...so Im going with the X530 specifications..
To be sure e-mail or call Logitech support. Cause the models may be different.
Hey, I checked it out, its a X530...sorry, my bad
Those speakers can only be used with the Griffin Firewave. If you can't find one in a place like CraigsList or eBay, you probably best sell those speakers and get the Logitech Z-680 or similar speakers that have SPDIF or Toslink input.
I will try to see if I can get my hands on the Griffin Firewave...
I have another question, which might make my life easier...since I have the Apple TV, it may be a good idea to plug my speakers with my Flat sceen TV (cus I can use youtube)
Do you know how to plug the X530 speakers to the TV?
thanks
The AppleTV if it supports more than 2 channel sound it will only be digital. Apple has never included support for analog 3 or more channel sound. It only has included it on devices with digital theatre surround sound. So plugging them in an analog output port on a TV might be fine if you have multi channel TV programs, but it would have to support the same PC analog soundcard technology.
Im trying to get my Logitech 350 (5.1) speakers working on my new Macbook, but only 2 speakers are working! Please Help!!!
