Unlike stereo stream that carries only two audio channels, Dolby delivers a lot more realism to your living room. It has five separate audio channels encoded into one WAV or WMA stream delivered to five speakers and one sub-woofer.

Using the Surround Sound Mixer

All audio channels in Surround Sound have a set of similar controls that you will find in the stereo configuration of this panel, plus a few more specific controls.

• Six-channel VU Meter Front Left, Front Right, Center, Sub-woofer, Surround Left, Surround Right.
• Center controls the amount of output sound from the center speaker.
• Sub-woofer controls the amount of low-frequency sound output.
  
  Tip: Sub-woofer sound is less directional than sound output from the satellite speakers. Therefore, you can put it anywhere in the room after some experimenting. Each living space has its own acoustics so there are no fixed rules.

To use the Surround Sound mode

1. Click Enable/Disable 5.1 Surround in the Toolbar. Select Music Track in the Options Panel.
   

   Tip: To check if the 5.1 Surround is disabled, click Audio View in the Toolbar.

2. Click Play in the Options Panel.
3. Click the music note symbol in the center of the Surround Sound Mixer. This time, drag it to any of the six channels depending on your sound position preference.
4. Drag the Volume, Center and Sub-woofer to adjust sound controls of your audio.
   

   Tip: You can also adjust the sound position preference of your tracks in Video, Overlay and Voice . To do this, click your preferred track button and repeat steps 3 to 4.