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When Full-range is enabled, the speaker icons are enlarged to represent the change.
Finally, Virtual Sound is an option created to send a stereo signal with positioning data
to a Matrix decoder to simulate
surround over a stereo signal.
Quadraphonic and above will have similar options for Full Range: the checkboxes for
“Front Left and Right” and “Surround Speakers,” which controls the satellites.
Under Quadraphonic, there is an
option labeled “Speaker Fill.” This
feature uses an algorithm to manipulate
a stereo audio source to create a virtual
surround effect using additional
speakers.
5.1 and 7.1 add more options. “Speaker
Fill” carries over from Quadraphonic,
but also includes “Swap Center /
Subwoofer Output” and “Enable Base
Management.”
Speaker Fill is still a virtual surround
sound emulation feature for stereo
audio sources, but not a true surround.
Swap Center / Subwoofer output is an
option because the Realtek controller
shares the subwoofer port with the front (stereo) speakers on the rear panel audio. As
the tooltip notes, if low frequencies are not playing on the subwoofer, you must enable
this setting. Also, most surround speaker sets use both the front pair and subwoofer on
the same channel and voice speaker on a separate channel; in some instances, this is
