You just purchased that niffty set of digital speakers, USB speakers, thus they are not connected to a sound card. OK, I give up. How do you get CD audio sound through them? To play CD sound through USB speakers:
the CD-ROM drive must support digital playback
you need to enable digital CD audio
If your system fulfills these requirements, here's how:
Open the Device Manager
Expand DVD/CD-ROM Drives branch
Right-click CD-ROM drive and choose Properties
Click the Properties tab
On the Properties page, select the option Enable Digital CD Audio For This CD-ROM Device
Adjust the volume
Close the Properties sheet
If the CD-ROM drive doesn't support digital CD audio, you'll have to connect the drive to a sound card to play audio CDs.
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