Creative SB0060 - Sound Blaster Live User Manual page 18

The SPDIF In jack on the Digital I/O
card does not support Dolby Digital
(AC-3 compressed SPDIF) formats.
Therefore, do not connect it to the
AC-3 SPDIF Output of your Encore
Dxr2 card or consumer DVD player;
otherwise, you might not get any
sound.
If you are playing games in Windows
95/98 MS-DOS mode (that is, pure
DOS mode), you must:
• Make sure the CD In connector
and the Analog Audio connector
of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive are connected.
• In addition, if you get distorted
audio, do not connect the CD
SPDIF connector to the Digital
Audio connector of the CD-
ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
If you connect to the Digital Audio
and Analog Audio connectors of the
same CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive,
make sure in Surround Mixer, you do
not unmute CD Audio and CD
Digital at the same time.
1-6 Knowing and Installing Your Cards
Thru Out
MIDI device
In
MIDI device
Cassette and CD player,
Line-out
Synthesizer, etc.
Microphone
To analog output of
FourPointSurround
speakers.
GamePad
Figure 1-5: Connecting other devices.
Digital
In Out
RCA cables
MIDI cables
CD-ROM drive
DVD-ROM drive
MPC-to-MPC (4-pin)
MPC-to-MPC (2-pin) audio cable
audio cable
Line In
Mic In
Line Out
Rear Out
Joystick/MIDI
Sound Blaster Live! card
External digital device
Digital
Multi-speaker system*
DIN
Digital I/O card
Digital
Digital I/O
DIN
cable
SPDIF
In
SPDIF
Out
MIDI In
MIDI Out
MIDI cable adapters
CD SPDIF
CD Audio
connector connector
Audio Extension
(Digital I/O) connector
*e.g., FourPointSurround or Desktop
Theater Digital Speaker Systems