Your External Audigy Drive; Adjusting Headphones Volume And Microphone Gain - Creative Platinum eX User Manual

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Your External
Audigy Drive
• To connect your existing
computer headphones and
microphone to the external
Audigy Drive, use a 3.5 mm
minijack to ¼" jack adapter.
• Set the gain level of the Mic In
2 jack to the minimum before
connecting or turning on a
microphone, especially if you
are using headphones.
The front panel of your external Audigy Drive has these jacks, connectors and controls:
Optical SPDIF In/Out connectors
Connects to digital audio devices such as
DAT and MiniDisc recorders, via optical input/
output.
RCA SPDIF In/Out jacks
Connects to digital audio
devices such as DAT and
MiniDisc recorders, via RCA
input/output.
¼" Headphones jack
Connects to a pair of high-quality
headphones.
Headphones Volume control knob
Controls the headphones output volume. See
"Adjusting Headphones Volume and
Microphone Gain" on page 1-6.
¼" Line In 2/Mic In 2 jack
Connects to high-quality dynamic
microphones or audio devices such as
electric guitars and DAT or MiniDisc players.
Figure 1-3: Jacks, connectors and controls on the external Audigy Drive.
RCA Auxiliary In jacks
Connects to consumer equipment such as VCRs, TVs
and CD players, via RCA Auxiliary outputs.
Infrared Receiver
Lets you control your computer using the IR
remote control.
MIDI In/Out connectors
Connects to MIDI devices using the
Mini DIN-to-Standard DIN adapter
provided.
Line In 2/Mic In 2 selector knob(Microphone
Gain Control)
To switch to Line In 2, turn the knob counter
clockwise over the Line In 2/Mic In 2 separator mark
until you hear a "click" sound. To switch back to Mic
In 2, turn the knob clockwise over the separator
mark until you hear a "click" sound. To control the
microphone gain, continue to turn clockwise. See
"Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone
Gain" on page 1-6.
Line In 2/Mic In 2
separator mark
About the Sound Blaster Audigy Card and external Audigy Drive 1-5
SB1394 connector
Connects to IEEE1394
compatible devices.

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