Connecting External Speakers - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX User Manual

Connecting
External
Speakers
For discrete 7-channel
amplifiers or systems, use a
3.5 mm (stereo) Audio/
Video-to-RCA cable (not
included) to connect Line Out
3 to available center,
subwoofer and rear center
channels.
For connection to Center and
Subwoofer channels using a
3.5 mm (stereo)-to-RCA
cable or 3.5 mm (stereo)
Audio/Video-to-RCA cable
(not included), connect the
white RCA jack to the center
input, and the red RCA jack
to the Subwoofer input.
If you have a 5.1 or 6.1 channel speaker system, you can "upmix" your stereo
sources (such as MP3, WMA, MIDI and Wave) to 6.1 channels by using the Creative
MultiSpeaker Surround (CMSS) technology. To upmix, you need to enable the CMSS
feature in EAX Console. Refer to the EAX Console online Help.
Surround amplifier or speaker
system with analog 5.1 inputs
3.5 mm (mono)-to-
RCA digital cable
Dolby Digital
Decoder/Amplifer
Figure 2-9: Connecting external consumer electronic
devices to the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX.
Line Out 1 (Analog)
Line Out 2 (Analog)
Line Out 3 (Analog)
For 5.1-channel systems, Line Out 1, 2 and 3
require a standard 3-pole mini plug. For 6.1-
channel systems, Line Out 3 requires a 3.5mm
stereo Audio/Video plug-to-RCA jack for output
of center, subwoofer and rear-center signals.
Right
channel,
Left
channel
for two-
channel
output
Installing Hardware
Subwoofer,
Center and
Rear
Center for
three-
channel
output
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