Using The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card - HP Getting Getting Started Manual

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For additional
information on
connecting the
speakers, refer to the
documentation that
came with your
speakers.
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HP Media Center PC Getting Started Guide

Using the Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Sound Card

This section provides an overview of connecting to,
configuring, and recording with the Creative Sound
Blaster X-Fi sound card.
Connecting the speakers
Connector
AD-Link for AD_Link X-Fi I/O Console (the X-Fi Console is sold separately)
Line Out_3 (orange or yellow)
5.1 audio setup: Front center, subwoofer
_3
6.1 audio setup: Front center, subwoofer, and rear center
7.1 audio setup: Front center, subwoofer, and side left
Line Out_2 (black)
4.1, 5.1, 6.1 audio setup: Rear left and right
_2
7.1 audio setup: Rear left, rear right, and side right
Line Out_1 (lime green)
2/2.1 audio setup: Front left and right
_1
FlexiJack (white) for Line-In, Microphone, Digital In/Out
The FlexiJack supports three functions. You must select the function in the Creative
Console Launcher. See "Configuring the FlexiJack connector" on page 58.
To connect the X-Fi Sound card to your speakers:
1
Use the audio connection table to connect
your audio system to the sound card.
2
Turn on the PC.
3
Plug in and turn on the speaker system power.
Description
After connecting the speaker system to the sound
card, follow the steps in Configuring the sound card
software section to configure the speaker settings in
the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi software.