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Page 1: Getting Started
Getting Started ®... - Page 2 Creative (and, to the extent applicable, its licensors), to the user in connection with normal use of the Software. Creative retains all title to and ownership of the Software and reserves all rights not expressly granted to you.
- Page 3 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
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Page 4: Safety Information
CSA/TUV/UL certified/listed IBM AT or compatible According to the FCC96 208 and ET95-19 personal computers in the manufacturer’s defined operator Name: Creative Labs Inc. access area. Check the equipment operating/installation manual and/or with the equipment manufacturer to verify/confirm if Address: 1901 McCarthy Boulevard your equipment is suitable for user-installed application cards. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction ....................... v Checking System Requirements ..............vi Before You Begin..................... vi Using This Guide................. vi Getting More Information..............vi Document Conventions............... vi Knowing and Installing Your Cards On the Audio Cards ..................1-1 To install the cards and related peripherals...........1-2 Installing Software in Windows 95/98 Setting Up the Audio Drivers................2-1 Installing the Applications................2-3... - Page 6 Problems in Windows NT 4.0 ..............D-4 Problems with Encore DVD Player .............D-4 Technical Support Inside Europe....................E-2 Through CompuServe................... E-2 By Fax......................E-2 If You Have a Problem.................. E-2 Returning a product for repair............E-3 Limited Warranty ..................E-3 Creative Technical Services...
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Page 7: Introduction
— the first in the Environmental Audio family of audio cards combining the best of multi-speaker and from Creative. Sound Blaster Live! is the psycho-acoustic 3D audio. ultimate platform for the Environmental DynaRAM Audio experience. At the heart of Sound Creative’s new patent-pending... -
Page 8: Checking System Requirements
Document Conventions Checking System Requirements Using This Guide For Creative software, your cards require at Chapter 1 shows you how to install the audio least: cards into your computer. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss the installation procedures of the ®... - Page 9 Tabs Check box (selected) Option buttons Check box Up/Down (cleared) buttons Text box List box Drop-down list box Figure i: Interface naming conventions.
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Page 10: Knowing And Installing Your Cards
Connects to an I S source such as the Digital Out connector of the Telephone Answering Device connector Creative MPEG2 decoder card Provides a mono connection from a standard voice modem, and transmits microphone signals to the modem. CD SPDIF connector... -
Page 11: To Install The Cards And Related Peripherals
Note: Jacks are one-hole connecting interfaces whereas connectors consist of many pairs of pins. Some connectors here may not be available on your card. Refer to the online User’s Guide, “Hardware Information”, for details on connector pin assignments. Line Out and Rear Out jacks can be used simultaneously to power 4.1 channel speaker systems, for example, PCWorks FourPointSurround from Cambridge SoundWorks. - Page 12 6. Align the main card with the vacant PCI 1-4. Figure 1-5 shows the recommended expansion slot. Press the card gently and positions of a 4-speaker configuration. evenly into the slot as shown. Ensure that For a list of other possible configurations, the card sits firmly inside the PCI see Table 1-1.
- Page 13 Volume control (green) Line Out Rear Out (black) FRONT REAR BASS LEFT RIGHT LEVEL AUDIO CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS FRONT REAR NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS USA INPUTS FRONT REAR LEFT LEFT Rear left SPEAKERS FRONT REAR Front left RIGHT RIGHT Rear right 12V DC IN POWER Front right ON/OFF...
- Page 14 Table 1-1: Recommended connection to Line Out and Rear Out jacks. Configuration Connect To Surround 4.1 powered speakers (for example, PCWorks Line Out and Rear Out Sound and FourPointSurround) 3D Audio 2 pairs of powered speakers Line Out and Rear Out Stereo 1 pair of powered speakers Line Out...
- Page 15 Digital Desktop Theater 7.1 External digital device Digital In Out Digital I/O card CD-ROM drive Digital I/O Digital cablek SPDIF RCA cables SPDIF MIDI cable MIDI MIDI Out MIDI cable adapter Cassette and CD player, CD Audio cable Line-out Synthesizer, etc. Line In Mic In CD Audio...
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Page 16: Installing Software In Windows 95/98
Installing Software in Windows 95/98 This chapter shows you how to install the If a message similar to Figure 2-1 appears, audio software in Windows 95/98 after just take note of it and wait for the next installing your card. It consists of the message. - Page 17 If the Insert Disk dialog box or a dialog 1. Click the Other Locations button. box similar to Figure 2-3 appears: 2. At the Select Other Locations dialog 1. Insert the installation CD into your box, click the Browse button and CD-ROM drive and select the drive.
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Page 18: Installing The Applications
Congratulations! You have successfully 1. Bring your pointer to the top of the screen installed Sound Blaster Live! To enhance your to display Creative Launcher, then click experience, it is highly recommended that you the Audio HQ tab, followed by the run these programs: Speaker icon. -
Page 19: Uninstalling The Applications
3. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties Uninstalling the dialog box, select Sound Blaster Live!, and then click the Add/Remove button. Applications 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to The Windows Uninstall feature allows you to uninstall. cleanly remove applications and to reinstall them in order to correct problems, change Reinstalling the Audio configurations, or make version upgrades. -
Page 20: Installing Software In Windows Nt 4.0
Installing Software in Windows NT 4.0 This chapter shows you how to install the 2. At the AutoPlay screen, click the SB Live! audio software in Windows NT 4.0 after Tour button. installing your card. It consists of the Every bundled application provides online following sections: help to guide you along when you use it. -
Page 21: Removing Unused Sound Blaster Drivers
Removing Unused Sound Blaster Drivers You may want to remove unused Sound Blaster ISA and PCI audio drivers after you have removed the cards from your computer. To remove the drivers, use the procedure in the previous section, “Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc”. -
Page 22: A General Specifications
General Specifications This section lists the specifications of your AC ’97 Codec Mixer audio cards. Mixes EMU10K1 audio sources and analog sources such as CD Audio, Line In, Microphone, Auxiliary, TAD and PC Features Speaker Selectable input source or mixing of PCI Bus Mastering various audio sources for recording PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant... -
Page 23: Connectivity
Creative Multi Speaker Surround Audio Outputs (CMSS Two line-level analog outputs via stereo Multi-speaker technology jacks on rear bracket, Front and Rear Line-Outs Professional-quality panning and mixing algorithm Stereo headphone (32-ohm load) support on Front Line-Out Independent multiple sound sources can... -
Page 24: Sb16 Emulation In Ms-Dos/ Windows 95/98 Background
SB16 Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98 This appendix is organized as follows: incompatible with Windows 95/98, or there is insufficient system resources to Background play the game with Windows 95/98 Understanding the Installation Program in loaded. In such cases, use the MS-DOS Windows 95/98 mode, in which only the real-mode Understanding the System Resource... -
Page 25: The Autoexec.bat File Settings
AUTOEXEC.BAT The CONFIG.SYS File Settings SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SB The installation program adds the following EINIT.COM statements to the CONFIG.SYS file: The first two statements set up the DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS environment variables for your audio card. -
Page 26: Input/Output (I/O) Addresses
Input/Output (I/O) Direct Memory Access Addresses (DMA) Channel I/O addresses are communication areas used A DMA channel is a data channel that a by your computer’s central processor to device uses to transfer data directly to and distinguish among various peripheral devices from the system memory. -
Page 27: Blaster Environment Variable
3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab. 4. Double-click Creative Miscellaneous Selecting the Best Audio Devices, and then double-click Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation. Options in a Game 5. Click the Resouces tab. Most MS-DOS–based games that provide You can use the information in the resource sound have some procedure for audio setup. -
Page 28: Ms-Dos Mode Utilities
MS-DOS Mode Utilities SBECFG.EXE Resources tabbed page of the Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation Properties dialog box. The SB Live! card includes a few MS-DOS utilities. These utilities require the SB Live! There are games that offer MPU-401/Roland DOS driver to be loaded. - Page 29 To set values in the command An example of an command is SBEMIXER SBEMIXER line: SBEMIXER /S:64 /W:120 /C:50 /M:0 At the DOS prompt, type the which corresponds to “set the synth volume to SBEMIXER command in a single line. Its syntax is: 64, the Wave volume to 120, the CD audio volume to 50, and turn off the Synth [/S:x] [/W:x] [/C:x] [/M:x] [/?]...
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Page 30: C Changing Audio Card Settings
Device Manager tab. example, when you do not have enough IRQ 4. Double-click Sound, Video And Game lines. Controllers, and then select Creative Gameport Joystick. This appendix is organized as follows: 5. Click the Properties button. Enabling/Disabling Gameport Joystick Interface 6. -
Page 31: Enabling/Disabling Other Features
Enabling/Disabling Other from the Sound Blaster menu Features • Click the Start button on the taskbar, point to Programs, point to Creative, point to In Windows 95/98 and Windows Sound Blaster Live!, and then click AudioHQ. NT 4.0 Check out the applets within the Use the applets under Creative AudioHQ to AudioHQ window. -
Page 32: Troubleshooting
1. Double-click the My Computer icon on applet. your Windows desktop. 2. In the My Computer window, right-click Display Creative Launcher. It is found at the CD-ROM drive icon. the top or bottom of your screen (you may 3. On the shortcut menu, click AutoPlay and have to bring your pointer to the edge of follow the instructions on the screen. -
Page 33: Insufficient Soundfont Cache
SoundFont Control applet, move the The speakers’ volume control knob, if SoundFont Cache slider to the right. any, is set at mid-range. Use Creative The amount of SoundFont cache you can Mixer to adjust the volume, if necessary. allocate depends on the system RAM available. -
Page 34: Problems With Joystick
If there is still insufficient system RAM Resolving I/O Conflicts available: • On the Configure Banks tabbed page of Conflicts between your audio card and the SoundFont Control applet, select a another peripheral device may occur if your smaller SoundFont bank from the Select card and the other device are set to use the Bank box. -
Page 35: Problems In Dos
• Audio for Creative SB Live! Problems in DOS • MIDI for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative S/W Synth The system stops responding during 5. Click the OK button to close the dialog voice output. box. The drivers are removed. -
Page 36: E Technical Support
Creative. Error message on the screen and how it Before contacting ‘Creative Technical came about. Services’, please ensure that you have read Information on the adapter card that Appendix D, ‘Troubleshooting’. -
Page 37: Inside Europe
You will be part of an interactive If you find that you have a problem with your community of Creative’s product users. Creative product and believe that it needs to be Here you can share experiences and ideas repaired or replaced, you should verify the and also seek solutions to problems. -
Page 38: Returning A Product For Repair
More than 30 days since date of To avoid tariffs when shipping a product to Creative Labs from outside the E.U., you must purchase complete the relevant customs documentation First contact European Technical Support (see before shipping the product (please allow 30 Creative Technical Services section for days). - Page 39 Note: This warranty gives you specific accident, abuse, misuse, alterations (by legal rights. You may have other rights persons other than Creative or its authorized which vary from country to country. Certain repair agents), moisture, corrosive limitations in this warranty are not...
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Page 40: Creative Technical Services
Creative Technical Services CREATIVE LABS (IRELAND) LTD., Technical Support Department, Ballycoolin Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland. Belgium United Kingdom :+44 1189 344 744 :+32 (02) 7171 198 Germany and Eastern Europe Denmark :+45 3525 9498 :+49 89 957 9081... - Page 41 Met AutoFax kunt u productinformatie en technische informatie opvragen via de fax. Gebruik hiervoor in Europa het volgende nummer: +353 1 8203667. Bij de CompuServe prompt, Type Go Blaster en druk op <Enter>. Internet To receive technical support via the Internet, please e-mail: support@CREATIVE-LABS.CO.UK Web Site http://www.cle.creaf.com ftp.cle.creaf.com...
- Page 42 EU. This Agreement is the entire agreement between us, and you WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, agree that Creative will not have any liability for any untrue statement or QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. representation made by it, its agents or anyone else (whether innocently...
- Page 43 Figure 2 : SB Live! connectivity to legacy speaker system © Copyright 1998. Creative Technology Ltd. Sound Blaster is a registered trademark and Sound Blaster Live! logo, Sound Blaster Live!, Environmental Audio are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. SoundWorks is a registered trademark and PCWorks and MicroWorks are...
- Page 44 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION GUIDE • Upgrade you Speakers! If you already own a speaker system, it is highly recommended to add on more speakers for a multiple speaker system to enjoy the best Environmental Audio experience. Existing Speaker System Upgrade Option What You’ll Get Cool Environmental Audio experience PCWorks™...
- Page 45 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION GUIDE Recommended connection guide for Sound Blaster Live! with PC-DVD Encore DXR2 CD-ROM (Optional) PC-DVD Digital Analog Digital Analog MPC-to-MPC (2-pin) Audio Cable MPC-to-MPC (4-pin) Audio Cable Pc-Spk LINE IN Mic_Conn CA MBRIDGE CA MBRIDGE CD_IN AUX_IN I2S_IN CD_SPDIF SOUNDWORK S SOUNDWORK S...