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

Connecting
Speakers
Systems
For discrete 7-channel amplifiers
or systems, use a 3.5 mm
(stereo) Audio/Video-to-RCA
cable (available separately) 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 (available
separately), 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 Creative EAX console. Refer to the EAX
ADVANCED HD online Help.
Surround amplifier or speaker
system with analog 5.1 inputs
Rear Center connectors for
use in 6.1-channel systems
only
3.5 mm (mono)-to-3.5
mm (mono) digital cable
Dolby Digital
Decoder/Amplifier
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 2-11
Subwoofer,
Center and
Rear
Center for
three-
channel
output