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CHAPTER 8 ---- Hardware Installation
to the audio channel, not necessarily the SCSI data channel. The soundboard may
have only an 8-bit SCSI interface on it.)
No matter which category your soundboard falls into, you will find that the best source
of information about installing the soundboard in your computer is your soundboard's
manual. Once you have successfully installed your soundboard in your computer,
you can continue to the next section, which describes the different cable connections
that need to be made.
Audio Cables
There is nothing more frustrating for our tech support staff than to encounter customers
who have done a beautiful job installing their CD-ROM drive and soundboard, but
can't make the two ''talk'' to one another for want of a measly audio cable. In the past,
we did not include an audio cable with the 6PleX drive. Why? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT KIND OF SOUNDBOARD YOU PLANNED TO USE. There are
dozens of soundboards on the market, and it seems that each of them uses a different
audio connector. To date, a ''standard'' has yet to be determined.
We now include two audio cables with your internal CD-ROM drive and one cable
with your external drive. This is as close as we can get to a standard at this time. One
cable delivered with your internal drive is MPC compliant and the other has connec-
tors designed for use with Sound Blaster sound cards. The cable delivered with your
external drive has two RCA type color coded connectors at one end which connect
to your drive and a single stereo mini-jack at the other end that plugs into the line-in
receptacle on your soundboard (at the back of your computer).
If you purchased an internal drive and you have a sound card other than Sound Blaster
that is not MPC compliant, you will have to purchase a different audio cable from a
computer supply store. We can help by recommending several vendors (see listing,
p. 65) who offer audio cables, and can get them to you quickly at a reasonable price.
Call our Technical Support Department directly at 800-886-3935.
Please see next page for diagrams illustrating the cable connections.
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