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Live! Drive IR Quick Start
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Introduction
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1
System Requirements .................................................................................................. 2
Your Live! Drive IR ..................................................................................................... 3
Installing Hardware ..................................................................................................... 7
Using Your Live! Drive IR ........................................................................................ 11
Installing Software..................................................................................................... 14
Using the RemoteCenter Remote Control................................................................. 15
General Specifications............................................................................................... 16
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 17
Connect Live! Drive IR to your Sound Blaster Live! audio card to get the best audio solution
available for your music, digital audio content creation, games, movies and other Internet
entertainment. The Live! Drive IR has a front panel, which allows you to connect commonly
used audio sources to external devices easily. It conveniently allows you to plug in your
microphone and headphones, and adjust the gain/volume from the front panel. Live! Drive IR
also provides MIDI, as well as, digital input and output connectors for your audio recording
and content authoring purposes. The infrared receiver on the Live! Drive IR lets you control
your PC and perform tasks (such as playing audio CDs and video CDs) remotely from the
comfort of your sofa or bed by using the Creative RemoteCenter remote control.
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Troubleshooting......................17 Introduction Connect Live! Drive IR to your Sound Blaster Live! audio card to get the best audio solution available for your music, digital audio content creation, games, movies and other Internet entertainment. The Live! Drive IR has a front panel, which allows you to connect commonly used audio sources to external devices easily. -
Page 2: System Requirements
System The minimum system requirements for Live! Drive IR are: ❑ An installed Sound Blaster Live! (with an AUD_EXT expansion header) Requirements ❑ An available 5¼" PC drive bay ❑ Genuine Intel Pentium class processor: ® ® 166 MHz for Windows 95/98 or Windows Millennium Edition, 200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000... -
Page 3: Your Live! Drive Ir
Your Live! Drive IR The front panel of your Live! Drive IR has these jacks, connectors and controls: RCA Auxiliary In jacks Connects to consumer equipment such as VCR, TV and CD player, via RCA Auxiliary outputs. Optical SPDIF In/Out connectors... - Page 4 Line In 2/Mic In 2 input source. Clear the check box to enable I S In. If your Live! Drive IR has Aux In 2 connectors, you can use only either one of the following inputs at any one time: ❑...
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Page 5: Connecting Headphones
Creative audio products. available on certain models of By default, Live! Drive IR is set for use with a condenser microphone. To use a dynamic Live! Drive IR. microphone, you must place the shunt (jumper cap) onto Jumper JP1 on the Live! Drive IR. See Figure 4 on page 8 for the location of Jumper JP1 on the Live! Drive IR. - Page 6 Adjusting Headphones If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive IR, the headphones volume and microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways. Volume and Microphone Gain Using the Live! Drive IR On the front panel of the Live! Drive IR, turn the respective control knob: ❑...
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Page 7: Installing Hardware
Installing Hardware To install your Live! Drive IR, you need to perform the following: ❑ Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation ❑ Step 2: Insert the Live! Drive IR into the System ❑ Step 3: Connect to the SB Live! Card ❑... - Page 8 Sound Blaster Live! card Figure 4: Connecting cables to the Live! Drive IR. 3. Slide the Live! Drive IR into the vacant 5¼" drive bay, and then secure its sides to the casing with the screws provided. 8 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010...
- Page 9 Fasten the card to the slot with a Unused brackets screw. i. Gently press the audio card into the slot. PCI slot ISA slot Figure 5: Securing the audio card to the PCI expansion slot. Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 9...
- Page 10 1. Connect the power splitter cable to the system power supply unit. Complete the Installation 2. Replace the cover onto your system. 3. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and switch on the system. 10 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010...
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Page 11: Using Your Live! Drive Ir
SPDIF Output of your Live! Drive IR to an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as the Using SoftPC-DVD DeskTop Theater speaker systems. ❑ The Live! Drive IR fits into the standard 5¼" drive bay of your computer and thus allows you Recording and Content easy access to the following connectors from its front panel: Authoring •... - Page 12 DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker System Dolby Digital (AC-3) Digital via MiniDIN-to- SPDIF In standard DIN adapter (provided) MIDI devices Headphones Microphone / (e.g., MIDI keyboard) Line In Figure 6: Connecting peripherals to the Live! Drive IR. 12 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010...
- Page 13 If you have an Optical Digital I/O card (or Digital I/O card) from an earlier purchase, you can connect it to your Live! Drive IR. The figure below shows an alternative method for audio recording and content authoring using the Optical Digital I/O card.
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Page 14: Installing Software
2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Additional Features in After you install the software for the Live! Drive IR, you will be able to enable the SPDIF Bypass feature for your digital inputs and outputs, and mute your speakers when you plug your Device Controls headphones into Live! Drive IR. -
Page 15: Using The Remotecenter Remote Control
Using the Creative RemoteCenter converts your PC into an entertainment system, which you can control remotely from the comfort of your bed or sofa. With the RemoteCenter remote control in your RemoteCenter hand, you can command your PC from a distance to play audio CDs, video CDs, DVDs using... -
Page 16: General Specifications
❑ One AUD_EXT (SB LIVE! CARD) 2x20 pin header (J1) for connection to SB Live! card ❑ One DIGITAL I/O CARD 2x20 pin header (J2) for connection to Digital I/O card ❑ One Infrared receiver for receiving infrared signals from remote control 16 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010... -
Page 17: Troubleshooting
❑ In the Mixer deck of Surround Mixer, the recording source selected is “What U Hear”. ❑ Jumper JP1 on the Live! Drive IR is set correctly for the type of microphone you are using. See “Connecting Microphone” on page 5 for details. - Page 18 ❑ If your headphones and/or the ¼" to 3.5mm adapter are connected to the Live! Drive IR, disconnect them. Alternatively, open the Device Controls applet in AudioHQ, click the Live! Drive tab, and then clear the Mute speakers when using headphones check box. 18 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010...
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Page 21: Declaration Of Conformity
EU. This Agreement is the entire agreement between Modifications us, and you agree that Creative will not have any liability for any untrue statement or representation made by it, its agents or anyone Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee... - Page 22 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Creative Technology Ltd. Copyright © 2000 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. Version 1.10 October 2000 Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster Live! logo, the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EMU10K1, EAX, Creative Multi Speaker Surround and LAVA! are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd.