Using Sound Blaster Live! Value; Configuring Your Speakers - Creative Blaster User Manual

Using Sound Blaster Live!
Value
Every bundled application provides online
help to guide you along when you use it.
Creative Launcher is a one-stop shortcut to
quickly start your applications and get to the
Creative and the SB Live! owners' websites.
To display Launcher, bring your pointer to the
top of the screen.
Creative PlayCenter allows you to play most
types of media—multimedia files (MIDI,
Wave, etc.), audio CDs, and Video
CDs—using a single player! There is no need
to use different players to play different media
types. Just insert or select your media and
PlayCenter will do the rest.
Figure 2-7: Creative PlayCenter.
To run PlayCenter, bring your pointer to the
top of the screen to display Creative Launcher,
click the Programs tab, and then click the
PlayCenter icon.
For the latest updates and drivers, further
information, tips, tricks and plug-ins, check
the SB Live! website any time at
http://www.sblive.com
A fast way of getting to the website is to click
the right-most button (the Environmental
Audio icon) on Creative Launcher.
Figure 2-6: Creative Launcher.
Configuring Your
Speakers
Note: If you have a 4-speaker
configuration (2 in the front, 2 in the rear),
and there is no sound coming from the rear
speakers, open the Sound Blaster Live!
Speaker applet to change to the correct
speaker output setting.
1. Bring your pointer to the top of the screen
2. On the Configuration tabbed page, make
3. Using Creative PlayCenter or Windows
to display Creative Launcher, then click
the Audio HQ tab, followed by the
Speaker icon.
The Speaker dialog box appears.
sure that the value in the Output box
corresponds to the number of speakers
you are using. For example, if you are
using two pairs of speakers, select the "4
Speakers" option; if you leave the Output
value as "2 Speakers", there will be no
sound from your rear speakers.
Media Player, open a Wave file in your
computer and play it. In the Speaker
dialog box, drag the Wave source icon
from the Panning Source box to each
speaker in the Preview box in turn.
You should hear the selected sound being
played. If you do not, see "Problems with
Sound" on page D-1.
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