Knowing And Installing Your Card; On The Audio Card - Creative Sound Blaster PCI512 User Manual

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Knowing and Installing Your Card

This chapter is organized as follows:

On the Audio Card

Installing the Card and Related
Peripherals
Positioning Your Speakers
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, the
™
FourPointSurround series
from Cambridge SoundWorks.
On the Audio Card
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
Telephone Answering Device connector
Provides a mono connection from a standard
voice modem, and transmits microphone signals
to the modem.
Line In jack (blue)
Connects to external devices (such as
a cassette player.
Microphone In jack (red)
Connects to an external microphone
for voice input.
Line Out jack (green)
Connects to powered speakers or
an external amplifier for audio
output. Also supports headphones.
Rear Out jack (black)
Connects to powered speakers or an
external amplifier for audio output.
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device.
You can buy an optional MIDI kit that
allows you to plug in the joystick and
MIDI device simultaneously.
Figure 1-1: Jacks and connectors on the Sound Blaster PCI512 card.
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CD Audio connector
Connects to the Analog Audio
output on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive using a CD audio cable.
AUX connector
Connects to internal audio
sources such as TV Tuner,
MPEG, or other similar cards
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