Creative SB0010 quick start Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone Gain

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Adjusting Headphones

Volume and Microphone

Gain

If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive IR, the headphones volume and microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways.

Using the Live! Drive IR Control Knobs

Using Creative Surround Mixer

It is recommended that you set the headphones volume level and microphone gain level to 75% in Surround Mixer, and use the control knobs on the Live! Drive IR to make further adjustments.

Even if you turn the control knob on the Live! Drive IR to the maximum, your headphones will have no sound if you set the headphones volume level to 0% or mute it in Surround Mixer. The same applies for your microphone.

On the front panel of the Live! Drive IR, turn the respective control knob:

Counter-clockwiseto decrease the headphones volume or microphone gain.

Clockwise to increase the headphones volume or microphone gain.

To adjust the headphones volume:

1.Click Start ->Programs ->Creative ->Sound Blaster Live! ->Surround Mixer.

2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), if the button below the VOL slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the output sound.

3.Adjust the VOL slider.

To adjust the microphone gain:

1.Click Start ->Programs ->Creative ->Sound Blaster Live! ->Surround Mixer.

2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), click any of the audio input source icon, and then select the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

3.If the button below the Line In 2/Microphone 2 slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the audio input source.

4.Adjust the slider under the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

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Contents Contents Introduction Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010System Requirements Your Live! Drive IR Switching Audio Input Sources Connecting Headphones Connecting MicrophoneJumper JP1 Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone Gain Installing Hardware StepStep Insert the Live! Drive IR into the System Live! Drive IR Optical Digital I/O card Sound Blaster Live! cardStep Connect to SB Live! Card Optional Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket Step Complete the InstallationUsing Your Live! Drive IR Recording and Content AuthoringPlaying Games and Music, Watching Movies Watching DVD MoviesDigital I/O Module Optical Digital I/O cardInstalling Software Additional Features in Device ControlsUsing RemoteCenter Remote Control General Specifications Troubleshooting Problems Installing SoftwareLive! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Grant of License Addendum to the Microsoft Software License Agreement Windows Safety & Regulatory Information