Creative 2 1Installing Hardware

1Installing Hardware

This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 hardware.

Contents

User’s Guide Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Important: Note: Contents Contents Introduction Installing Hardware 2Installing Software Using Audigy 2 Software Troubleshooting and FAQs Introduction Introduction High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment What is EAX ADVANCED HD Package Contents System Requirements Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card SB1394/FireWire applica- tions, games or DVD viewing More Help Technical Support Document Conventions 1Installing Hardware Installing Hardware What You Need Your Sound Blaster Audigy Card Number Description SB1394/FireWire port (SB1394/FireWire) Line Out 3 jack (LIN_OUT3) Line Out 2 jack (LIN_OUT2) Telephone Answering Device connector (TAD) CD Audio connector (CD_IN) AUX In connector (AUX_IN) Internal SB1394/FireWire port CD SPDIF connector (CD_SPDIF) Your Joystick/ MIDI Bracket Installation Steps Step 1: Prepare your computer Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card 2. Secure the card with one of the screws you had placed aside earlier Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket Step 4: Connect cables to Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card For analog CD audio output: For digital CD audio output: Step 5: Connect to power outlet Connecting Related Peripherals Line in Mic in Line Out 1 (top), Line out 2 (middle) and Line Out 3 (bottom) SB1394/FireWire port Joystick/MIDI bracket Connecting Speaker Systems External Consumer Devices Page Positioning Your Speakers 2Installing Software Installing Software Installing Drivers and Applications Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Feature Showcase Demo Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Uninstalling all Audio Drivers and Applications Updating Windows (Service Pack 2) Updating Windows 98 SE 3Using Audigy 2 Software Using Audigy 2 Software Creative Sound Applications Demos Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Getting Started Demo Audigy 2 Feature Introduction to the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 software suite Creative MediaSource Go Launcher Creative MediaSource Player “What U hear” multichannel recording MediaSource Organizer Finding and organizing songs Keep your music database up to date Transferring songs MediaSource DVD Audio Player Creative EAX Console Audio Effects: Environmental Sound Processing Audio Clean-up:Removing noise and distortion Time Scaling: Varying the speed of playback Creative Surround Mixer Creative MiniDisc Center Creative Wave Studio Diagnostic and troubleshooting utilities Creative Diagnostics AGeneral Specifications General Specifications Features PCI Bus Mastering Audigy Processor High Quality Audio Path Flexible Mixer Control THX Certification Dolby Digital (AC-3)Decoding Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) SB1394/FireWire Compatibility Connectivity Audio Inputs Audio Outputs SB1394/FireWire Interfaces Interfaces BTroubleshooting and FAQs Troubleshooting and FAQs Problems Installing Software Problems with Sound Page Page Problems with File Transfers on Some VIA Chipset Motherboards iii.Click the Device Manager or Hardware tab iv.Click the Systems devices icon Insufficient SoundFont Cache Problems with Joystick , and then select for Windows 2000) 5.Click the Properties button 6.In the Properties dialog box: If you have an Original Configuration (Current) check box: Problems with Multiple Audio Devices Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card Resolving I/O Conflicts Problems with Encore DVD Player Problems with Software DVD Player Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/ 2000/Me/XP Problems in Windows XP Problems with Digital Audio Devices