Windows 98 SE users can also listen to audio CDs via Windows Media Player 7.x or later, using the Digital Playback option. Your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive must support sustained digital reads. Read the Media Player help for more information.
Digital CD Audio Extraction
On a fresh installation of Windows Me, you may not hear audio from your CD-ROM drive even after enabling Digital CD Audio. To solve this, disable Digital CD Audio and then restart the computer. When the system has restarted, re-enable Digital CD Audio and restart the system again.
5.Connect your CD-ROM or DVD drive’s analog audio output cable to the Audigy 2 Platinum eX card’s Aux_IN connector.
6.If your CD-ROM or DVD drive has a digital SPDIF audio output connector, you may wish to skip Step 5 and use a two-pin digital audio cable (available separately) to connect the drive to the Audigy 2 Platinum eX card’s CD_SPDIF connector instead, for better sound quality.
Note: Audio can be sent to your computer through your CD or DVD drive’s IDE cable instead, through a feature called Digital CD Audio Extraction. See “Digital CD Audio Extraction” below if you wish to use this feature.
To enable this feature in Windows Me or Windows 2000 (enabled by default in Windows XP), follow the steps below:
1.In Windows 2000/XP or Windows Me, click Start ->Settings-> Control Panel -> System.
2.Select the Device Manager tab.3.Double-click the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM icon. Double- click the name of your drive.4.In the Properties tab, click the “Enable Digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device” checkbox to select it.
Figure 2-6: Enabling Digital CD Audio in
Windows 2000
