Installing Hardware 1-8
Connecting
Speaker Systems
For instructions on how to switch between digital and analog modes, refer to topic
“Digital Output Only” of the Creative Surround Mixer
If you have a 5.1 channel speaker system, you can upmix your stereo sources (such
as CD Audio, MP3, WMA, MIDI and Wave) to 5.1 channels by using the Creative Multi
Speaker Surround (CMSS) technology. To upmix, you need to enable the CMSS
feature in PlayCenter (Player view). Refer to the PlayCenter
If you are playing games in
Windows 98 SE MS-DOS mode
(pure DOS mode), you must:
• Make sure the CD Audio
connector on the Sound
Blaster Audigy card and the
Analog Audio connector on
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive are connected.
• In addition, if you get
distorted sound, do not
connect the CD SPDIF
connector on the Sound
Blaster Audigy card to the
Digital Audio connector on
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive.
Digital
DIN
Playing Games and
Music, and Watching
Movies
with a 4.1 or 5.1 Digital
Speaker System of Creative
or Cambridge SoundWorks
Sound Blaster Audigy card
Analog Line
and Rear
Inputs
Minijack-to-DIN
cable
Analog/Digital
Out jack
Figure 1-7: Connecting Sound Blaster Audigy card to speaker systems.
Playing Games and Music, and
Watching Movies
with an Analog 5.1 channel speaker
system*
Analog
Front, Rear
and Center/
Sub Inputs
* For example, Creative
Inspire 5.1 Analog
Speakers
Triple stereo
audio cable
Rear Out
Line Out
Connects to
Audigy Drive
(optional).