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User’s Guide

Creative Live! Drive II

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Copyright © 2000 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.

Version 1.0

June 2000

Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster Live! logo, the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EMU10K1, E-mu Environmental Modeling, Environmental 

Audio, Creative Multi Speaker Surround, and DynaRAM are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in  the United States and/or other countries. E-Mu and SoundFont are 

registered trademarks of E-mu Systems, Inc. PCWorks and FourPointSurround are trademarks of Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered 

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Summary of Contents for Live! Drive II

Page 1: ...ses Copyright 2000 by Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 June 2000 Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks and the SoundBlaster Live logo the Sound Blaster PCI logo EMU10K1 E muEnvironmental Modeling Environmental Audio Creative MultiSpeaker Surround and DynaRAM are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and or other countries E Muand SoundFonta...

Page 2: ...network or communication line 4 Copyright The Software is owned by Creative and or its licensees and is protected by United States copyrightlaws and internationaltreaty provisions You may not remove the copyright notice from any copy of the Software or any copy of the written materials if any accompanying the Software 5 One Archival Copy You may make one 1 archival copy of the machine readable por...

Page 3: ...o distributor dealer or any other entity or person is authorized to expand or alter this warranty or any other provisions of this Agreement Any representation other than the warranties set forth in this Agreement will not bind Creative Creative does not warrant that the functions contained in the Software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted error...

Page 4: ...articular provision will be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make the provision valid and enforceable and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect For questions concerning this Agreement please contact Creative at the address stated above For questions on product or technical matters contact the Creative technical support center nearest you ADDENDUM TO THE MICROSOFT ...

Page 5: ...Goods Act 1893 as amended GENERAL This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland The local language version of this agreement shall apply to Software acquired in the EU This Agreement is the entire agreement between us and you agree that Creative will not have any liability for any untrue statement or representation made by it its agents or anyone else whether innocently or negl...

Page 6: ... into the System 7 Step 3 Connect to the SB Live Card 9 Step 4 Optional Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket To connect to FPS2000 or DTT2500 speakers 10 Step 5 Optional Connect to the Digital I O Card Only if you have one 10 Step 6 Complete the Installation 10 Using Your Live Drive 10 Playing Games and Music 11 Watching DVD Movies Using SoftPC DVD 11 Recording and Content Authoring 11 Installing...

Page 7: ... panel Live Drive also provides MIDI as well as digital input and output connectors for your audio recording and content authoring purposes System Requirements The minimum system requirements for Live Drive are An installed Sound Blaster Live with an AUD_EXT expansion header An available 5 PC drive bay Genuine Intel Pentium class processor 133 MHz for Windows 95 98 200 MHz for Windows NT 4 0 Intel...

Page 8: ...onnects to digital audio devices such as DAT and MiniDisc recorders via optical input output Headphones Volume Control Controls the headphones output volume RCA SPDIF In Out jacks Connects to digital audio devices such as DAT and MiniDisc recorders via RCA input output Headphones jack Allows you to connect to a pair of high quality headphones Your speaker output will be muted when you connect the ...

Page 9: ...heck box to enable the Line In 2 Mic In 2 input source Clear the check box to enable I2S In If your Live Drive has Aux In 2 connectors you can use only either one of the following inputs at any one time Aux In 2 SPDIF In Coaxial or Optical To switch the audio input source 1 Click Start Programs Creative Sound Blaster Live Surround Mixer 2 On the Mixer deck lower portion of Surround Mixer click any...

Page 10: ...tereo plug such as the Telex microphone bundled with Creative audio products By default Live Drive is set for use with a condenser microphone To use a dynamic microphone you must place the shunt jumper cap onto Jumper C85 on the Live Drive See Figure 4 on page 8 for the location of Jumper C85 on the Live Drive To listen to an analog source e g CD Audio using headphones make sure that in Surround M...

Page 11: ...hlighted 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 ...

Page 12: ...ly if you have one Step 6 Complete the Installation Step 1 Prepare the System for Hardware Installation 1 Switch off your system and all peripheral devices 2 Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet 3 Remove the cover from your system 4 Remove the front panel cover from one unused 5 drive bay F...

Page 13: ...the cables dangling halfway on the outside of the casing Smaller end of the power splitter cable Dark grey flat cable end with a black circle near the connector Optional Any end of the light grey flat cable if you want to connect to a Digital I O card from an earlier purchase Optional Cable end of the Digital DIN metal bracket if you want to connect to FPS2000 or DTT2500 speakers ...

Page 14: ... 4 Connecting cables to the Live Drive Dark grey flat cable Light grey flat cable Digital DIN cable Power splitter cable Red colored wire Orange colored wire To system power supply unit Digital DIN metal bracket Live Drive Connector for future upgrades Optical Digital I O card Sound Blaster Live card Black circle on the underside of the cable Red colored wire J1 J3 J2 Jumper for microphone type se...

Page 15: ...e Sound Blaster Live card with the vacant PCI expansion slot Press the card gently and evenly into the slot as shown in Figure 5 Ensure that the card is seated firmly inside the PCI expansion slot 4 Secure the card to the expansion slot with a screw Do not force the audio card into the slot If it does not fit properly gently remove it and try again Figure 5 Securing the audio card to the PCI expan...

Page 16: ...AUD_EXT header 1 Remove the Digital I O card from the system 2 Connect the light grey flat cable to the Digital I O card 3 Place the metal bracket of the Digital I O card into the vacant bracket on the system casing 4 Secure the card to the system casing with a screw Step 6 Complete the Installation 1 Connect the power splitter cable to the system power supply unit 2 Replace the cover onto your sy...

Page 17: ...for recording Switchable to Microphone mode for a second microphone input with front panel volume control A Headphones jack to connect to your headphones with front panel volume control A set of SPDIF RCA input output jacks for recording to and from external digital devices such as MiniDisc or DAT recorders A set of SPDIF Optical input output jacks for recording to and from external digital device...

Page 18: ...l Speaker System Sound Blaster Live card DeskTop Theater 5 1 Digital Speaker System Digital DIN Dolby Digital AC 3 SPDIF In Digital DIN Live Drive MIDI devices e g MIDI keyboard MiniDisc Digital device e g DAT SPDIF RCA In Out Digital DIN Metal bracket Headphones Microphone Line In AUX input from an analog source e g CD player or tape deck Note The Optical and AUX input jacks are available only on...

Page 19: ...ital I O Module Connects to Live Drive Optical Input Optical Output To FourPointSurround or DeskTop Theater 5 1 Digital Speaker Systems Figure 7 Connecting peripherals to an Optical Digital I O card SPDIF Out RCA MIDI devices e g MIDI keyboard When you cascade your existing Digital I O card to the Live Drive please note the following On the Digital I O card only the SPDIF Outputs are available The...

Page 20: ...our digital inputs and outputs and mute your speakers when you plug your headphones into Live Drive These two new features appears as two new tabbed pages in Device Controls Digital I O To enable the SPDIF Bypass feature On the Digital I O tabbed page select the Enable check box to place a check mark in it SPDIF Bypass is required if you want audio signals passing through SPDIF In to be routed dir...

Page 21: ... output Interfaces Digital DIN pin header J3 for rear metal bracket Digital DIN Power input connector to system power supply unit One AUD_EXT SB LIVE CARD 2x20 pin header J1 for connection to SB Live card One DIGITAL I O CARD 2x20 pin header J2 for connection to Digital I O card see Figure 4 on page 8 Troubleshooting Problems Installing Soft ware In Windows 95 98 the installation does not start au...

Page 22: ...Drive Solution Check the following The speakers are connected to your card s output The correct source has been selected in the Mixer deck If the above conditions have been met and you still do not get any sound click the red plus sign above the VOL control and check whether the Digital Output Only check box is selected If it is you are in the Digital Output Only mode and so must connect to digita...

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