Creative Labs Sound BlasterAxx SBX 20 manual

User’ s Guide Model No.: SB1390 (SBX 10) / SB1360 (SBX 20)[...]

G etting Started Th an k you for ch oosi n g Creativ e Sou n d Bl asterAxx, th e next gen erati on Sou n d Blaster ® th at i n corporates th e po wer f ul SB-Axx1 sou n d an d voi ce p roces sor. I t i s equ ipped with speaker an d mi cr oph o ne f un ct ions f or b oth li sten ing an d con f er encing cap abil i ties. Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 (SB1 3[...]

Mo re Hel p F or th e l atest news and produ cts f or t h e Sou n d Bl aster, p l ease vi s i t ww w.soun d blaster. com. Th e si te al so i n cl u des i nfor mation on maki ng pu rchases, techn ical h el p and th e latest s oftwar e up d ates. Us in g C rea t iv e S of tware A u t oUpd at e L ocating , do wnloading and i n stall i ng up dat es f o[...]

U nderstanding Y o ur So u nd Bl asterA xx Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s eq u i pp ed wi th a var i e ty of inp u t and ou tp u t j ack s to enab l e con nect i on to v ar i ou s device s. A tou ch scr een i nt erf ac e l ocated at th e top of th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx g iv es you basic con t r ol ov er th e sy stem' s f un ct i on s. Th i s chap t[...]

C o nn e ct iv ity - In pu t / Out put Ja cks J ack Descrip t io n 1 Co n nect Bu t ton A blue L E D i nd icates th at th e Sou n d Bl aster Axx i s con n ected wi th a Bl uet oot h e n abled devi ce. l E n sure th e Sou n d Bl aster Axx i s powere d on . l Pre ss and ho l d Con n ect bu t ton f or 4 sec on d s to en ter pair i ng mode. l Tu rn on [...]

To uch Scr e e n C ont rols To gg le/Slider Descrip tio n 1 Voice F ocus Tog gles t h e Voic e F ocu s f un ction O N/OFF . Voi ce F ocu s i s ON wh e n th e LE D i s li gh ted and dimmed oth er wi se. 2 Nois e Red u ction Tog gles t h e Noi se Redu ction f un ction O N/O F F . Nois e Red u ction i s ON when th e L ED i s l i gh ted an [...]

Setting U p Y our So und Blas t erA xx Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s a new s ystem wi th l ow power am pli f i er t echn ol og y th at enab l e s th e Soun d Blaster Axx to r un on U SB po wer wh i l e deli v er i n g perf or mance w h i ch was prev i ou sl y possibl e on l y wi th AC power . You can e i th er con nect th e SB X 10 / SBX 2 0 to a compu[...]

C o nn ect i ng t o a P owe r Su ppl y No te: USB Power Ad apter avai l able sep ar ately.[...]

U sing Y ou r So und Blas t erA xx Wh eth er you w is h to l i sten to y ou r f avor i te trac ks f r om MP3 playe rs , ex peri ence r eal i s tic aud i o whil e playi ng games on y ou r PC and game c on s ole s or recei v e cl ear voi ce and aud i o out pu ts du r i ng v i deo / au dio con f er encin g wi th ou t th e h ass le of an add i ti on al[...]

MP 3 Pla y e rs / CD Pla y e rs an d Other P or t able Enterta inme nt Dev ic e s y Blu e t ooth Enabled Dev ic e s[...]

C o nn ect i ng t he S oun d Bla st er Ax x for Vid eo/A udi o C onfer en c i ng, K a ra o k e a nd R e co rd in g Video / Aud i o confer encing vi a th e var i ous mess agin g app l i cations avai l able in th e m ark et i s mad e si mpler wi th th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 ' s bu i l t-i n s tereo mi cr oph ones. E qu i pp e d wi th confi gu r able[...]

C o nn ect i ng H e a dphon es / H e a dse t s Headp hon es and head sets can be conn ected to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx vi a th e Headp h on e j ack . Pl ease n ote th at th e Sou nd Blas terAxx' s speaker wi l l b e au tomat i cal l y mut ed w h en a h eadp h on e i s conn ected.[...]

U sing the So ftw are A s pecial i zed s oftwar e f or t h e Sou nd Bl aster Axx i s devel oped to p r ovi de add i tional enh an ceme n ts to th e au dio an d voi ce i np u ts and out pu ts of th e produ ct. Th e sof tware bu n dle sup ports a r an ge of op er ating systems i nclud i ng : l Wind ows 8 , Wi nd ows 7, Wind ows Vista l Mac To take f [...]

Th i s sof twar e i n cl ud es a nu mber of con f igu r ation s th at h el p y ou cont rol th e basi c f u n ctions of you r Sou nd Bl asterAxx p l u s sev er al software en han ce ment confi gu r ations th at can be made to h ei gh ten you r Sou nd Bl asterAxx ' s perf or mance. Th e m en u col u mn on th e l ef t of th e i nt er f ace al l o[...]

In st a ll ation a nd Un i nstal la t ion - M ac F or M a c OS , th e f oll owi ng appli cations ar e i nclud ed i n th e sof tware b un dle : l Sou nd Bl asterAxx C on tr ol Panel l Produ c t Reg i stration l Creative Un i n stall e r In st a lling No te: Ple ase ensu r e th at y ou r produ ct i s con nect ed to th e compu ter run nin g th e inst [...]

Usi ng t he S ound Bl aster A xx C ont rol Pan el Th e r es t of t h i s chap ter explai n s how to use th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx C ont rol Pan el t o vi ew and adj u st th e var i ou s f eatu r es of your Sou nd Bl asterAxx p r od u ct. Th e examples and scr e en shot s bel ow uses Wi n dows as an example . Th e U I for ot her operati n g sy stems [...]

A dj ustin g Spe a k er V olu me Vi a S of t wa re A mas ter vol ume s l ider is av ai l able at th e bot tom l ef t cor ner of t h e i n terf ace. D r ag th e s l i der to adjust th e mas ter vol ume. You can al so mu te / un mut e th e s peaker by cl i ck i n g th e sp eaker i con to th e l ef t of th e sl i der . Mix er S ett in gs A mi x er is [...]

Enha nci ng t he A udi o - SB X P ro St udi o SBX Pro Stu dio enh ances th e aud i o out pu t of you r Sou nd Bl aster Axx using sof tware optimi zation s. T o con f igu r e SBX Pr o St u dio, c li c k th e " S BX P r o S tu dio " m en u opt i on on th e l ef t. F oll ow th e steps below to to gg l e on SBX Pr o Stu di o and adj u st th e[...]

Enha nci ng t he Micr ophone - C ry st al Voice Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s eq u i pp ed wi th bu i l t-in ster eo mi cr oph on es, all owi ng you to eas i ly carr y ou t vi deo/au dio confer en ci ng using pop ular VoIP app l i cation s such as Vent r i l o ® etc. Crystal Voice en han cement s help to f urth e r t his e xperi ence by enh ancing th [...]

Vi ew S pe a k er s / H ea dphone s Se t t in gs E ach SBX 1 0 / SBX 2 0 i s e qu i pp e d wi th a head ph on e j ack , al l owi ng you to conn ect your f avor i te h eadp hon es t o th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx f or au dio out pu t. Con nectin g head ph on es to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx au tomat i c al l y mut e s th e s peaker. Fr om th e software , [...]

Un de rstan din g O t he r Adv an ced Fe a t ur e s Th e sof twar e al so provi des ot her advan c ed f eatu r e s i n cl ud i ng : l E qu al i zer Set ting s l O ptimi ze U SB Power for b ett er sp eaker perf or man ce l Bluet oot h Au to Con n ect Equ aliz e r Set t in gs E qu al i zer s al l ows y ou to f i l ter vari ous aud i o f r equ e n [...]

O ptim iz e USBPow er f or bet t e r s pea ke r perfor m a nce Th e Op ti mi ze U SB Power f eatu r e i s used to i n cr ease t h e perf or man ce of you r sp eaker on Sou nd Blaster Axx. Please not e th at th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx wil l con sume mor e power wh en th i s f eatu r e is en abled. To enab l e th e Op timi ze USB Power f eatu r e[...]

U sing the Bl uetoo th ® Wireles s Fe ature You can stream m u si c f r om your Bluet ooth en abled devi ces t o y ou r SB X 10 / SBX 2 0 . Enj oy a udi o f rom your Bl ue t oo t h en a ble d de vi c e s E n j oy your f avor i te m u si c f r om your Bluet oot h devic es; si mply fol l ow th es e step s to conn ect th em . Ac t ion L EDStat u s[...]

G eneral Spe cif icati o ns C apac it iv e Tou c hsc reen U se r In t e rf ac e l Mast er Volu me Sl i der wi th LE D Backl i t l Voice F ocus On / O f f b ut ton wi th LE D Backl i t l Nois e Red u ction O n / O ff bu tt on w i th LE D Backl i t l SBX Pro Stu dio Master On / O f f bu tt on w i th L ED Backl i t l Sp eaker Mu te bu tt on w i th LE [...]

T rou blesho otin g and Supp o rt Th i s chap ter provi des sol u tions to i ssues th at m ay be e n cou n tered du r i n g th e inst al l ation or u sage of you r So un d Bl asterAxx . 1 . Th e Sou n d Bl aste r A xx SB X 10 / S BX 20 does n ot p ower on . Th e Sou nd Blas terAxx i s d e si gn ed to be powered on by con n ecti n g to a PC / l apt [...]

5 . Th e r e i s no au dio ou tpu t fr om th e S BX10 / S BX 20 . Ple ase check th e f ol l owi ng : l Headp hon es ar e n ot conn ected to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx. Con necting head ph on e s aut omatic al l y mu tes th e speaker . l Ch eck t h e vol ume l ev el of th e So u n d Bl asterAxx for t h e f ol l owi n g: l Volume mut e LE D on th e [...]

i . Navi gate to C on tr ol P an el > S ou nd > Recor din g tab . i i . I n Recordi n g tab , en s u r e th at th e cor r ect mi cr oph on e i s se l ected . F or example, if you are u si ng th e bu i l t-in mi cr oph on e, t he In ter n al M i cr oph on e Ar r ay sh ou l d be sel ec ted . I f you are u si ng an ex ter- n al micr oph one, [...]

Reg ulato r y Info r m atio n Th e f ol l owi ng secti on s con tains not i c es f or vari ous coun tri es. C au ti on : Th i s produ ct i s i nt e n ded f or u se with F CC/ CE cer tif i ed compu ter e qu i pmen t. Pl ease c h eck t h e equ i pmen t operating /i nst al l ation man ual an d/o r t he equ i pmen t manu f actu r er t o ver i f y/confi[...]

C al i f or nia P r op osi ti on 6 5 Statemen t War n i n g: Han dli n g th i s p r odu c t may e xpose y ou to c h emi cal s k n own to th e S tat e of C al i for nia to cause can cer an d bir th defects or ot her r eprodu c tive harm. Wash h a n ds af te r han dl i n g. EXPL AN ATO RY N OT E: Cal i for nia Saf e Dri nking Water and Toxic E nfor c[...]

Eu ro pea n C om plian c e Th i s produ ct con f orm s to th e fol l owi n g: Ro HS Dir ectiv e 20 1 1 /6 5/E U . E MC Dir e ctive 2 0 0 4 /1 0 8 /E C. Mains operated produ cts for th e Eu r opean mar ket comply w i th L ow Voltage Dir ec tive 20 06 /9 5 /E C an d Co mmi ssi on Reg ulation (s) I mpleme n ting Dir ec tive 20 09 /1 2 5 /E C. Co mmun [...]

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Safety Info rmatio n Refer to th e f ol l owi n g i nform ation to u se y ou r produ ct s afe l y, and to re du ce th e chan ce of el ectri c s h ock, sh or t-cir cuiting , d amage, fi r e, h e ar ing i m pair ment or ot her hazards. I mproper han dli ng may void th e war r an ty f or you r p r odu c t. F or more i nfor mation, r ead th e war r ant[...]

Li cens e and Co p y right I n f ormati on i n th i s docu ment i s su bj ect to ch an ge w i th ou t not i ce an d does n ot r epres en t a commi tment on th e part of C r eative T echn ol ogy Lt d. No part of th i s manu al may be r eprodu ce d or t ransmi tt e d i n an y for m or b y any m ean s, electr on i c or mechan i cal , includ i ng ph ot[...]