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Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 System Requirements .................................................................................................. 2 Y our Liv e! Dri ve IR ....................................................................[...]
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2 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 System Requir ements The minimum system requirements for Li ve! Driv e IR are: ❑ An installed Sound Blaster Li ve! (with an A UD_EXT expansion header) ❑ An av ailable 5¼" PC driv e bay ❑ Genuine Intel ® Pentium ® class processor: 166 MHz for W indo ws 95/98 or Windo ws Millennium Edition, 200 MHz fo[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 3 Y our Liv e! Drive IR The front panel of your Li ve! Dri ve IR has these jacks, connectors and controls: MIDI In/Out connectors Connects to MIDI devices using the Mini DIN-to- Standard DIN cable pro vided . Line In 2/Mic In 2 selector (Microphone Gain Contr ol) T o s witch to Line In 2, tur n the knob counter-clo[...]
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4 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Switching Audio Input Sour ces On your Sound Blaster Li ve! and Li ve! Dri ve IR, two audio input sources may share a connection. In such cases, only one of the input source can be enabled and used at any one time. If your audio card has an I 2 S connector , you can use only either one of the following inputs at [...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 5 Connecting Headphones There are two types of headphones which you can connect to the Li ve! Dri ve IR: ❑ Home audio or professional audio headphones, which are usually fitted with a ¼" stereo plug . ❑ Personal stereo headphones, which are usually fitted with a 3.5mm stereo plug, such as those used for p[...]
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6 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Adjusting Headphones V olume and Micr ophone Gain If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Li ve! Dri ve IR, the headphones volume and microphone gain can be adjusted in two w ays. Using the Live! Driv e IR Contr ol Knobs On the front panel of the Li ve! Driv e IR, turn the respectiv e control knob: [...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 7 Installing Har dware T o install your Liv e! Driv e IR, you need to perform the following: ❑ Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation ❑ Step 2: Insert the Li ve! Dri ve IR into the System ❑ Step 3: Connect to the SB Li ve! Card ❑ Step 4: (Optional) Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket (T o co[...]
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8 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 2. Connect the cables to the Li ve! Dri ve IR as sho wn in Figure 4. 3. Slide the Li ve! Dri ve IR into the v acant 5¼" driv e bay , and then secure its sides to the casing with the scre ws provided. F igur e 4: Connecting cables to the Live! Drive IR. Dark gre y flat cable Light gre y flat cable Digital DI[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 9 Step 3: Connect to the SB Liv e! Card Connect the dark grey flat cable to Sound Blaster Li ve!’ s A UD_EXT header . If you hav e diff iculty connecting to the A UD_EXT header: 1. Remov e the Sound Blaster Liv e! card from its PCI slot. 2. Connect the dark grey flat cable to Sound Blaster Li ve!’ s A UD_EXT he[...]
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10 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Step 4: (Optional) Install the Digital DIN Metal Brack et (T o connect to FPS2000, DTT2500 or DTT3500 digital speak ers) 1. Remov e the metal plate from a vacant ISA or PCI e xpansion slot. 2. Align the Digital DIN metal bracket with the v acant expansion slot opening. 3. Secure the metal bracket to the system c[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 11 Using Y our Liv e! Driv e IR The Li ve! Dri ve IR will most undoubtedly gi ve you endless hours of listening pleasure. The follo wing information and diagrams on the next two pages sho w how you can connect to your Li ve! Dri ve IR to optimize your enjoyment. Pla ying Games and Music , and W atching Movies ❑ W[...]
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12 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Playing Games and Music, and W atching Movies with 4.1 or 5.1 Digital Speaker Systems W atching D VD Movies with Creative SoftPC-D VD and DeskT op Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker System Recording and Content A uthoring with Live! Driv e IR FourP ointSurround or DeskT op Theater Digital Speakers Sound Blaster Live! c[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 13 If you hav e an Optical Digital I/O card (or Digital I/O card) from an earlier purchase, you can connect it to your Li ve! Dri ve IR. The f igure below sho ws an alternativ e method for audio recording and content authoring using the Optical Digital I/O card. Digital I/O Module (RCA/Optical SPDIF In and Out) Opt[...]
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14 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 Installing Softwar e 1. Insert the installation disc into your CD-R OM dri ve. The disc supports W indo ws AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically .If not, see “T roubleshooting” on page 17. 2. Follo w the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Additional F eatures in Device Contr ol[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 15 Using the RemoteCenter Remote Contr ol Creati ve RemoteCenter con verts your PC into an entertainment system, which you can control remotely from the comfort of your bed or sofa. W ith the RemoteCenter remote control in your hand, you can command your PC from a distance to play audio CDs, video CDs, D VDs using [...]
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16 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 General Specifications Audio Inputs and Outputs On Fr ont Panel ❑ T wo RCA jacks for coaxial SPDIF input and output ❑ One Headphone output with auto detection via ¼" stereo jack with volume control ❑ One shared line-le vel analog Line/Microphone input via ¼" stereo jack. Shared input selectable[...]
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Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 17 T r oubleshooting Pr oblems Installing Software The installation does not star t automatically after the CD - ROM is inser ted. Cause The AutoPlay feature in your W indo ws system may not be enabled. Solution T o start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu: 1. Double-click the My Compute[...]
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18 Live! Drive IR Quick Start SB0010 ❑ If the abov e conditions hav e been met and you still do not get any sound, click the red plus sign abov e the VO L 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 digital speakers to hear the sound from your au[...]
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Creati ve End-User Software License Agr eement V ersion 2.4, June 2000 PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULL Y BEFORE INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE. BY INST ALLING AND USING THE SOFTW ARE, YOU A GREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS A GREEMENT . IF YOU DO NO T A GREE TO THE TERMS OF THE A GREEMENT , DO NOT INST ALL OR USE THE SOFTW ARE. PROMPTL Y RETURN, [...]
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1. determine whether you require such information for a legitimate purpose and, if so, Creativ e will provide such information to you within a reasonable time and on reasonable conditions. In any ev ent, you will notify Creative of an y information derived from rev erse engineering or such other activities, and the results thereof will constitute t[...]
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to obtain such information, and you agree to request such information from Creativ e at the address listed earlier. Upon recei ving such a request, Creativ e shall determine whether you require such information for a legitimate purpose and, if so, Creati ve will provide such information to you within a reasonable time and on reasonable conditions. [...]
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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or b y any means without the prior written consent of C reati ve T echnology Ltd. Copyright © 2000 Creati ve T echnology Ltd. All rights reserved. V ersion 1.10 October 2000 Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster Li ve! logo, the Sound Blas[...]