User's Manual
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Optional Connections
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit card
OROR
Headphones
Personal audio
Line Out 3
Line Out 2
Line Out 1
Line Out 1
Digital I/O
Creative Inspire
TM
7.1 Analog Speakers
External decoder or
AV Amplifier
Portable cassette player
Analog audio recording
Line In
Mic In
Electric Guitar
Line level electric guitar output
Line In
Condenser Microphone
Personal voice recording
*Digital I/O Module
spdif out
optical coaxial optical coaxial
spdif in
DAT/MiniDisc player
SPDIF Digital InOptical Digital In
Optical Digital Out
SPDIF Digital Out
Creative Inspire
5.1 Digital Speakers
Crystal-clear digital sound
DVD player
Watching DVD movies
AV Amplifier
* Available as an upgrade in some regions.
Adding digital connectivity to your Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit is easy with the
Digital I/O Module upgrade. For more information, visit
www.soundblaster.com
and click Shop
.
Installing Software
You can use Creative Diagnostics to test the software and hardware
installation.
Go to Start
→
Programs
→
Creative
→
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
→
Creative Diagnostics.
Useful Information
Installing Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit drivers and applications
1. After you have installed your hardware, turn on your computer.
Windows
®
automatically detects the audio card.
2. When prompted for the audio drivers, click the Cancel button.
3. Insert the Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit Installation and Applications CD
into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. If the CD does not run
automatically, click Start
→ Run.
In the Run dialog box, type d:\ctrun\start.exe (replace d:\ with the
drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive) and click the
OK
button.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
5. When prompted, restart your computer.
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) Extraction
To enable this feature in Windows 2000 or Windows Me (Windows XP
has this feature enabled), follow the steps below:
In Windows 2000 and Windows Me:
1. Click Start → Settings → Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box
appears.
3. Click the Device Manager tab.
4. Double-click the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM icon.
5. Double-click the name of your drive.
6. Click the Properties tab, and then click the Enable Digital CD audio
for this CD-ROM device check box to select it.
Uninstalling drivers and applications
Refer to the Installing and Uninstalling Software chapter in the User's Guide (on CD).
These instructions are applicable to all Windows operating systems.
User's Guide (on CD)
For more information, refer to the User's Guide (on CD).
Go to Start → Programs → Creative → Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit → Documentation
→ Online Manual.
Digital output sampling rate
Make sure you select the sampling rate of the PCM SPDIF output of your Digital Out
connector to match the requirements of your receiving device. The choices available are
44.1 kHz, 48 kHz or 96 kHz.
If you do not hear any sound from your digital speakers or experience intermittent hissing,
you may need to select a lower digital output sampling rate.
To select the digital output sampling rate:
1. Go to Start → Programs → Creative → Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit → Creative
Audio Console.
2. Click the SPDIF I/O tab.
3. Click the Digital Output (PCM) Sampling Rate Settings box, and then click the
required sampling rate.
For more technical updates, go to http://www.soundblaster.com
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Installing Hardware
2
2
AUX_IN
(a) CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
(b) Analog CD
audio cable
(available
separately) for
analog CD audio
output
With Compact Disc Digital
Audio (CDDA) extraction
enabled on your
computer's operating
system, you do not have to
use an audio cable to
connect your CD-ROM/
DVD-ROM drive to your
audio card. For more
information, refer to the
User's Guide (on CD). Go to
d:\manual\ <language>\
manual.chm (replace
d:\
with your
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
letter and
<language>
with the language that the
document is in).
Optional
Insert Sound
Blaster Live! 24-bit
audio card
AUX_IN
Preparing Your Computer
1
1
(a) Remove a metal bracket
(b) PCI slot
Remove any audio card in your computer and uninstall
its software.
Disable any on-board audio device in your computer.
Turn off your computer and all peripheral devices
before removing the computer cover.
SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 24-BIT SETUPSOUND BLASTER LIVE! 24-BIT SETUP
OROR
OROR
OROR
(a) Remove the screws, washers and nuts
(b) Remove the bracket
(c) Insert the low profile bracket
(d) Secure the low profile bracket
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
For slim casing/low profile computer
What You Need
(e) Phillips-head screwdriver
(not included)
(d) Analog CD audio cable
(available with selected
models only)
(a) Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit audio card
AUX_IN
OROR
(b) Low profile bracket
(available with selected
models only)
Contents may vary depending on product model and region of purchase.
The Digital I/O Module is only available in some regions. To check local availability of the Digital I/O Module, visit www.soundblaster.com and click Shop.
(c) Digital I/O Module
model number SB0002
(available as an upgrade)
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