User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- About Your Hardware
- Setting Up Your Audio Device
- Step 1: Charging your Sound Blaster R5/E5
- Step 2: Turning On Sound Blaster R5/E5
- Step 3: Connecting to an Audio Source
- Step 4: Connecting to Headphones / Speakers / Microphone
- Installing and Uninstalling Software
- Using Your Audio Device
- Step 1: Adjusting the volume
- Step 2: Using your Sound Blaster R5/E5
- Playing audio from a Bluetooth device
- Playing audio from a computer/mobile device via USB
- Playing audio from a mobile device via USB host
- Playing audio from a line-in/optical-in device
- Answering and ending calls
- Recording audio to a mobile device
- Recording audio to a computer
- Recording line-level audio to a mobile device or computer
- Recording What U Hear
- Using the Creative Software Suite
- General Specifications
- Troubleshooting and Support
- Safety Information
- Regulatory Information
- Notice for the USA
- Notice for Canada
- European Compliance
- Conformité européenne
- Conformità alle normative europee
- Einhaltung der europäischen Bestimmungen
- Homologación para Europa
- Europese naleving
- Conformidade Europeia
- Europeisk efterlevnad
- Europeisk samsvar
- Overholdelse af Europæiske regler og standarder
- Eurooppalainen yhdenmukaisuus
- Evropská shoda
- Zgodność z przepisami europejskimi
- Соответствие европейским нормам
- Európai megfelelőség
- Ευρωπαϊκή συμμόρφωση
- Europos Sąjungos atitiktis
- Dodržiavanie predpisov Európskej únie
- Avrupa Uyumu
- Ukraine RoHS Statement
- Notice for Japan
- Notice for Korea
- Notice for China
- Vietnam RoHS Statement
- Notice for Singapore
- License and Copyright
Using the Creative Software Suite
A software suite for the Sound Blaster R5/E5 is developed to provide additional enhancements to the
audio and voice inputs and outputs of the product.
Applications
For Windows
l Sound Blaster R5/E5 Control Panel
l Creative ALchemy
l Creative Software Autoupdate
l Host OpenAL + EAX 5 HD
l Product Registration
For Mac
l Sound Blaster R5/E5 Control Panel
l Product Registration
For iOS and Android
l Sound Blaster Central
Bonus Pack Software (for Windows only)
Various other bonus Creative applications are also compatible for your audio device.
Visit www.creative.com/support and navigate to the relevant product page to view and download these
applications:
l Creative WaveStudio
l Creative Smart Recorder
Supported Third-party Software
l Garage Band (for Mac only)
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