User guide

Installing Sound Blaster Live! 4
8. Connect
y
our speakers, headphones, microphone,
j
o
y
stick, MIDI devices, or other devices to the
back panel of the audio card.
9. Replace the computer cover.
10. Reconnect the power cable, monitor, and other devices.
The
j
o
y
stick connector is a standard PC
g
ame control adapter. You can connect an
y
analo
g
j
o
y
stick with
a 15-pin D-shell connector or an
y
device compatible with the standard PC
j
o
y
stick. To use two
j
o
y
sticks,
y
ou need a Y-cable splitter.
To pla
y
g
ames in MS-DOS mode:
• Connect the CD In connector ot the analo
g
audio connector of the CD-ROM or PC-DVD drive.
• If the audio is distorted, do not connect the CD SPDIF connector to the di
g
ital audio connector of
the CD-ROM or PC-DVD drive.
CD-ROM drive
Line Out
Joystick/MIDI
GamePad
Line-out
Microphone
MPC-to-MPC (4-
pin) audio cable
Rear Out
Sound Blaster Live!
To analog input of
FourPointSurround
speakers
MPC-to-MPC (2-pin)
audio cable
PC-DVD drive
Line In
Cassette, CD player,
Synthesizer, etc.
Mic In
Connects to Optical Digital I/O card or Drive.
See “Connecting Optional Devices” on page
34 for more details.
Connects to digital speakers*, minidisc, or
DAT via minijack-to-DIN cable or Digital
Output Module.
See “Connecting Optional Devices” on
page 34 for more details.
* For example, FPS2000
Digital speakers from
Cambridge SoundWorks
Use the MIDI In
j
ack of the audio
extension card to connect a MIDI
in
p
ut device; connect a
g
ame
p
ad
to the audio card. You can
connect onl
y
one MIDI device to
Sound Blaster Live! at a time.
If
y
ou connect the di
g
ital audio to
the analo
g
audio connectors of the
same CD-ROM or PC-DVD
drive, do not unmute CD Audio
and CD Di
g
ital at the same time
in Surround Mixer.
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