User guide
Using Sound Blaster Live! 11
$QDORJ'LJLWDO2XWSXW The default for the Analo
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/Di
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ital Output
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ack on Sound Blaster Live! is
analog output.
To switch to
di
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ital output (6-channel or compressed AC-3 SPDIF):
1. On the Surround Mixer, click the Speaker button.
2. In the Speaker view, click the Di
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ital Output Onl
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check box. Di
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ital Output mode is available for all
speaker confi
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urations except headphones.
Or:
1. On the Surround Mixer, click the red plus si
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n above the volume (VOL) control.
2. In the dialo
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, select the Di
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ital Output Onl
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option.
To return to analo
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output mode, clear the option check box.
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Di
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ital delivers five full ran
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e channels and one bass-onl
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effects channel. However, most
multimedia speaker s
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stems do not reproduce low-frequenc
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content. Bass redirection allows low-
frequenc
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source content from the front, rear, and center channels to be redirected and added to the low-
frequenc
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source effects (LFE) channel to produce deeper subwoofer output.
To enable bass redirection:
1. On the Surround Mixer, click the Speaker button.
2. In the Speaker view, click the Speaker Selection button and select
5.1 speaker mode.
3. Click the Advanced button.
4. In the dialo
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, click the Bass Redirection button.
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Dolb
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Di
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ital decodin
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allows Sound Blaster Live! to decode Dolb
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Di
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ital output to six discrete analo
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channels, such as the Cambrid
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e SoundWorks DeskTop Theater DTT2200 speaker s
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stem. Thus, an
external Dolb
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Di
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ital decoder is not required for
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ou to en
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multi-speaker surround sound.
To enable Dolb
y
Di
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ital (AC-3) decodin
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:
1. In the Speaker view, clear the Di
g
ital Output onl
y
check box.
2. Follow the steps 1 to 3 described in the previous section and then select AC-3 Decode.
3. Remember to set Sound Blaster Live! to Di
g
ital Output mode.
To use an external Dolb
y
Di
g
ital decoder, do not enable this feature. In addition,
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ou will need a separate
3.5mm-to-RCA
j
ack cable to connect to
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our decoder.
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