User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Creative Audio Software
- Contents
- Introduction
- About the Sound Blaster Audigy Card and external Audigy Drive
- Installing Hardware
- Installation Steps
- Step 1: Prepare the external Audigy Drive
- Step 2: Prepare your computer
- Step 3: Connect the Sound Blaster Audigy and Audigy Extension cards
- Step 4: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy and Audigy Extension cards
- Step 5: Install the external Audigy Drive
- Step 6: Connect the CD-ROM/DVD- ROM drive
- Step 7: Connect to power supply
- Connecting Related Peripherals
- Connecting Speaker Systems
- Connecting External Consumer Devices
- Positioning Your Speakers
- Installation Steps
- Installing Software
- Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
- Creative Taskbar
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start (English only)
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience (English only)
- EAX ADVANCED HD™ Gold Mine Experience (English only)
- Creative Diagnostics
- Creative Surround Mixer
- Creative AudioHQ
- Creative WaveStudio
- Creative PlayCenter
- Creative Recorder
- Vienna SoundFont Studio
- Creative MiniDisc Center
- Creative RemoteCenter
- Creative Restore Defaults
- Using Applications
- General Specifications
- Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
- Problems Installing Software
- Problems with Sound
- Problems with File Transfers on Some VIA Chipset Motherboards
- Insufficient SoundFont Cache
- Problems With Joysticks
- Problems with Multiple Audio Devices
- Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card
- Resolving I/O Conflicts
- Problems with Encore DVD Player (not included)
- Problems with Software DVD Player (not included)
- Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/ 2000/Me/XP
- Problems with installing non- Creative applications
- Problems with Digital Devices
- Technical Support

Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 4-2
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
Creative Sound
Blaster Audigy
Applications
Sound Blaster Audigy is supported by a full range of applications to help you get the most from your
audio card. The following software is most important to the operation of your audio card:
❑
Creative Taskbar
❑
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start (English only)
❑
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience (English only)
❑
EAX ADVANCED HD™ Gold Mine Experience (English only)
❑
Creative Diagnostics
❑
Creative Surround Mixer
❑ Creative AudioHQ
❑
Creative WaveStudio
❑
Creative PlayCenter
❑ Creative Recorder
❑
Vienna SoundFont Studio
❑
Creative MiniDisc Center
❑
Creative RemoteCenter
❑
Creative Restore Defaults
Creative Taskbar
Creative Taskbar is an application that allows you to perform tasks with your audio card easily and
quickly. Just select a task and everything is done for you — the necessary applications are started and
your mixer and effects settings are configured automatically.
Creative Taskbar also comes with Creative TaskGuide, which provides tips and useful links related to the
selected task.
For more information and usage details on Creative Taskbar, refer to its Online Help.
The applications included with
Sound Blaster Audigy may differ
from the ones described here.
Sound Blaster Audigy also comes
with third party applications.