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 4-3
Creative Sound
Blaster Audigy
Online Quick
Start
(English only)
This is a good starting point from which you can learn about Sound Blaster Audigy. The online Quick Start
consists of several interactive and informative demos that feature different aspects of Sound Blaster
Audigy, like experiencing digital music and digital gaming, watching movies, connecting speakers and
performing tasks.
Creative Sound
Blaster Audigy
Experience
(English only)
Use the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience to
feel
Sound Blaster Audigy’s awesome gaming,
music listening and home studio capabilities. You will experience the advantage of multi-environment
audio processing, dynamic EAX ADVANCED HD™ effects, high-quality surround output and EAX
ADVANCED HD™-enhanced home theatre quality audio.
EAX
ADVANCED
HD™ Gold Mine
Experience
(English only)
Run this demonstration, which is set in a gold mine, and experience EAX ADVANCED HD™
technologies such as Environment Panning, Environment Reflection and Environment Morphing.
Compare the scenes with and without EAX ADVANCED HD™, and understand why more game
developers are using EAX ADVANCED HD™ technologies for the best gaming experience.
Creative
Diagnostics
Use Creative Diagnostics to quickly test your audio card’s Wave, MIDI or CD Audio playback capability,
and speaker outputs. For more information and usage details on Creative Diagnostics, refer to its Online
Help.