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

Technical Support C-3
If You Have a
Problem
Please retain all contents including packaging and proof of purchase until you are fully satisfied
with your product.
If you have a problem installing or using your Creative product, please use the Creative
eServices and/or telephone support for assistance. Should you contact Technical Support, you
may be asked for information regarding the following:
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The model of your Creative product
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Error information on the screen and how it came about
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Information on the adapter cards which may be causing a conflict
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Hardware configuration information such as the base I/O address,
IRQ line, DMA channels used
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Motherboard information: BIOS manufacturer/version and chipset manufacturer
❑ Type and version of your operating system, e.g., Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, Windows
2000 or Windows Me
If, after using the Creative support services, you believe your Creative product to be defective,
you should verify the purchase date and the take the appropriate action as detailed below:
Less than 30 days since date of purchase
Should your store receipt indicate that the product is less than 30 days old, you have the option
of returning the full product to the Dealer/Retailer for a replacement or credit. The 30-day time
period may not apply in all instances, so please check the Dealer/Retailer replacement/credit
terms.
More than 30 days since date of purchase
Contact European Technical Support to clarify the nature of the problem and to obtain details of
our repair/replacement procedure.
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Not applicable for all products