Hardware manual

Configuring Speaker and Sound Options 47
Connecting Digital Audio
(Select models only)
To connect digital audio, your PC must include
a digital out connector on the sound card or on
the back panel. You do not need to connect
multichannel speaker outputs if you connect the
digital output.
To connect digital audio speakers:
1 Turn off the PC.
2 Connect the digital out connector on the back
panel of your PC to the digital input (SPDIF) on
digital speakers or a digital audio system.
3 Turn on the PC.
4 Plug in the speaker system power.
5 Turn on the speaker system.
6 After the speakers are connected to the PC,
configure the audio software for sound output
for your PC model:
■ Audio card with digital output and
3 Connector: See “Configuring Audio
Output with Multi-channel Sound
Manager” on page 48. Follow the
instructions to enable digital audio output.
■ Audio card with digital output and
6 Connector: See “Configuring Audio
Output with Sound Effect Manager” on
page 51. Digital audio output is already
enabled as the default.
■ Sound Card: See “Configuring Audio
Output with a Sound Card” on page 53.
Follow the instructions to enable digital
audio output.
Configuring Audio Output
You can configure your speaker’s audio output with
the following software. Use the software that applies
to your PC model:
■ Multi-channel Sound Manager (3 Connector)
■ Sound Effect Manager (6 Connector)
■ Creative Speaker Settings (Sound Card)
■ Media Center (all systems)
■ WinDVD Player (all systems)
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3 is Three Connector
6 is Six Connector
S is Sound Card
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
3
6
S
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT