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Contents
Introduction
Introduction ................................................................................................................. |
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System Requirements .................................................................................................. |
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Your Live! Drive IR ..................................................................................................... |
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Installing Hardware ..................................................................................................... |
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Using Your Live! Drive IR ........................................................................................ |
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Installing Software..................................................................................................... |
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Using the RemoteCenter Remote Control................................................................. |
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General Specifications............................................................................................... |
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Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... |
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Connect Live! Drive IR to your Sound Blaster Live! audio card to get the best audio solution available for your music, digital audio content creation, games, movies and other Internet entertainment. The Live! Drive IR has a front panel, which allows you to connect commonly used audio sources to external devices easily. It conveniently allows you to plug in your microphone and headphones, and adjust the gain/volume from the front panel. Live! Drive IR also provides MIDI, as well as, digital input and output connectors for your audio recording and content authoring purposes. The infrared receiver on the Live! Drive IR lets you control your PC and perform tasks (such as playing audio CDs and video CDs) remotely from the comfort of your sofa or bed by using the Creative RemoteCenter remote control.
System
Requirements
The minimum system requirements for Live! Drive IR are:
An installed Sound Blaster Live! (with an AUD_EXT expansion header)
An available 5¼" PC drive bay
Genuine Intel® Pentium® class processor:
166 MHz for Windows 95/98 or Windows Millennium Edition,
200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
Windows 95, 98 or Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 or Millennium Edition (32 MB RAM recommended), 32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0,
64 MB RAM for Windows 2000
160 MB of free hard disk space
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
CD-ROM drive required for software installation
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Your Live! Drive IR
If a particular INPUT source (for example, Line In 2) is supported by the Live! Drive IR as well as the Digital I/O card, only the input on the Live! Drive IR will be enabled.
However, using the microphone via the Line In 2/Mic In 2 input on the Live! Drive IR will also disable the Line In 2 input on the Digital I/O card.
To connect to your existing computer headphones and microphone to the Live! Drive IR, use the ¼” to 3.5mm adapter provided.
It is recommended to lower the gain level of the Mic In 2 jack to the minimum before connecting a microphone.
The front panel of your Live! Drive IR has these jacks, connectors and controls:
Optical SPDIF In/Out connectors
Connects to digital audio devices such as DAT and MiniDisc recorders, via optical input/output.
RCA SPDIF In/Out jacks
Connects to digital audio devices such as DAT and MiniDisc recorders, via RCA input/output.
RCA Auxiliary In jacks
Connects to consumer equipment such as VCR,
TV and CD player, via RCA Auxiliary outputs.
Infrared Receiver
Lets you control your PC using the
RemoteCenter remote control.
MIDI In/Out connectors
Connects to MIDI devices using the Mini DIN-to- Standard DIN cable provided.
¼” Headphones jack
Allows you to connect to a pair of high-quality headphones. Your speaker output will be muted when you connect the headphones.
Headphones Volume Control
Controls the headphones output volume.
¼” Line In 2/Mic In 2 jack
Allows you to connect to a high-quality dynamic microphone or audio device such as an electric guitar, DAT, or MiniDisc player.
Line In 2/Mic In 2 selector (Microphone Gain Control)
To switch to Line In 2, turn the knob counter-clockwise over the Line In 2/Mic In 2 mode separator mark until a “click” sound is heard. To switch back to Mic In 2, turn the knob clockwise over the separator mark until a “click” sound is heard. To control the microphone gain, continue to turn clockwise.
Line In 2/Mic In 2 mode separator mark
Figure 1: Jacks, connectors and controls on the Live! Drive IR.
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Switching
Audio Input Sources
You need to install the software first before you can switch audio input sources.
However, if the SPDIF Bypass feature and Aux In 2 are both enabled, both the SPDIF In and Aux In 2 channels will be available.
For details on the SPDIF Bypass feature, see “Digital I/O” on page 14.
On your Sound Blaster Live! and Live! Drive IR, two audio input sources may share a connection. In such cases, only one of the input source can be enabled and used at any one time.
If your audio card has an I2S connector, you can use only either one of the following inputs at any one time:
I2S
Line In 2 or Line In 2/Mic In 2
To switch the audio input source:
1.Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Live! -> Surround Mixer.
2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), click any of the audio input source icon, and then select either the I2S In or Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.
3.Click the red plus sign above the I2S In or Line In 2/Mic In 2 icon.
4.In the Other Advanced Controls dialog box, select the Enable Line In 2/Mic In 2 check box to enable the Line In 2/Mic In 2 input source. Clear the check box to enable I2S In.
If your Live! Drive IR has Aux In 2 connectors, you can use only either one of the following inputs at any one time:
Aux In 2
SPDIF In (Coaxial or Optical)
To switch the audio input source:
1.Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Live! -> Surround Mixer.
2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), click any of the audio input source icon, and then select either the SPDIF In or Auxiliary 2 icon.
3.Click the red plus sign above the SPDIF In or Auxiliary 2 icon.
4.In the Other Advanced Controls dialog box, select the Enable Auxiliary 2 check box to enable the Auxiliary 2 input source. Clear the check box to enable SPDIF In.
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Connecting Headphones
To listen to an analog source (e.g. CD Audio) using headphones, make sure that in Surround Mixer, the recording source selected is “What U Hear”. Otherwise, no sound will be heard from the headphones.
There are two types of headphones which you can connect to the Live! Drive IR:
Home audio or professional audio headphones, which are usually fitted with a ¼" stereo plug.
Personal stereo headphones, which are usually fitted with a 3.5mm stereo plug, such as those used for portable audio players.
Connecting Microphone
The Jumper JP1 may not be available on certain models of Live! Drive IR.
The shunt for Jumper JP1 can be found together with the packet of screws provided.
There are two types of microphone which you can connect to the Live! Drive IR:
Dynamic microphone, which is usually fitted with a ¼" stereo plug, such as those used in vocal performances.
Condenser microphone, which is usually fitted with a 3.5mm stereo plug, such as the microphone bundled with Creative audio products.
By default, Live! Drive IR is set for use with a condenser microphone. To use a dynamic microphone, you must place the shunt (jumper cap) onto Jumper JP1 on the Live! Drive IR. See Figure 4 on page 8 for the location of Jumper JP1 on the Live! Drive IR.
Shunt |
Shunt |
To use a dynamic |
To use a condenser |
microphone, |
microphone, |
place the shunt |
remove the shunt |
onto Jumper JP1. |
from Jumper JP1 |
Jumper JP1 |
(default setting). |
Jumper JP1 |
Figure 2: Microphone jumper settings.
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Adjusting Headphones
Volume and Microphone
Gain
If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive IR, the headphones volume and microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways.
Using the Live! Drive IR
Control Knobs
Using Creative Surround Mixer
It is recommended that you set the headphones volume level and microphone gain level to 75% in Surround Mixer, and use the control knobs on the Live! Drive IR to make further adjustments.
Even if you turn the control knob on the Live! Drive IR to the maximum, your headphones will have no sound if you set the headphones volume level to 0% or mute it in Surround Mixer. The same applies for your microphone.
On the front panel of the Live! Drive IR, turn the respective control knob:
Counter-clockwise to decrease the headphones volume or microphone gain.
Clockwise to increase the headphones volume or microphone gain.
To adjust the headphones volume:
1.Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Live! -> Surround Mixer.
2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), if the button below the VOL slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the output sound.
3.Adjust the VOL slider.
To adjust the microphone gain:
1.Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Live! -> Surround Mixer.
2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), click any of the audio input source icon, and then select the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.
3.If the button below the Line In 2/Microphone 2 slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the audio input source.
4.Adjust the slider under the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.
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Installing Hardware
Step 1:
Prepare the System for Hardware Installation
Place your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive above the Live! Drive IR to prevent dangling cables from the front panel blocking access to the drive tray.
Step 2:
Insert the Live! Drive IR into the System
To install your Live! Drive IR, you need to perform the following:
Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation
Step 2: Insert the Live! Drive IR into the System
Step 3: Connect to the SB Live! Card
Step 4: (Optional) Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket (To connect to FPS2000, DTT2500 or DTT3500 digital speakers)
Step 5: (Optional) Connect to the Digital I/O Card (Only if you have one)
Step 6: Complete the Installation
1. Switch off your system and all peripheral devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the cover from your system.
4. Remove the front panel cover from one unused 5¼"
Front panel cover
drive bay.
Figure 3: Removing front panel cover.
1.Pass the following cable ends from the inside of the casing through the vacant 5¼" drive bay, and then leave the cables dangling halfway on the outside of the casing:
Smaller end of the power splitter cable
Dark grey flat cable end with a black circle near the connector
(Optional) Any end of the light grey flat cable (if you want to connect to a Digital I/O card from an earlier purchase)
(Optional) Cable end of the Digital DIN metal bracket (if you want to connect to FPS2000, DTT2500 or DTT3500 digital speakers)
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