Creative Live! Drive II User Manual

User’s Guide

Creative Live! Drive II

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Contents

Introduction ....................................................................................................................1

System Requirements ....................................................................................................1

Your Live! Dr ive .............. ... .. ...................... .. ... .............. ... .. ............... .. ... .............. ... .. ....2

Switching Audio Input Sources..........................................................................3

Connecting Headphones .....................................................................................4

Connecting Microphone.....................................................................................4

Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone Gain...... ................................5

Installing Hardware........................................................................................................6

Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation........................................6

Step 2: Insert the Live! Drive into the System....................................................7

Step 3: Connect to the SB Live! Card ................................................................ 9

Step 4: (Optional) Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket

(To connect to FPS2000 or DTT2500 speakers )................ ............. ...............10

Step 5: (Optional) Connect to the Digital I/O Card (Only if you have one)....10

Step 6: Complete the Installation .....................................................................10

Using Your Live! Drive................................................................................................10

Playing Games and Music................................................................................11

Watching DVD Movies Using SoftPC-DVD ...................................................11

Recording and Content Authoring....................................................................11

Installing Software.......................................................................................................14

Additional Features in Device Controls ........................................................... 14

Gener a l S p eci fi ca ti o ns .......... .. ........ .. ... .............. ... .. ............... .. ... .............. ... .. .............. 15

Troubleshooting........................................................................................................... 15

Introduction

Connect Live! Drive to your Sound Blaster Live! audio card, and you will have the best audio
solution available for your music, digital audio content creation, games, movies, CDs, MP3
songs and other Internet entertainment. The Live! Drive has a front panel, which allows you to
connect commonly used audio sources to external devices ea sily . It convenie nt ly allows you to
plug in your microphone and headphones, and adjust the ga in/volume from the front pa nel.
Live! Dri ve also provides MIDI, as well as, digital input and output connectors for your audio
recording and content authoring purposes.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for Live! Drive are:

❑ An installed Sound Blas ter Live! (with an AUD_EXT expansion header)
❑ An availa ble 5¼" PC drive bay

®

❑ Genuine Intel

133 MHz for Windows 95/98, 200 MHz for Windows NT 4. 0

❑ Intel or 100% compatibl e mo therboard chipset
❑ Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
❑ 16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 (32 MB RAM recommended),

32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0

❑ 160 MB of free hard disk space
❑ Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
❑ CD-ROM drive required for software installat ion

Pentium® class processor:

Live Drive CT4860/CT4861 1

Your Live! Drive

The front panel of your Live! Drive has these jacks , connectors and controls:

(These two sets of connectors and jacks are available only on Live! Drive II.)

If a particular INPUT sour ce (for
example, Line In 2) is supported
by the Live! Drive as well as the
Digital I/O card, only the input on
the Live! Drive w ill be enabled.
However, using the microphone
via the Line In 2/Mic In 2 input on
the Live! Drive will also disable
the Line In 2 input on the Digi tal
I/O card.

To connect to your existing
computer headphones and
microphone to the Live! Drive,
use the ¼" to 3.5mm adapter
provided.

Optical SPDIF In/Out connectors

Connects to digital audio devices
such as DA T and MiniDisc recorders,
via optical input/output.

RCA SPDIF In/Out jacks

Connects to digital audio
device s such as DAT and
MiniDisc recorders, via
RCA input/output.

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.

RCA Auxiliary In jacks

Connects to consumer equipment
such as VCR, TV and CD player, via
RCA Auxiliary outputs.

MIDI In/Out connectors

Connects to MIDI devices.

Line In 2/Mic In 2 selector
(Microphone Gain Control)

To switch to Line In 2, turn the knob anti­clockwise over the Line In 2/Mic In 2 mode
separator mark until a “click” sound is
heard. To s witch 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

2 Live Driv e CT 4860/CT4861

Figure 1: Jacks, connectors and controls on the Live! Drive.

Switching Audio Input Sources

You need to install the software
first before you can switch audio
input so urces.

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 th e SP D I F By pass
featu re , see “Digital I/ O” on pa ge

14.

On your Sound Blaster Live! and Live! Drive, 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.

2

If your audio card has an I

S connector, you can use only either one of the following inputs at

any one time:

2

S

❑ I
❑ 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), cli ck a ny of the audio input source

icon, and then se lect either th e I

3. C l ick the red plus sign above the I

2

S In or Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

2

S In or Line In 2/Mic In 2 icon.

4. In the Other Advanced Controls dialog box, s elect the Enable Line In 2/Mi c In 2 che ck

2

box to enable the Line In 2/Mi c In 2 input source. Clear the check box to enable I

S In.

If your Live! Drive 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), cli ck a ny of the audio input source

icon, and then se lect either th e SPDIF In or Auxiliary 2 icon.

3. C l ick 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 Auxili ary 2 input source. Clear the check box to enable SPDIF In.

Live Drive CT4860/CT4861 3

Connecting Headphones

To listen to an analog source (e.g.
CD Audio) usi ng headphones,
make sure that in Surround Mixer,
the recording source selected is
“What U Hear”. Otherwise , no
sound wil l be heard from the
headphones.

There are two types of headphones which you can connect to the Live! Drive :

❑ Home audio or profes siona l audi o headph ones, which a re usua ll y fit te d with a ¼" st ereo pl ug
❑ Personal stereo he adphone s, which ar e usual ly f itte d wit h a 3.5mm ster eo plug, such as tho se

used for portable audio playe rs.

.

Connecting Microphone

The shunt for Jumper C85 can be
found to gether w ith the pac ke t of
screws provided.

4 Live Driv e CT 4860/CT4861

There are two types of microphone which you can connect to the Live! Drive:
❑ 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 Telex

microphone bundled with Creative audio products.

By default, Live! Drive is set for use with a condenser microphone . To use a dynamic
microphone, you must place the shunt (jumper cap) onto Jumper C85 on the Live! Drive. See
Figure 4 on page 8 for the location of Jumper C85 on the Live! Drive.

Shunt

Jumper C85

To use a dynamic
microphone,
place the shunt
onto Jumper C85.

Shunt

Jumper C85

Figure 2: Micr ophone jumper set ti ngs.

T o use a condenser
microphone,
remove the shunt
from Jumper C85
(default setting).

Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone Gain

If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive, the headphones volume and
microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways.

Using the Live! Drive
Control Knobs

Using Creative Surround
Mixer

It is rec ommend ed t hat you set the
headphones volume le vel and
microphone gain level to 75% in
Surround Mixer, and use the
control knobs on the Live! Drive
to make fu rther adjustments.

Even if you turn the cont rol knob
on the Live! Drive to the
maximum , your headphones w ill
hav e no sound if you set the
headphones volume level to 0% or
mute it in Surround Mixer. The
same applies for your
microph one.

On the front panel of the Li ve! Drive, turn the res pective control knob:

❑ Anti-clockwise to decrease the headphones volume or micr ophone 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), cli ck a ny of the audio input source

icon, and then select the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

3. If the butt on b e l ow th e Line In 2/Microphone 2 slider is not highlighted, click it to unm ute

the audio input source.

4. Adjust the slider under the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

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Installing Hardware

Figure 3: Removing front panel cover.

Front panel cover

To install your Live! Drive, you need to perform the following:

❑ Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation
❑ Step 2 : I nsert th e L ive! Drive in to the Sy s t em
❑ Step 3: Connect to the SB Live! Card
❑ Step 4: (Optional ) Install the Digi tal DIN Metal Bra cket (To connect to FPS2000 or DTT2500

spea ke rs )

❑ Step 5: (Optional) Connect to the Digital I/O Card (Only if you have one)
❑ Step 6 : Co mple te the In s t al lation

Step 1: Prepare the System for Hardware Installation

Place you r C D -ROM/DVD-ROM
drive above the Live! Drive to
prevent dangling cables from the
front panel blocking access to the
drive tray.

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1. Switch off your system and all peripheral devices.

2. T ouch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself
and to discha rge any stat ic electri city , and then unplug
the power cord from the wall outlet.

3. Remove the cover from your system.

4. Remove the f r ont panel cover from one unused 5¼"
drive bay.

Step 2: Insert the Live! Drive into the System

1. Pass the follo win g cable ends from t he inside of th e casing thr ough th e v acan t 5¼" driv e ba y ,
and then leave the cables dangling half way 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 wan t to connect to a Digital I/O

card fro m an ea rl i er pur ch a s e)

❑ (Optional) Cable end of the Digital DIN metal bracket (if you want to connect to

FPS2000 or DTT2500 speakers)

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2. Connect the cables to the Live! Drive as shown in Figure 4.

Power splitter cable

Live! Drive

To system
power supply unit

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Digital DIN
metal bracket

C85

Jumper for microphone
type selection

(Optical)
Digital I/O card

Orange-colored wire

Connector for
future upgrades

Red-colored wire

Light grey
flat cable

J3

J1

J2

Sound Blaster Live! card

Digital
DIN cable

Black circle on the
underside of the cable

Red-colored wire

Dark grey
flat cable

Fig ure 4: Connecting cabl es to the Live! Drive.

3. Slide th e Li ve! D ri ve in to the v aca nt 5¼" dr iv e bay, and then sec ure it s sid es to the c asi ng with
the screws provided.

Step 3:
Connect to the

Connect the dark grey flat cable to Sound Blaster Live!’s AUD_EXT header.

SB Live! Card

Do not force the audio card into
the slot. If it does not fit properly,
gently remove it and try again

.

If you have difficulty con nec ting to the AUD_EXT head er:

1. Remove the So und Blaster Live! card from its PCI slot.

2. Connect the dark grey flat cable to Sound Blaster Live!’s AUD_EXT header.

3. Align the Sound Blaster Live! card with the vacant PCI expansion slot. Press the card gently
and evenly into the slot as shown in Figure 5. Ensure that the card is seated firmly inside the
PCI expansion slot.

4. Secure the card to the expansion slot with a scre w.

ii. Fasten the card

to the slot with a
screw.

Fig ur e 5: Securi ng the au dio c ar d to the P CI

expan s io n slot.

Unused brackets

i. Gently press the

audio card into
the slot.

PCI slot

ISA slot

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Step 4: (Optional) Install the Digital DIN Metal Bracket (To connect to FPS2000 or DTT2500 speakers)

Step 5: (Optional)
Connect to the

1. Remove the me tal plate from a vacant ISA or PCI expans ion slot.

2. Align the Digita l DIN metal bracket with the vacant expansion slot opening.

3. Secure the metal bracket to the system casing with a screw.

Connect the light grey flat cable to the Digital I/O card’s AUD_EXT header.

Digital I/O Card
(Only if you have one)

Step 6: Complete the Installation

Using Your Live! Drive

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If you have difficulty conn ec ting to the AUD_EXT header:

1. Remove the Digital I/O card from the system.

2. Connect the light grey flat cable to the Digital I/O card.

3. Place the me tal bracket of the Digital I/O card into the vacant bra cket on the system cas ing.

4. Secure the card to the system cas ing with a screw.

1. Connect the power splitter cable to the system pow er supply unit.

2. Replace the cover onto your system.

3. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and switch on the system .

The Live! Drive will most undoubtedly give you endless hours of listening pleasure. The
followin g information and diagrams on the next two pages show how you can connect to your
Live! Drive to optimize your enjoyment.

Playing Games and Music

❑ With FourPointSurround or DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker System from Cambridge

SoundWorks, you can experience crystal clear gaming se quences or music from the Digital
DIN connection.

Watching DVD
Movies Using SoftPC­DVD

Recording and Content Authoring

FourPointSurround and DeskTop
Theater 5.1 speaker sy stems,
Digital I/O Module, Di gital
Output Module and Digital I/O
card ar e availabl e se pa ratel y.

❑ If you are using Creative SoftPC -DVD to watch DVD movies on your PC, connect from the

SPDIF Output of your Live! Drive to an ext erna l Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as the
DeskTop Theater speaker systems.

❑ The Live! Drive fits into the standard 5¼" drive bay of your computer and thus allows you

easy access to the following connectors fr om it s front panel:

• Standard MIDI input/output connectors for con nec tion to MIDI devices;

• A second analog Line In allows you to connect to an additional input device (e.g. a CD

player) for recording. Switchable to Microphone mode for a second microphone input,
with front panel volume control;

• A Headphones jack to connect to your headphones, with front panel volume control.

• A set of SPDIF (RCA) input/output jacks for recording to and from external digital

devices such as M ini D is c or DAT record er s

• A set of SPDIF Optical input/output jacks for recording to and from external digital

devices such as MiniDisc or DAT recorders via an optical connection.
(Available on Live! Drive II only.)

• A set of Auxiliary input j acks for recording from consumer equipment such as television,

video cassette recorder and CD players. (Available on Live! Drive II only.)

❑ A Digital DIN connec tor for c onnect ion t o dig ital spe ake rs such a s the F ourPoi ntSur round o r

DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital S peaker Systems.

❑ The Headphones and Mi cro phone co nnecti ons ut ili zes ¼ " jacks fo r hig h-qua lity c onne cti vity.

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Playing Games and Music

with FourPointSurround Digital
Speaker System

FourPointSurround
Digital Speaker System

Digital
DIN

Sound Blaster Live! card

Recording and Content Authoring

Digital DIN
Metal bracket

with Live! Drive

SPDIF (RCA)
In Out

Digital device
(e.g., DAT)

Note:

The Optical and
AUX input jacks are
available only on Live!
Drive II.

Watching DVD Movies

with Creative SoftPC-DVD and
DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker System

DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker System

Dolby Digital
(AC-3)
SPDIF In

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Digital
DIN

MiniDisc

Headphones Microphone /

Figure 6: Connecting peripherals to the Live! Drive.

AUX input from
an analog so urce
(e.g., CD player
or tape deck)

Line In

Live! Drive

MIDI devices
(e.g., MIDI keyboard)

When you cascade your existing
Digital I/O card to the Live! Drive,
pleas e no te the following:

• On the Digital I/O card, only
the SPDIF Out puts are
available.
The SPDIF Inputs and 2nd
Line Input are available on the
Live! Drive. The SPDIF
Outputs are al so available on
the Live! Drive.

• You can connect two MIDI
devices simultaneously to the
MIDI Input of the Live! Drive
and Digi tal I/O card. However,
at any one time, you can only
use the MIDI Input on either
the Live! Drive or the Digital
I/O card.
The MIDI Output is av ai lab le
on both the Digital I/O card
and the Li ve! Drive.

If you have an Optical Digital I/O card (or Digital I/O card) from an earlier purchase, you can
connect it to your Li ve! Drive. The figure below shows an alterna tive method for audio
recording and content authoring using the Optical Digital I/O card.

Recording and Content Authoring

with Optical Digital I/O card and
Digital I/O Module

Recording to or from an

SPDIF (RCA)
In

MiniDisc
Recorder

To FourPointSurround
or DeskTop Theater 5.1
Digital Speaker Systems

MIDI devices
(e.g., MIDI keyboard)

SPDIF Out (RCA)

Optical
Input

Digital device
(e.g., DAT)

Optical
Output

external digital device
supporting RCA SPDIF
input/output

Digital I/O Module

(RCA/Optical SPDIF In and Out)

Line In 2

Digital In/Out

Digital DIN

MIDI In

MIDI Out

Optical
Digital I/O
card

Connects to
Live! Drive

Figure 7: Connecting peripherals to an Optical Digital I/O card.

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Installing Software

1. Insert the installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.
The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatica lly.If not, see
“Troubleshooting” on page 15.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Additional Features in Device Controls

Digital I/O

Live! Drive

After you install the software f or the Live! Drive, you will be able to enable the SPDIF Bypa ss
feature for your digital inputs and outputs, and mute your speakers when you plug your
headphones into Live! Drive. These two new features appears as two new tabbed pages in
Device Controls.

To enable the SPDIF Bypass feature:

•On the Digital I/O tabbed page, selec t the Enable check
box to place a check mark in it.

SPDIF Bypass is required if you want audio signals
passing through SPDIF In to be routed directly to SPDIF
Out, without passing through the processor chip.

To mute the speakers when using headphones:

•On the Live! Drive tabbed page, select the Mute
speakers when using headphones check box to place a

chec k m a r k in it .

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General Specifications

Audio Inputs and Outputs
On Front Panel

Additional Audio Inputs
and Outputs on Front
Panel
(For Live! Drive II)

Interfaces

Troubleshooting

Problems Installing Soft­ware

❑ Two RCA jacks for coaxial SPDIF input and output
❑ One Headphone output with auto detection via ¼" stereo jack with volume control
❑ One shared line-level analog Line/Microphone input via ¼" stereo jack. Shared input

selectable via switch with gain (or level) control

❑ Two 5-pin standard DIN female con nector for MIDI input and output
❑ Two RCA jacks for left and right chan nel stereo Auxiliary inputs

❑ Two optical connectors for Optical SPDIF input and output

❑ Digital DIN pin header (J3) for rear metal bracket Digital DIN
❑ Power input connector to system power supply unit
❑ One AUD_EXT (SB LIVE! CARD) 2x20 pin head er (J 1) for connection to SB Live! card
❑ One DIGITAL I/O CARD 2x20 pin header (J2) f or conne ction to Di git al I/O card (s ee Fi gure

4 on pa ge -8)

In Windows 95/98, the installation does not start automatically after the CD-ROM is
inserted.

Cause The AutoPlay feature in your Windows 95/98 system may not be enabled.
Solution To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu:

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your Windows desktop.

2. In the My Computer window, right-click the CD-ROM drive icon.

3. On the shor tcut menu , clic k AutoPlay and follow the inst ructio ns on the scr een.

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Problems with Sound

No sound from the headphones.

Cause The headphones may not be connected or configured properly.
Solution Check the follo w ing:

❑ The headphones are connected to the Headphones jack.
❑ Under the Speaker view in the Main deck of Surround Mixer, make sure that the Speaker

selected is “Headphones”.

❑ In the Mixer deck of Surround Mixer, the rec ording source selected is “Wha t U Hear”.

No sound from the speakers.

Cause The speakers may not be connected properly, the mixer settings may not be

configured properly, or the he adphones are connected to the Live! Drive.

Solution Check the follo w ing:

❑ The speakers are connecte d to your card's output.
❑ The correct source has been selected in the Mixer deck.
❑ If the above conditions have been met and you still do not get any sound, click the red plus

sign above the VOL control and check whether the Digi tal Output Only check box is
selected. If it is, you are in the Digital Output Only mode and so must connect to digital
speakers to hear the sound from your audio card. See the section on Digital Output Only in
Surround Mixer’s online help for more information.

❑ If your headphones and/or the ¼" to 3.5m m adapter are connected to the Live! Drive,

disconnect them . Alte rnatively, open the De vi ce Contr ols ap ple t in AudioHQ, cl ick the Live!
Drive tab, and then clear the M ute speakers when using headphone s check box.

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