CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy SE User Manual

Optional Connections

Sound Blaster Audigy card

Headphones

Personal audio

Line Out 2

Line Out 1

Digital I/O

External decoder or

AV Amplifier

Portable cassette player

Analog audio recording

Line In

Mic In

Electric Guitar

Line level electric guitar output

Condenser Microphone

Personal voice recording

Line In

Creative Inspire

7.1 Analog Speakers

Line Out 3

*Digital I/O Module

* Available as an upgrade.

Adding digital connectivity to your Sound Blaster Audigy is easy with the Digital I/O Module upgrade. For more information, visit

www.soundblaster.com and

click Shop.

spdif out

optical coaxial optical coaxial

spdif in

DAT/MiniDisc player

SPDIF Digital In

Optical Digital In

SPDIF Digital Out

Creative Inspire

5.1 Digital Speakers

Crystal-clear digital sound

DVD player

Watching DVD movies

AV Amplifier

Optical Digital Out

CUSTOMER SUPPORT & SERVICES

Connecting Speakers

Your speakers should come with the necessary cables shown in all the following diagrams. Some speaker systems are available only in certain regions.

Consult your local dealers for details.

For Analog speakers

6.1 speakers

5.1 speakers

LEFT

SPEAKERS

FRONT

SIDE

REAR

FRONT

SIDE

REAR

RIGHT

SPEAKERS

FRONT CENTER

SPEAKER

REAR

FRONT

SIDE

CENTER/

SUBWOOFER

AUDIO INPUTS

5.1 - 7.1 UPMIX

DIRECT

6.1 - 7.1

UPMIX

AUDIO

CONTROL

POD

Using Your Creative Applications

2.1 speakers

audio inputs

speakers

Black

audio

inputs

Green

(a) Line Out 1

(Front/Green)

(a) Line Out 1 (Front/Green)

(b) Line Out 2

(Rear/Black)

(a) Line Out 1 (Front/Green)

Creative MediaSource

Creative MediaSource is a software suite for creating, playing, organizing and transferring music or data files. Designed to complement Sound Blaster, it features EAX ADVANCED HD for the ultimate digital

4.1 speakers

entertainment experience.

Creating MP3 songs from your music CDs

Green

Black

front

speakers

audio inputs

rear front

rear

speakers

rear

audio

inputs

front

Black

With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can easily create high quality MP3 songs from music CDs that you own.

1. Insert an audio CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive.

2. Click Start → Programs/All Programs →

Creative → Creative MediaSource → Creative MediaSource Organizer.

3. If your audio CD is not selected, in the Sources window, select your audio CD.

4. In the Task bar, click the Get Info button if you want your Music Information Provider to find the track details for your CD.

5. In the Task bar, click the Rip Now button.

Register with your Music Information Provider to retrieve disc information for your audio CDs via the Internet. For more information, refer to the Creative MediaSource Help file.

7.1 speakers

Green

audio

inputs

front rear center/

subwoofer

front

speakers

audio

center

inputs

speaker

front rear center/

subwoofer

rear

speakers

Orange

(b) Line Out 2

(Rear/Black)

(a) Line Out 1 (Front/Green)

Orange)

(b) Line Out 2 (Rear Left/Rear Right/ Side Right/Black)

(b) Line Out 2

Orange)

(Rear/Black)

Black Green

AUDIO

INPUTS

Gray

front speakers

rear speakers

center

audio inputs

front rear center/

rear center/ subwoofer

audio

inputs

front rear center/

rear center/ subwoofer

Listening to audio in multichannel surround

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Stereo MP3, WMA, CD music, and other digital audio may only play back on the two front speakers in a multichannel speaker system. With Creative Multi Speaker Surround Sound (CMSS®) you can enjoy stereo music and movies in captivating surround sound. You can, however, choose to "upmix" the audio so that it is heard from all your surround speakers (if available).

To upmix audio to all your surround speakers:

1. Click Start → Programs/All Programs →

Creative → Sound Blaster Audigy → EAX Console.

2. Click the CMSS 3D Surround option to enable CMSS 3D Surround.

3. Select CMSS, CMSS 2 or Stereo Surround.

CMSS delivers rich 3D virtual surround sound with headphones or 2-speaker system, and

AUDIO

INPUTS

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multichannel audio playback with 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 speaker systems.

CMSS 2 is similar to CMSS, but is optimized for movie soundtracks.

Stereo Surround duplicates the front channel audio to all surround speakers without any

artificial enhancements.

For Digital speakers

Generic 2.1 digital speakers

The connectors and associated components shown here may be different from that of your speakers. Consult your speakers' User's Guide to identify similar input connectors. Or visit the Support section's Knowledge Base at www.creative.com for interactive help on speaker connectivity.

(a) RCA-to-miniplug cable

mono miniplug-to-mono female RCA cable, and a male RCA-to-RCA cable.

speakers

(b) RCA-to-RCA cable

mono

digital in

(d) Coaxial

cable (available separately)

optical coaxial optical coaxial

spdif out

spdif in

Useful Information

User's Guide (on CD)

For more information, refer to the User's Guide (on CD).

optical coaxial optical coaxial

spdif out

speakers

digital in

(e) Optical

cable (available separately)

optical in

spdif in

speakers

digital in

optical in