Creative Technologies Creative Sound Blaster PCI User Manual
User Manual
Creative Sound Blaster PCI
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Copyright © 1998-2002 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Version 1.0
November 2002
Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EAX, Creative Multi Speaker Surround, and Oozic are trademarks of Creative Technology
Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries.
SoundWorks is a registered trademark, and MicroWorks, PCWorks and FourPointSurround are trademarks of Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc..
Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
This product is covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents:
4,506,579; 4,699,038; 4,987,600; 5,013,105; 5,072,645; 5,111,727; 5,144,676; 5,170,369; 5,248,845; 5,298,671; 5,303,309; 5,317,104; 5,342,990; 5,430,244; 5,524,074;
5,698,803; 5,698,807; 5,748,747; 5,763,800; 5,790,837.
Creative Sound Blaster PCI
User Manual
Contents
Depending on your
geographical region, your
audio card’s product name
may be one of the following:
• Creative Ensoniq
AudioPCI
• Creative Sound Blaster 16
PCI
• Creative Sound Blaster
AudioPCI 128
• VIBRA 128
• Creative Sound Blaster
PCI Compact
• Creative Sound Blaster
PCI 128
• Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital
• Creative Sound Blaster 16
4.1 Digital
Introduction............................................................................................................................. 2
Minimum System Requirements ............................................................................................ 2
Using This Manual..................................................................................................................3
About Your Audio Card..........................................................................................................5
Installing Hardware.................................................................................................................7
Installing Software................................................................................................................10
Uninstalling Your Audio Card ..............................................................................................10
Testing The Installation.........................................................................................................11
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................11
General Specifications ..........................................................................................................15
Creative Sound Blaster PCI User Manual 1
Introduction
The four-speaker environment
is only available on 4-channel
audio cards.
Congratulations on your purchase of a Creative Sound Blaster™ PCI audio card. With its high
quality performance and low CPU utilization, Sound Blaster PCI is the ideal choice for your
computer.
Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with very high sample rate converters, Sound Blaster
PCI ensures high level audio quality and performance. In addition, Sound Blaster PCI supports
localized three-dimensional sound immersion in headphone and four-speaker environments.
Sound Blaster PCI also supports multiple algorithm levels of reverb and chorus effects on the
wave-table sounds as well as spatial sound enhancement on MIDI and Wave sounds in two
speakers. Full duplex operation also allows simultaneous audio recording and playback.
Its use of the PCI bus and Plug and Play (PnP) technology helps make the Sound Blaster PCI
one of the easiest audio cards to install. We believe this Sound Blaster PCI card will give you
years of enjoyment of high-quality sound on your PC.
Minimum System Requirements
❑ Genuine Intel® Pentium® 133 MHz or faster for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 98
Second Edition (SE)
Genuine Intel Pentium 166 MHz or faster for Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Genuine Intel Pentium 200 MHz or faster for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
Genuine Intel Pentium 233 MHz or faster for Windows XP
❑ 16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98/98 SE (32 RAM recommended)
32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0/Me
64 MB RAM for Windows 2000
128 MB RAM for Windows XP
❑ One free PCI slot
❑ Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
or Windows XP
❑ Headphones or amplified speakers (FourPointSurround series speakers recommended for
Sound Blaster PCI 4-channel audio cards)
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Using This Manual
This manual explains the various hardware components on your audio card, and also shows
you how to install the card into your computer.
Getting More Information
Refer to Creative Sound Blaster PCI’s online Help for more information and instructions on
how to use the various applications found in your package.
To to Creative Sound Blaster PCI’s online Help, do the following:
Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster PCI -> User’s Guide
Online Registration Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your product during installation, or at
www.creative.com/register. Benefits include:
❑ Service and product support from Creative
❑ Exclusive updates on promotions and events
Technical Support and Warranty
For Technical Support information, go to Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Technical Support.
This information can also be found in the Installation CD. Go to
D:\Support\<Language>\Support.pdf.
For Warranty information, go to D:\Warranty\<Region>\<Language>\Warranty.pdf (where D:
represents your CD-ROM drive, <Region> represents the region you are in and <Language>
represents the language the document is in).
Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the Warranty period.
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Document Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
Table i: Document conventions
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About Your Audio Card
• The Rear Out connector is
only available on 4-channel
audio cards.
• SPDIF Out is only available
on certain audio cards. If
available, refer to the online
Help for SPDIF Out mode
selection. The jumper JP1 is
not available on audio cards
supporting SPDIF Out.
• The Line Out jack supports
Speaker Out mode only if
your audio card has the
jumper JP1.
The figure below shows the connectors of a full-height audio card. These connectors allow you
to attach a variety of devices to your audio card.
Line In connector (Blue)
Connects to external devices
such as cassette, DAT, or
MiniDisc player for playback
and recording.
Microphone In connector (Red/Pink)
Connects to an external microphone for
voice input.
Line Out/SPDIF Out connector
(Green/Lime)
Connects to headphones,
powered/FourPoint Surround
speakers and an external amplifier.
SPDIF output can be obtained
from a mono 3.5mm minijack
(available separately).
Rear Out connector (Black)
Connects to powered speakers for
audio output.
Telephone Answering
Device/Modem
connector
Connects to a voice
modem to transmit and
receive audio signals.
SPK
JP1
LINE
CD Audio
connector
Connects to a CDROM drive using an
MPC-3 CD audio
cable.
TAD CD AUX
AUX connector
Connects to a TV card
or second CD-ROM
drive.
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device. You can buy
an optional MIDI kit that allows you to plug in the
joystick and the MIDI device simultaneously.
Figure 1: Connectors on your audio card.
Front Line Out/Speaker Out jumper (JP1)
Selects between Line Out (default) or Speaker Out
mode for the Green jack. Your card may not support
Speaker Out, and thus, may not have this jumper.
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