Creative Technologies Sound Blaster User Manual
About Your
Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Card
Contents
Introduction
Introduction............................................................................................................................. 1
Checki n g S y st em R eq u irements .. .. .. .......... .......... .. .......... .. .......... .......... .. .......... ... ......... ......... 2
Using This Guide ....................................................................................................................2
Preliminary Step for Windows 95 users.................................................................................. 3
On the Audio Card.................................................................................................................. 4
T o Install the Card and Related Hardware..............................................................................5
T o Install Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact in Windows 95/98/ME ............................... 5
To Install Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact in Windows NT 4.0/Wind ows 2000...........8
General Specifications ..........................................................................................................10
Congratulati ons on your purchase of Creati ve Sound Bla ste r PCI Compact audio card . W ith its
high PCI bus s peed and high-qual ity audio performance , Creative S ound Blaster PCI Compact
is the ideal choice for your computer.
Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with high sample rate con vertors, Creative Sound
Blaster PCI Compact ensures a high level of audio quality and performance.
In addition, Creative Sound Bla s ter PCI Compact supports local ized three-dimensional sound
immersion and spat ial s ound enhan ceme nt in two-s pe aker en viron ments . Ful l duple x ope ration
also allows simultaneous audio recording and pla ybac k.
Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact's compatibility with Sound Blaster PCI ensures you of
near perfect Sound Bla ster compatibility on legacy applications. Its use of the Plug and Pl ay
(PnP) technology also helps make Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact one of the easiest
audio car d s to install.
W e beli ev e your Creat i ve Soun d Bla ste r PCI Compac t card wi ll gi v e you yea rs of enj oy ment of
high-quality sound on your PC.
Checking System Requirements
Using This Guide
Getting More
Information
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Your audio card requires at least:
❑ Pentium class 90MHz or 166MHz (recommended) computer with a free PCI slot for
Window s N T 4. 0 and Windows 95
❑ Pentium 166MHz and abov e computer with a free PCI slot for Windows 2000 and
Millennium Edition (ME)
❑ 16 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95/98/ME (32 RAM recommended)
64 MB RAM for Windows 2000
❑ Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows 95/98/ME
❑ Passive or amplified speakers (Cambr idge SoundWorks speakers recom me nded)
This guide expla ins the various hardware components on your audio card, and also shows you
how to install the card into you r com puter.
Refer to the online Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Help for more information and
instruction s on how to use the various applications found in your pa ckage.
Document
Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions to help you locate and identify the information you
need:
Text In Repres en ts
bold T ext that must be entered exactly as it app ears.
Preliminary Step for Windows 95 users
italic
UPPERCASE Directory name, file name, or acronym.
< > Symbols, lette r s, and key names on the keyboard.
If you are using W indows 95, you need to find your W indows’ version number before you can
proceed to t he sect ion “To Insta ll Creat iv e Sound Blaster PCI C ompac t in W i ndo ws 9 5/98/ME ”
on page 5.
To find your Wi ndows’ version number:
1. Switch on your computer.
2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Title of a book or a placeho lder, which re presents t he informati on you
mus t pr ovide.
The notepad icon indic ates information that is of particular
importance and sh ould be considered befor e continuing.
The alarm clock designates a caution or warning that can help you
avoid situations involving risk.
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3. In the Control Panel window, dou ble-click the System ic on.
Your W indows 95 version numb er is displayed in the General tabbed page of the System
Properties dialog box.
4. Note the version number.
The following are possible Windows 95 version number s :
❑ 4.00.950
❑ 4.00.950A
❑ 4.00.950B
❑ 4.00.950C
On the Audio Card
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
Line Out or SPDIF Out jack (Green/Lime)
Connects powered speakers or digital
devices. Refer to the online Help for the
SPDIF Out mode selection.
Jacks are one-hole connecting
interfaces whereas connectors are
multi-pin interfaces.
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Line In jack (Black/Blue)
Connects external devices such as
cassette, DAT or Minidisc player for
playback and recording.
Micropho ne In jack (Red/Pink)
Connects an external microphone
for voice input.
CD Audio connector
Connects a CD-ROM drive using
an MPC-3 CD audio cable.
Telephone Answering Device/
Modem connector
Connects a voice modem to
transmit and receive audio
signals.
TV Tuner connector
Connects a TV card or second
CD-ROM drive.
Figure 1: Jacks and connectors on your audi o card.
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