Creative 51 5300 Manual

User’s Guide
Creative Sound Blaster Live!
Creative Audio Software
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Contents
Introduction
System Requirements ...................................................................................................ii
Sound Blaster Live! card..................................................................................ii
Games and DVD viewing ................................................................................ii
Getting More Information ............................................................................................ii
Document Conventions...

Creative Diagnostics ............................................................................................................. 3-3
SoundFont Control.................................................................................................... 3-3
Creative Keyboard .................................................................................................... 3-3
EAX Control ............................................................................................................. 3-3...

Introduction i
Introduction
Sound Blaster Live! is an audio solution for games, movies, CDs, MP3 music, and Internet 
entertainment.  With its support for today’s leading audio standard—EAX—Sound Blaster 
Live! creates real-life, multi-dimensional sound and multi-textured acoustical environments for 
the most realistic 3D audio experience.  Its powerful EMU10K1 audio processor delivers audio 
at optimum CPU performance with the highest fidelity and absolute clarity.  Combine it with a 
four- or...

Introduction ii
System RequirementsSound Blaster Live! card
❑Genuine Intel
® Pentium
® II 350 MHz, AMD
® K6 450 MHz or faster class processor
❑Intel, AMD or 100%-Intel compatible motherboard chipset
❑Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000 or 
Windows XP
❑64 MB RAM for Windows 98 SE/Me
128 MB RAM for Windows 2000/XP
❑600 MB of free hard disk space
❑Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot for the Sound Blaster Live! card
❑Headphones or amplified speakers (available...

Introduction iii
Document 
Conventions
This manual uses the following conventions to help you locate and identify the information that 
you need.
Table i: Document conventions.
Text Element
Use
This notepad icon indicates information that is of particular importance 
and should be considered before continuing.
This alarm clock icon indicates that failure to adhere to directions may 
result in loss of data or damage to your system.
The warning sign indicates that failure to adhere to directions may result...

Installing Hardware 1-1
1
Installing HardwareWhat You Need
Before you begin installation, be sure that you have these:
Appearance may differ 
depending on model and region 
of purchase.
Some connectors shown here 
may only be available with 
certain cards.
Phillips Screwdriver (not included)
Sound Blaster Live! cardMPC-to-MPC (4-pin) Analog CD audio cable*
MPC-to-MPC (2-pin) 
Digital CD audio cable*
*Available with some models of Sound Blaster Live! card. 

Installing Hardware 1-2
Your Sound Blaster 
Live! Card
Your audio card has these connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
Appearance may differ 
depending on model and region 
of purchase.
Some connectors shown here 
may only be available with 
certain cards.
Line In connector (LIN_IN) 
Connects to an external device 
(such as a cassette, DAT or MiniDisc 
player).
Microphone In connector (MIC_IN) 
Connects to an external microphone 
for voice input.
Rear Out connector (LIN_OUT2) 
Connects to...

Installing Hardware 1-3
Step 1: Prepare 
your computer
1. Turn off your computer and all peripheral devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your computer to ground yourself and to discharge any static 
electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the metal bracket from an unused PCI slot as shown in Figure 1-2.
Turn off the main power supply 
and disconnect your computer’s 
power cord. Systems using an 
ATX power supply unit with soft 
power off may...

Installing Hardware 1-4
Step 2: Install the 
Sound Blaster Live! 
card
1. Align the Sound Blaster Live! card with the PCI slot and press the card gently but firmly into 
the slot as shown in Figure 1-3.
2. Secure the Sound Blaster Live! card.
Do not force the audio card into 
the slot. Make sure that the gold 
connectors on the Sound Blaster 
Live! card are aligned with the 
PCI bus connector on the 
motherboard before you insert 
the card into the PCI expansion 
slot.
If it does not fit properly, gently...