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Introduction

System Requirements ..........................................................x

Before You Begin ....................................................x
Getting More Information .......................................x
Document Conventions ...........................................x

Knowing and Installing Your Card

On the Audio Card........................................................... 1-1
Installing the Card and Related Peripherals.................... 1-2
Positioning Your Speakers............................................... 1-4

Installing Software in Windows 95/98

Setting Up the Audio Drivers .......................................... 2-1
Installing the Applications............................................... 2-3
Using Sound Blaster PCI512........................................... 2-3
Configuring Your Speakers ............................................. 2-4
Uninstalling the Applications .......................................... 2-4
Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation

Disc................................................................................. 2-4

Playing Legacy Games .................................................... 2-4

Installing Software in Windows NT 4.0
/ Windows 2000 / Windows ME

Installing the Software ..................................................... 3-1
Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4.0 ........... 3-1
Uninstalling Sound Blaster PCI512 ................................ 3-2
Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation

Disc................................................................................. 3-2

General Specifications

Features............................................................................ A-1
Connectivity .................................................................... A-2

SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Window
95/98

Background ..................................................................... B-1
Understanding the Installation Program in Windows

95/98.............................................................................. B-1

The AUTOEXEC.BAT File Settings................. B-1
The CONFIG.SYS File Settings........................ B-2

Understanding the System Resource Settings ............... B-2

Input/Output (I/O) Addresses............................. B-2

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Summary of Contents for PCI512

Page 1: ... 2000 by Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 September 2000 Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks and the Sound Blaster Live logo the Sound Blaster PCI logo EMU10K1 Environmental Audio Creative Multi Speaker Surround and LAVA are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and or other countries E Mu and SoundFont are registered trademarks of E mu S...

Page 2: ...etwork or communication line 4 Copyright The Software is owned by Creative and or its licensees and is protected by United States copyrightlaws and internationaltreaty provisions You may not remove the copyright notice from any copy of the Software or any copy of the written materials if any accompanying the Software 5 One Archival Copy You may make one 1 archival copy of the machine readable port...

Page 3: ...nse terminates you agree to cease any and all use of the CDDB Data the CDDB Client and CDDB Servers CDDB reserves all rights in CDDB Data the CDDB Client and the CDDB Servers including all ownership rights You agree that CDDB Inc may enforce its rights under this Agreement against you directly in its own name The CDDB Client and each item of CDDB Data are licensed to you AS IS CDDB makes no repres...

Page 4: ...LOST REVENUES OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF CREATIVE OR ITS LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN NO EVENT WILL CREATIVE S LIABILITY OR DAMAGES TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON EVER EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO USE THE SOFTWARE REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM Some countries states do not allow the limitation or exclusi...

Page 5: ...tive at the address listed earlier Upon receiving such a request Creative shall determine whether you require such information for a legitimate purpose and if so Creative will provide such information to you within a reasonable time and on reasonable conditions LIMITED WARRANTY EXCEPT AS STATED EARLIER IN THIS AGREEMENT AND AS PROVIDED UNDER THE HEADING STATUTORY RIGHTS THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS...

Page 6: ...perator access area Check the equipment operating installation manual and or with the equipment manufacturer to verify confirm if your equipment is suitable for user installed application cards Modifications Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the device Compliance This product conforms to the following Counci...

Page 7: ... 4 Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc 2 4 Playing Legacy Games 2 4 3 Installing Software in Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows ME Installing the Software 3 1 Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4 0 3 1 Uninstalling Sound Blaster PCI512 3 2 Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc 3 2 A General Specifications Features A 1 Connectivity A 2 B SB Emulatio...

Page 8: ...ns B 4 Digital Audio Options B 5 MS DOS Mode Utilities B 5 SBECFG EXE B 5 SBEMIXER EXE B 5 SBESET EXE B 6 SBEGO EXE B 6 C Changing Audio Card Settings Enabling Disabling Gameport Joystick Interface C 1 Enabling Disabling Other Features C 1 D Troubleshooting Problems Installing Software D 1 Problems With Sound D 1 Insufficient SoundFont Cache D 3 Problems With Joystick D 3 Resolving I O Conflicts D...

Page 9: ...K1 also provides real time effects including Reverb Chorus Flanger Echo and Pitch Shifter that rival a stand alone effects processor worth US 500 Environmental Audio Enhances Existing Contents Experience depth and realism beyond existing3D audio Apply preset environments such as hall cave or underwater that can be applied to your existing games and applications for incredibly true sound Game envir...

Page 10: ...es or specifications on the outer box for details Before You Begin The README file on the installation CD ROM contains information and changes not available at the time of printing Read the file before you continue Getting More Information See the online User s Guide for MIDI specifications and connector pin assignments as well as instructions on using the various applications in your audio packag...

Page 11: ...udio connector Connects to the Analog Audio output on a CD ROM or DVD ROM drive using a CD audio cable 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 MIDI device simultaneously Line In jack blue Connects to external devices such as a cassette player Microphone In jack red Connects to an external microphon...

Page 12: ... not force the audio card into the slot If it does not fit properly gently remove it and try again 6 Secure the card to the expansion slot with a screw 7 See Figure 1 3 to learn how to connect various devices to your card The joystick connector on your audio card is identical to that on a standard PC game control adapter or the game I O connector You can connect any analog joystick with a 15 pin D...

Page 13: ...rks SoundWorks or MicroWorks connect to the Line Out jack only Figure 1 3 Connecting other devices CD ROM drive Rear Out Joystick MIDI GamePad Line out Microphone MPC to MP C 4 pin audio cable Line Out SB PCI512 card For a 4 channel speaker system Connect its F ront plug to the Line Out jack and R ear plug to the Rear Out jack For headphones or a 2 channel speaker system connect to the Line Out ja...

Page 14: ... computer monitor is not blocking the path of your front speakers You may want to adjust the relative positions of the speakers until you get the audio experience you like best If you have a subwoofer place the unit in a corner of the room for the best bass experience Figure 1 4 Recommended speaker positions for the 4 speaker configuration Computer monitor Front left speaker Front right speaker Re...

Page 15: ...switched on your system Windows 95 98 automatically detects the components and then either installs the drivers automatically or prompts you for the drivers You may encounter the following messages which may not be in the sequence shown If a message similar to Figure 2 1 appears just take note of it and wait for the next message If a dialog box similar to Figure 2 2 appears click the Driver from d...

Page 16: ...les are copied to your hard disk However an error message stating that a file 2GMGSMT SF2 or otherwise cannot be found also appears 4 Click the OK button 5 At the Copying Files dialog box click the Browse button and select the folder AUDIO Language WIN9XDRV where Language is the language of the software that you want to install 6 Click the Open button and then click the OK button twice The file is...

Page 17: ...long when you use it Creative Launcher is a one stop shortcut to quickly start your applications To display Launcher bring your pointer to the top of the screen Creative PlayCenter allows you to play most types of media multimedia files MIDI Wave etc audio CDs and Video CDs using a single player There is no need to use different players to play different media types Just insert or select your medi...

Page 18: ...ns and to reinstall them in order to correct problems change configurations or make version upgrades To uninstall the applications 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 In the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box select the target programs including Sound Blaster PCI512 and then click the Add Remove button 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to...

Page 19: ...sc into your CD ROM drive The AutoPlay screen appears 2 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Windows 2000 only installs a set of basic audio drivers for your card To install the latest audio drivers use the installation CD provided Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4 0 1 Log on to your computer as Administrator 2 Click Start Settings Control Panel 3 Double cli...

Page 20: ...ntrol Manager error message appears see Resolving I O Conflicts on page D 3 Windows 2000 Windows ME 1 Insert the installation disc into your CD ROM drive 2 Click Start Settings Control Panel 3 Double click the System icon 4 In the dialog box that appears click the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button 5 On the Devices tabbed page expand the Sound video and game controllers branch 6...

Page 21: ...Duplex operation 16 bit and 8 bit digitizing in stereo and mono modes Playback of 64 audio channels each at an arbitrary sample rate ADC recording sampling rates 8 11 025 16 22 05 24 32 44 1 and 48 kHz Dithering for 8 bit and 16 bit recording AC 97 Codec Mixer Mixes EMU10K1 audio sources and analog sources such as CD Audio Line In Microphone Auxiliary and TAD Selectable input source or mixing of v...

Page 22: ...o jack on rear bracket CD_IN line level analog input via 4 pin Molex connector on card AUX_IN line level analog input via 4 pin Molex connector on card TAD line level analog input via 4 pin Molex connector on card Audio Outputs Two line level analog outputs via stereo jacks on rear bracket Front and Rear Line Outs Stereo headphone 32 ohm load support on Front Line Out ...

Page 23: ...e MS DOS box The game may be incompatible with Windows 95 98 or there is insufficient system resources to play the game with Windows 95 98 loaded In such cases use the MS DOS mode in which only the real mode portions of Windows 95 98 are loaded To restart the system in MS DOS mode when you are already in Windows 95 98 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar and then click Shutdown 2 Click the Rest...

Page 24: ...hat an MS DOS game will not work with a memory manager you will not be able to use the SB PCI512 card with the game The CONFIG SYS File Settings The installation program adds the following statements to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C WINDOWS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C WINDOWS EMM386 EXE Understanding the System Resource Settings This section explains the following software SB emulation resources not hardwar...

Page 25: ...ile BLASTER Environment Variable The BLASTER environment variable specifies the base I O address IRQ line and DMA channels of the SB interface Its syntax is BLASTER A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 The parameters in the command are as follows This Parameter Specifies Axxx SB interface s base I O address Ix IRQ line used by the audio interface Dx First DMA channel used by the audio interface Hx Second DMA cha...

Page 26: ...audio setup These procedures generally present you with a list of popular audio cards or audio devices from which to choose The methods used by games to present audio options can vary greatly Some may present a single choice that corresponds to a particular audio device that is Sound Blaster Sound Blaster 16 Roland Sound Canvas and so on Others will provide an option for music and digital audio se...

Page 27: ...XE from the command line useful for advanced users who want to set up batch files with particular volume levels or within the SBEMIXER screen The settings for SBEMIXER EXE are independent of the Creative Mixer settings in Windows 95 98 To set SBEMIXER values in the command line At the DOS prompt type the SBEMIXER command in a single line Its syntax is SBEMIXER S x W x C x M x where square brackets...

Page 28: ... and This Parameter Specifies Axxx SB interface s base I O address Ix IRQ line used by the audio interface Dx First DMA channel used by the audio interface Hx Second DMA channel used by the audio interface Pxxx MPU 401 UART interface s base I O address dx SB Emulation mode For x 1 is Off 0 is On wx Set x to 1 to use the Windows assigned resource configuration Set x to 0 to use your user assigned r...

Page 29: ...e System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab 4 Double click Sound Video And Game Controllers and then select Creative Gameport Joystick 5 Click the Properties button 6 In the Properties dialog box If you have an Original Configuration Current check box To enable the interface make sure that the check box is selected To disable it clear the check box If you have a Disable In This Har...

Page 30: ... Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab and select your CD ROM drive 4 Click the Properties button 5 In the Properties dialog box click the Settings tab and select Auto Insert Notification 6 Click the OK button to exit from the dialog box Problems With Sound There is unexpected excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is being played The last selected preset is an in...

Page 31: ... that the check boxes of your active sources are selected No audio output when playing digital files such as WAV MIDI files or AVI clips Possible causes The speaker volume knob if any is not set properly The external amplifier or speakers are connected to the wrong jack There is a hardware conflict The output selection in the Configuration tabbed page of the Speaker applet is incorrectly selected ...

Page 32: ... I O recovery time of the BIOS setting usually under the Chipset Feature Settings section Or if available you may adjust the AT Bus speed to a slower clock If the problem persists try a different joystick Do not attempt to make changes to the BIOS unless you have experience with system software Resolving I O Conflicts Conflicts between your audio card and another peripheral device may occur if you...

Page 33: ...s after you remove an audio card from your computer after you have successfully installed the Sound Blaster PCI512 card Windows is trying to match the drivers to the removed audio card To solve this problem 1 Log on to your computer as Administrator 2 Click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel 3 Double click the Multimedia icon and then click the Devices tab 4 In the lis...

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