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PX-R820T OPERATION MANUAL
Regarding Soundcards and Audio Cables
Whichever category your soundboard falls into, you will find that the best
source of information about installing the soundboard in your computer is
your soundboard's manual. Once you have successfully installed the
soundboard in your computer, you can continue below for a description of the
different cable connections that need to be made. Plextor strongly suggests
you not use the SCSI connection on your soundcard to control your PlexWriter
8/20.
Audio Cables
Plextor provides audio cables in kits which also include SCSI controllers
because we are assuming this will be the primary, or possibly the first, SCSI
CD-ROM in your system. Our “bare drive” kits include no cabling. In kits with
a SCSI card, two cables come with an internal kit and one set with an external
kit. One cable delivered with your internal drive is MPC compliant, and the
other has connectors designed for use with Sound Blaster sound cards. The
cable delivered with your external drive has two RCA-type color-coded con-
nectors at one end, which connect to your drive, and a single stereo mini-jack
at the other end, which plugs into the line-in receptacle on your soundboard
(at the back of your computer).
If you purchased an internal drive SCSI card kit and you have a soundcard
other than SoundBlaster that is not MPC compliant, you will have to purchase
a different audio cable from a computer supply store. We can help by
recommending several vendors who offer audio cables and can get them to
you quickly at a reasonable price (see page 59).
The following diagram illustrates where the SCSI cable and audio cable need
to be connected to your internal CD-R drive:
Soundboard without SCSI Interface
CHAPTER 8 — Hardware Installation
1
Audio Connector
2
Power Connector
3
SCSI Connector
