Creative CT4800 User manual

Introduction The Optical Digital I/O card is an upgrade for Sound Blaster®Live!™and Sound Blaster Live! Value.
The card provides digital connectors found in professional audio systems and the popular MiniDisc.
Now you can experience the most powerful sound card with a full array of digital connectors
specifically designed to deliver the full potential of Environmental Audio™. The Optical Digital I/O
coupled with Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value will deliver clean digital audio
output in both conventional RCA and optical formats catering to the needs of the DAT and the
MiniDisc communities.
Checking System
Requirements
Your card requires:
❑A Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value card
❑An available bracket
If you have a Sound Blaster Live! Value card, check your card to see whether it has an AUD_EXT
(2x20 pin header) connector or a SPDIF_EXT (2x6 pin header) connector:
Sound Blaster Live!
or Sound Blaster
Live! Value card
with AUD_EXT
(2x20 pin header)
connector.
SoundBlasterLive!
Value card with
SPDIF_EXT
(2x6 pin header)
connector.
Use broad ribbon
cable provided. Use narrow ribbon
cable provided.
Knowing and Installing Your
Optical Digital I/O Card
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Knowing and Installing Your Optical Digital I/O Card 2
Upgrading Your
Sound Blaster Live!
or Sound Blaster
Live! Value Card
When you upgrade your Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value with the Optical Digital
I/O card, you will enjoy additional features shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Upgrading Your Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value card.
N.A.: Not Applicable
DIO: Digital I/O Module
: Feature is available.
Features After Upgrading
SB Live! or SB Live! Value
card with AUD_EXT header SB Live! Value card with SPDIF_EXT header
SPDIF In (via DIO) (via DIO)
SPDIF Out (via DIO) (via DIO)
Optical In (via DIO) (via DIO)
Optical Out (via DIO) (via DIO)
2nd Line In N.A.
MIDI In N.A.
MIDI Out N.A.
Digital DIN
SPDIF RCA Bypass N.A.
SPDIF Optical Bypass N.A.
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Knowing and Installing Your Optical Digital I/O Card 3
Installing the Optical
Digital I/O Card
1. Switch off your system.
2. Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity.
3. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet and remove the cover from your system.
4. If you have a Sound Blaster Live! card, disconnect any existing Digital I/O card from it.
5. Connect the Optical Digital I/O card to the Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value card
using the digital I/O cable, as shown in Figure 1.
Note: If your Sound Blaster Live! or Value card has the AUD_EXT (2x20 pin header) connector,
use the broader ribbon cable.
If your Sound Blaster Live! Value card has the SPDIF_EXT (2x6 pin header) connector, use the
narrow ribbon cable.
6. Remove the metal plate from an unused PCI expansion slot in your system and put the screw
aside, to be used later.
M
ake sure there is sufficient space
b
etween the Optical Digital I/O
card and the adjacent cards such
t
hat the cards do not touch.
Digital In/Out jack
Connects to a Digital I/O Module.
Audio Extension
connector
Connects to AUD_EXT of
SoundBlasterLive!orSound
Blaster Live! Value card.
Optical Digital
I/O card
Digital DIN connector
Connects to the Digital DIN of DeskTop
Theater series or FourPointSurround
Digital speakers.
Mini MIDI ln DIN connector
Connects to a MIDI input device.
Digital I/O cable
Mini MIDI Out DIN connector
Connects to a MIDI output device.
Digital I/O Module
See Figure 2 for
details.
Line In 2 jack
Connects a second Line In device
(e.g., second CD player).
Figure 1: Connecting the Optical Digital I/O card.
Sound Blaster
Live! Value
card
SPDIF Extension
connector
ConnectstoSPDIF_EXT
of Sound Blaster Live!
Value card.
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Knowing and Installing Your Optical Digital I/O Card 4
7. Place the metal bracket of the Optical Digital I/O card into the unused bracket on the computer
casing.
8. Secure the card to the casing with a screw and replace the cover onto your system.
9. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet and switch on the system.
Your Digital I/O
Module
Your Digital I/O Module has these jacks which allow you to attach other devices:
❑SPDIF recording can be done only through the Optical Digital I/O card, where you connect the
Digital I/O Module to the Digital In/Out jack.
❑There can be two simultaneous SPDIF Out connections: one through the coaxial connector, the
other through the optical connector. However, only one SPDIF In connection is possible at a time.
This means that you can connect to either the SPDIF In (RCA) jack or the SPDIF In (Optical)
jack but not both at the same time.
You can route signals from
SPDIF In to SPDIF Out through
the “SPDIF Bypass” feature
(under Digital I/O tabbed page of
the Device Controls window in
AudioHQ). This feature allows
you to share the SPDIF output
path through the Digital I/O
Module from the audio card OR
another SPDIF output device
(e.g., DeskTop Theater 5.1
speaker system), without the
hassle of plugging in and
removing the connection to the
single RCA input from either of
the two devices.
SPDIF In (RCA/Coaxial) jack
Connects to SPDIF-supported devices
such as a Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
machine or MiniDisc (MD) player that
have SPDIF RCA connectors.
SPDIF Out (RCA/Coaxial) jack
Connects to SPDIF-supported devices
such as a DAT, MD recorder or
speakers that have SPDIF RCA
connectors.
SPDIF In (Optical) jack
Connects to SPDIF-supported devices
that have SPDIF optical connectors.
SPDIF Out (Optical) jack
Connects to SPDIF-supported devices
such as MiniDisc (MD) recorder that
have SPDIF optical connectors.
Figure 2: Jacks on the Digital I/O Module.
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Knowing and Installing Your Optical Digital I/O Card 5
Installing Software in
Windows 95/98 and
Windows NT 4.0
1. Insert the installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2. When a dialog box appears, click the Install button and skip to step 5.
If no dialog box appears, click the Start button followed by Run.
3. In the Run dialog box, type
D:\AUDIO\Language\9XSETUP\SETUP.EXE (for Windows 95/98) OR
D:\AUDIO\Language\NTSETUP\SETUP.EXE (for Windows NT 4.0)
where D: represents your CD-ROM drive and Language is the language of the software that you
want to install.
4. Click the Install button.
5. When prompted to restart the system, click the OK button to complete the installation.
Recommended
Connection and
Usage Examples
Figure 3 on the following page shows you how to connect to the SB Live! card (with the Optical
Digital I/O card and Digital I/O Module) for playing games and music, watching DVD movies and
playing DVD games, and for recording and content authoring. The Cambridge SoundWorks
FourPointSurround and DeskTop Theater 5.1 speaker systems are used in these examples.
The following are some notes regarding these connections:
Playing Games and
Music
❑Experience crystal clear gaming sequences or music from the Digital DIN connection.
Watching DVD Movies
or Playing DVD Games
❑If you wish to connect your Encore Dxr2, Encore Dxr3 or MPEG2 decoder card to an external
Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as DeskTop Theater speaker systems, disconnect the Sound
Blaster Live! card’s Aux In connector from the decoder card’s Audio Out connector. However, if
an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder speaker system is not available, this connection is
necessary.
Recording and Content
Authoring
❑External digital recording can be done via the Digital I/O Module.
❑A second analog Line In on the Optical Digital I/O card allows you to connect to another input
device (e.g., a portable CD player) for recording.
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CD-ROM drive (optional)
DigitalDevice
(e.g., DAT)
Optical
Digital I/O
card
Line In 2
Digital In/Out
Digital DIN
Digital
DIN
MIDI In
MIDI Out
PC-DVD drive
DigitalI/O
Module
MPEG2 decoder card
Digital
DIN
FourPointSurround
Digital Speaker
System
DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital
Speaker System
Dolby Digital
(AC-3)
SPDIF In
DolbyDigital(AC-3)
SPDIF Out jack
MiniDisc
Recorder
SPDIF Out
(RCA)
SPDIF In (RCA)
Optical
Input Optical
Output
2nd analog Line In for an
additional recording device
Line In and Rear In
(for audio cards
without Digital DIN)
Sound Blaster Live! card
Connect for downmix
audio only when a
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
decoder speaker
system in not
available.
Recording to or from an
external digital device
supporting RCA SPDIF
input/output
Playing Games and Music
with FourPointSurround or
DeskTop Theater 5.1
Speaker Systems
Watching DVD Movies
or Playing DVD Games
with DeskTop Theater 5.1
Speaker Systems
Recording and Content Authoring
with FourPointSurround or
DeskTop Theater 5.1 Speaker Systems
MIDI devices
(e.g., MIDI keyboard)
Figure 3: Recommended connection and usage examples.
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Knowing and Installing Your Optical Digital I/O Card 7
General
Specifications
This section lists the general specifications of your Optical Digital I/O card and Digital I/O Module.
Optical Digital I/O card Input/Output Terminals
❑Second analog Line input jack
❑Shared Digital I/O jack for connection to Digital I/O Module
❑Digital DIN connector
❑MIDI In DIN connector
❑MIDI Out DIN connector
Input Sampling Rate
❑32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz
Output Sampling Rate
❑48 kHz
Digital I/O Module Input/Output Terminals
❑Coaxial (RCA) SPDIF input jack
❑Optical SPDIF input jack
❑Coaxial (RCA) SPDIF output jack
❑Optical SPDIF output jack
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Declaration of
Conformity
According to the FCC96 208 and ET95-19 documents,
Name: Creative Labs Inc.
Address: 1901 McCarthy
Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035
United States
Tel: [phone]
declares under its sole responsibility that the product
Trade Name: Creative Labs
Model Number: CT4770/CT4800
has been tested according to the FCC / CISPR22/85
requirements for Class B devices and found compliant with
the following standards:
EMI/EMC:ANSI C63.4 1992, FCC Part 15 Subpart B
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesirable operation.
Ce matériel est conforme à la section 15 des régles FCC.
Son Fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes:
1. Le matériel ne peut étre source D’interférences et
2. Doit accepter toutes les interférences reques, Y compris celles
pouvant provoquer un fonctionnement indésirable.
Supplementary Information:
CT4770is an add-on daughterboard for CT4760card. It provides
connectivity to MIDI In/Out and Digital DIN.
CT4800 is a digital module. It supports Optical/RCA SPDIF In/
Out signal when connected with CT4770 board.
Compliance Manager
Creative Labs, Inc.
March 16, 1999
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment
on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose
without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is
furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the
license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically
allowed in the license agreement. The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes.
Copyright © 1998-1999 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Version 1.0
May 1999
Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster Live! logo, the Sound
Blaster PCI logo, PC-DVD, E-mu Environmental Modeling, Environmental Audio, and Creative Multi
Speaker Surround, are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other
countries. E-Mu and SoundFont are registered trademarks of E-mu Systems, Inc.. SoundWorks is a
registered trademark, and MicroWorks, DeskTop Theater, PCWorks, and FourPointSurround are
trademarks of Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc.. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered
trademarksof Microsoft Corporation. All otherproductsare trademarks or registeredtrademarks of their
respective owners.
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.
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