Sound Blaster SB16 PCI User manual

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User’s Guide
SB16 PCI

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Contents
Introduction
Checking System Requirements..............................................................................................2
Using This Guide......................................................................................................................2
Getting More Information............................................................................................2
Document Conventions................................................................................................2
Preliminary Step for Windows 95 Users..................................................................................3
On the Audio Card....................................................................................................................4
To Install the Card and Related Hardware...............................................................................4
To Install Software in Windows 95/98.....................................................................................5
To Install Audio Drivers...............................................................................................5
To Install Applications..................................................................................................6
To Test the Installation..................................................................................................7
To Uninstall Sound Blaster 16 PCI..............................................................................8
To Install Software in Windows NT 4.0 ..................................................................................8
To Install Audio Drivers...............................................................................................8
To Test the Installation..................................................................................................8
To Uninstall Sound Blaster 16 PCI..............................................................................9
To Reinstall the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc........................................9
A Windows NT 4.0 Service Control Manager error message appears......................9
Applications.............................................................................................................................10
Creative Mixer ............................................................................................................10
Creative WaveStudio ..................................................................................................11
Soundo’LE (for Windows 95/98 only)......................................................................11
Creative Keytar ...........................................................................................................11
General Specifications............................................................................................................12

1
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Creative Sound Blaster™16 PCI audio card. With its high-
quality performance and low CPU utilization, Sound Blaster 16 PCI is the ideal choice for your
personal computer.
Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with very high sample rateconverters, Sound Blaster
16 PCI ensures a high level ofaudio quality and performance. In addition, Sound Blaster 16 PCI
supports localized three-dimensional sound immersion in headphone and two-speaker
environments.
Sound Blaster 16 PCI also supportsmultiple algorithm levels of reverb and chorus effects on the
wave-table sounds as well as spatial sound enhancement on MIDI and Wave sounds in two
speakers. Full duplex operation also allows simultaneous audio recording and playback.
Sound Blaster 16 PCI's compatibility with Sound Blaster PCI ensures you of near perfect Sound
Blaster compatibility on legacy applications.
Its use of the PCI bus and Plug and Play (PnP) technology helps make the Sound Blaster 16 PCI
one of the easiest audio cards to install. We believe this Sound Blaster 16 PCI card will give you
years of enjoyment of high-quality sound on your PC.

2
Checking
System
Requirements
Your audio card requires at least:
❑Pentium class 90MHz or 166MHz (recommended) computer with a free PCI slot
❑16 MB RAM (32 RAM recommended)
❑Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95/98
❑Headphone or amplified speakers (Cambridge SoundWorks speakers recommended)
Using This
Guide
This guide explains the various hardware components on your audio card, and shows you how
to install the card into your computer.
Getting More
Information Refer to the online Creative Audio Software User’s Guide for more information and instructions
on how to use the various applications found in your package.
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3
PreliminaryStep
for Windows 95
Users
If you are using Windows 95, you need to find your Windows’ version number before you can
proceed to the section “To Install Software in Windows 95/98” on page 5.
To find your Windows’ version number:
1. Switch on your computer.
2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
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Your Windows 95 version number is displayed in the General tabbed page of the Systems
Properties dialog box.
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❑4.00.950B
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4
On the Audio
Card
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
To Install the
Card and
Related
Hardware
1. Switch off your system and all peripheral devices, and then touch a metal plate on your
computer to discharge any static electricity.
2. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the cover of your computer to expose the motherboard and PCI slots.
4. Find an available PCI slot. Remove the cover plate at the back of the computer to create an
opening for the audio card's jacks. Place the screw aside for later use.
5. Align your card's 32-bit slot connector with the expansion slot and press the card into the
slot gently and evenly, with the external jacks facing the outside of the computer.
Ensure that the bus connector has been pressed in as far as it will go and is sitting firmly
inside the expansion slot.
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects a joystick or a MIDI device. You can buy an
optional MIDI kit that allows you to plug in the joystick
and the MIDI device simultaneously.
Speaker Out jack (Black)
Connects headphones and non-powered speakers
for audio output.
Line Out jack (Green)
Connects headphones, powered speakers and an
external amplifier.
Microphone In jack (Red)
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.
AUX connector
Connects a TV card or
second CD-ROM drive.
Line In jack (Blue)
Connects external devices such as cassette, DAT,
or MiniDisc player for playback and recording.
Figure 1: Jacks and connectors on your audio card.
TADCDAUX
Jacks are one-hole connecting
interfaces whereas connectors are
multi-pin interfaces.