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Nerdy question to do with sound systems
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Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:13 amby Tacz
Has anyone here figured out how to hook up an Altec Lansing 5.1 sound system to SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Platinums?
Mine isnt working properly.
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Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:47 amby Oddysee
Kid... you need to get out more...
Tm
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Fri Aug 01, 2003 4:08 amby Tarryk
I'd say yes I can help, but not really without seeing the plug choices for the speakers and those for the sound card. Care to take a couple cam shots?
EDIT: btw, good job on getting Altec Lansing's. In that price range and even a couple ranges above it, they are the best, hands-down.
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Fri Aug 01, 2003 4:19 amby Ichyro
I got Creative Labs....thanks a lot for telling me afterwards Tarryk!
*I think they were Altec Lansing Creative Labs, or something, I swear*
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Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:32 amby Tacz
Itll be about a week.
My dad took our Digi.Cam to New Hampshire (we're moving soon, he's already working) and doesnt bring it back =/ Im begging for a new one., but I might just have to nag and plead.
I attached the sound cards manual, but its not helpin much.
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Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:02 amby Kyrros
Ok.. I'm a little confused. Did a bit of poking around, and I didn't find anything on a SB Live 5.1 Platinum card. There's a SB Live 5.1, and a SB Audigy 2 Platinum. I got a couple pics here, which one does your's look like? From the manual, I'm guessing the top one.. which is the SB Live 5.1.
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Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:10 amby Tacz
Top one
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Sat Aug 02, 2003 10:50 amby Otori
I've got an Altec Lansing 5.1 setup...subwolfer, surround sound bit. Sound Card is a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz thingy ma jig that looks just like that Creative Labs card that Kyrros posted a pic of. It came with a little chart that shows you the several different ways to hook it up, but I just plugged stuff in until the bass started making zombies come out of the ground and asking what the hell was going on........or maybe that was the neighbors. Hope that helps
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Sat Aug 02, 2003 8:12 pmby Tacz
Theres only one plug on my sound card that makes ANY sound come out. Even then, its fuzzy.
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Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:30 amby Tacz
Well, I just caught myself playing pokemon on my gameboy hooked up to the speakers, so I've isolated the problem to the problem to the sound card. Probably drivers. If ANYONE has the driver CD for a Sound Blaster Live 5.1, can they like attach a zip with all the files in it or something? I really need this... Wanna listen to TnT tommorow =D
If youre wondering why I need it, my parents lost my CD with the drivers... (they were cleaning up my room, were moving in a little while, selling hte house)
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Sun Aug 03, 2003 3:38 amby Gridfan
Driver for SB Live! Platinum 5.1
Manual for your card and install/setup info.
Support page with the two links above and more.
Hope that helps
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Sun Aug 03, 2003 3:42 amby Tacz
Tried it. Apparently, it didnt work. WAnna find my CD, cuz thatll probably work.
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Sun Aug 03, 2003 6:34 amby Kyrros
Do you have your soundblaster set to Digital or Analog, and are you speakers digital or analog ones? If you're using digital, just use the single orange mic jack. If it's analog, you plug into the black and green mic jacks and connect those to your subwoofer. That should do it. Oh, and make absolutely sure you uninstall your old drivers before installing the ones Gridfan posted. Creative's known for weird crap that happens unexpectedly if you don't wipe the slate clean.