Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Sound BlasterAxx SBX 20 Creative Labs
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User’ s Guide Model No.: SB1390 (SBX 10) / SB1360 (SBX 20).
G etting Started Th an k you for ch oosi n g Creativ e Sou n d Bl asterAxx, th e next gen erati on Sou n d Blaster ® th at i n corporates th e po wer f ul SB-Axx1 sou n d an d voi ce p roces sor. I t i s equ ipped with speaker an d mi cr oph o ne f un ct ions f or b oth li sten ing an d con f er encing cap abil i ties.
Mo re Hel p F or th e l atest news and produ cts f or t h e Sou n d Bl aster, p l ease vi s i t ww w.soun d blaster. com. Th e si te al so i n cl u des i nfor mation on maki ng pu rchases, techn ical h el p and th e latest s oftwar e up d ates.
U nderstanding Y o ur So u nd Bl asterA xx Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s eq u i pp ed wi th a var i e ty of inp u t and ou tp u t j ack s to enab l e con nect i on to v ar i ou s device s. A tou ch scr een i nt erf ac e l ocated at th e top of th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx g iv es you basic con t r ol ov er th e sy stem' s f un ct i on s.
C o nn e ct iv ity - In pu t / Out put Ja cks J ack Descrip t io n 1 Co n nect Bu t ton A blue L E D i nd icates th at th e Sou n d Bl aster Axx i s con n ected wi th a Bl uet oot h e n abled devi ce. l E n sure th e Sou n d Bl aster Axx i s powere d on .
To uch Scr e e n C ont rols To gg le/Slider Descrip tio n 1 Voice F ocus Tog gles t h e Voic e F ocu s f un ction O N/OFF . Voi ce F ocu s i s ON wh e n th e LE D i s li gh ted and dimmed oth er wi se. 2 Nois e Red u ction Tog gles t h e Noi se Redu ction f un ction O N/O F F .
Setting U p Y our So und Blas t erA xx Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s a new s ystem wi th l ow power am pli f i er t echn ol og y th at enab l e s th e Soun d Blaster Axx to r un on U SB po wer wh i l e deli v er i n g perf or mance w h i ch was prev i ou sl y possibl e on l y wi th AC power .
C o nn ect i ng t o a P owe r Su ppl y No te: USB Power Ad apter avai l able sep ar ately..
U sing Y ou r So und Blas t erA xx Wh eth er you w is h to l i sten to y ou r f avor i te trac ks f r om MP3 playe rs , ex peri ence r eal i s tic aud i o whil e playi ng games on y ou r PC and game c.
MP 3 Pla y e rs / CD Pla y e rs an d Other P or t able Enterta inme nt Dev ic e s y Blu e t ooth Enabled Dev ic e s.
C o nn ect i ng t he S oun d Bla st er Ax x for Vid eo/A udi o C onfer en c i ng, K a ra o k e a nd R e co rd in g Video / Aud i o confer encing vi a th e var i ous mess agin g app l i cations avai l able in th e m ark et i s mad e si mpler wi th th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 ' s bu i l t-i n s tereo mi cr oph ones.
C o nn ect i ng H e a dphon es / H e a dse t s Headp hon es and head sets can be conn ected to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx vi a th e Headp h on e j ack . Pl ease n ote th at th e Sou nd Blas terAxx' s speaker wi l l b e au tomat i cal l y mut ed w h en a h eadp h on e i s conn ected.
U sing the So ftw are A s pecial i zed s oftwar e f or t h e Sou nd Bl aster Axx i s devel oped to p r ovi de add i tional enh an ceme n ts to th e au dio an d voi ce i np u ts and out pu ts of th e produ ct.
Th i s sof twar e i n cl ud es a nu mber of con f igu r ation s th at h el p y ou cont rol th e basi c f u n ctions of you r Sou nd Bl asterAxx p l u s sev er al software en han ce ment confi gu r ations th at can be made to h ei gh ten you r Sou nd Bl asterAxx ' s perf or mance.
In st a ll ation a nd Un i nstal la t ion - M ac F or M a c OS , th e f oll owi ng appli cations ar e i nclud ed i n th e sof tware b un dle : l Sou nd Bl asterAxx C on tr ol Panel l Produ c t Reg i s.
Usi ng t he S ound Bl aster A xx C ont rol Pan el Th e r es t of t h i s chap ter explai n s how to use th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx C ont rol Pan el t o vi ew and adj u st th e var i ou s f eatu r es of your Sou nd Bl asterAxx p r od u ct. Th e examples and scr e en shot s bel ow uses Wi n dows as an example .
A dj ustin g Spe a k er V olu me Vi a S of t wa re A mas ter vol ume s l ider is av ai l able at th e bot tom l ef t cor ner of t h e i n terf ace. D r ag th e s l i der to adjust th e mas ter vol ume. You can al so mu te / un mut e th e s peaker by cl i ck i n g th e sp eaker i con to th e l ef t of th e sl i der .
Enha nci ng t he A udi o - SB X P ro St udi o SBX Pro Stu dio enh ances th e aud i o out pu t of you r Sou nd Bl aster Axx using sof tware optimi zation s. T o con f igu r e SBX Pr o St u dio, c li c k th e " S BX P r o S tu dio " m en u opt i on on th e l ef t.
Enha nci ng t he Micr ophone - C ry st al Voice Th e SBX 10 / SBX 2 0 i s eq u i pp ed wi th bu i l t-in ster eo mi cr oph on es, all owi ng you to eas i ly carr y ou t vi deo/au dio confer en ci ng using pop ular VoIP app l i cation s such as Vent r i l o ® etc.
Vi ew S pe a k er s / H ea dphone s Se t t in gs E ach SBX 1 0 / SBX 2 0 i s e qu i pp e d wi th a head ph on e j ack , al l owi ng you to conn ect your f avor i te h eadp hon es t o th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx f or au dio out pu t. Con nectin g head ph on es to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx au tomat i c al l y mut e s th e s peaker.
Un de rstan din g O t he r Adv an ced Fe a t ur e s Th e sof twar e al so provi des ot her advan c ed f eatu r e s i n cl ud i ng : l E qu al i zer Set ting s l O ptimi ze U SB Power for b ett er s.
O ptim iz e USBPow er f or bet t e r s pea ke r perfor m a nce Th e Op ti mi ze U SB Power f eatu r e i s used to i n cr ease t h e perf or man ce of you r sp eaker on Sou nd Blaster Axx. Please not e th at th e Sou n d Bl asterAxx wil l con sume mor e power wh en th i s f eatu r e is en abled.
U sing the Bl uetoo th ® Wireles s Fe ature You can stream m u si c f r om your Bluet ooth en abled devi ces t o y ou r SB X 10 / SBX 2 0 . Enj oy a udi o f rom your Bl ue t oo t h en a ble d de vi c e s E n j oy your f avor i te m u si c f r om your Bluet oot h devic es; si mply fol l ow th es e step s to conn ect th em .
G eneral Spe cif icati o ns C apac it iv e Tou c hsc reen U se r In t e rf ac e l Mast er Volu me Sl i der wi th LE D Backl i t l Voice F ocus On / O f f b ut ton wi th LE D Backl i t l Nois e Red u c.
T rou blesho otin g and Supp o rt Th i s chap ter provi des sol u tions to i ssues th at m ay be e n cou n tered du r i n g th e inst al l ation or u sage of you r So un d Bl asterAxx . 1 . Th e Sou n d Bl aste r A xx SB X 10 / S BX 20 does n ot p ower on .
5 . Th e r e i s no au dio ou tpu t fr om th e S BX10 / S BX 20 . Ple ase check th e f ol l owi ng : l Headp hon es ar e n ot conn ected to th e Sou nd Bl aster Axx.
i . Navi gate to C on tr ol P an el > S ou nd > Recor din g tab . i i . I n Recordi n g tab , en s u r e th at th e cor r ect mi cr oph on e i s se l ected . F or example, if you are u si ng th e bu i l t-in mi cr oph on e, t he In ter n al M i cr oph on e Ar r ay sh ou l d be sel ec ted .
Reg ulato r y Info r m atio n Th e f ol l owi ng secti on s con tains not i c es f or vari ous coun tri es. C au ti on : Th i s produ ct i s i nt e n ded f or u se with F CC/ CE cer tif i ed compu ter e qu i pmen t.
C al i f or nia P r op osi ti on 6 5 Statemen t War n i n g: Han dli n g th i s p r odu c t may e xpose y ou to c h emi cal s k n own to th e S tat e of C al i for nia to cause can cer an d bir th defects or ot her r eprodu c tive harm. Wash h a n ds af te r han dl i n g.
Eu ro pea n C om plian c e Th i s produ ct con f orm s to th e fol l owi n g: Ro HS Dir ectiv e 20 1 1 /6 5/E U . E MC Dir e ctive 2 0 0 4 /1 0 8 /E C. Mains operated produ cts for th e Eu r opean mar ket comply w i th L ow Voltage Dir ec tive 20 06 /9 5 /E C an d Co mmi ssi on Reg ulation (s) I mpleme n ting Dir ec tive 20 09 /1 2 5 /E C.
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Safety Info rmatio n Refer to th e f ol l owi n g i nform ation to u se y ou r produ ct s afe l y, and to re du ce th e chan ce of el ectri c s h ock, sh or t-cir cuiting , d amage, fi r e, h e ar ing i m pair ment or ot her hazards. I mproper han dli ng may void th e war r an ty f or you r p r odu c t.
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