A question about Audigy 2 ZS

MaGic · 06-02-2005, 08:42 AM

Hey guys, I'd just bought an Audigy 2 ZS sound card and I'm stuck with a problem already. I have two DVD-ROM/burner drives, and none of them are digital, so I must connect them to my sound card via analogue cables. But there seems to be three analogue connecting ports with different names (TAD, CD_IN, AUX_IN), the instruction manual doesn't really tell you how to connect to two analogue drives, so I am confuse and clueless.

Here's how I connected my drives and sound card together:
- my master DVD ROM drive connects to the card via the CD_IN.
- my slave DVD Burner drive connects to the card via the AUX_IN.

OK, are those the right ways to connect them?

For extra info: I have a BenQ 16x DVD-ROM (master) and a Pioneer 8x 107D DVD writer (slave). I have the Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speakers; unfortunately they're not digital, 2.1 can never be digital I guess

[-0MEGA-] · 06-02-2005, 11:45 AM

Just to let you know, you dont need to connect your drives to the sound card to listen to music cd's. I believe that you connected them the right way, there are other ports/plugs on the zs to hook up an internal drive.

**Praetor** · 06-03-2005, 09:07 PM

You only need to use them funky cables if you want to listen to music before the OS has really kicked up, after that point the audio data is conveyed across the IDE cable

But to answer your question you can pop them into the CD_IN and AUX_IN line

06-02-2005, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
MaGic New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 15	A question about Audigy 2 ZS Hey guys, I'd just bought an Audigy 2 ZS sound card and I'm stuck with a problem already. I have two DVD-ROM/burner drives, and none of them are digital, so I must connect them to my sound card via analogue cables. But there seems to be three analogue connecting ports with different names (TAD, CD_IN, AUX_IN), the instruction manual doesn't really tell you how to connect to two analogue drives, so I am confuse and clueless. Here's how I connected my drives and sound card together: - my master DVD ROM drive connects to the card via the CD_IN. - my slave DVD Burner drive connects to the card via the AUX_IN. OK, are those the right ways to connect them? For extra info: I have a BenQ 16x DVD-ROM (master) and a Pioneer 8x 107D DVD writer (slave). I have the Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speakers; unfortunately they're not digital, 2.1 can never be digital I guess __________________ - Processor - Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.53 GHz - Motherboard - ASUS P4PE - Graphic Card - GeForce 6600GT 128MB - RAM - 1GB DDR333 PC2700 - Sound Card - Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS - Speakers - Logitech Z-2300 2.1 THX - DVD Writer - Pioneer 107D 8x - DVD-ROM - BenQ 16x - Monitor - LG Flatron 15" LCD - HDD - 80GB PATA 7200 rpm 2MB Cache

06-02-2005, 11:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,463	Just to let you know, you dont need to connect your drives to the sound card to listen to music cd's. I believe that you connected them the right way, there are other ports/plugs on the zs to hook up an internal drive. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

06-03-2005, 09:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	You only need to use them funky cables if you want to listen to music before the OS has really kicked up, after that point the audio data is conveyed across the IDE cable But to answer your question you can pop them into the CD_IN and AUX_IN line __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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