NO DVD / TV TUNER AUDIO USING SBLIVE SOUND CARD
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

GENERAL INFO:
1. DVD / TV Tuner audio use the auxiliary input
   to the sound card. This sound card automatically mutes  
   the auxiliary input when the system boots, or any SBLive
   application is accessed. 
2. Auxiliary input (volume, and mute) are not normally
   displayed in the Windows volume control panel.
3. Auxiliary input can be found on the Creative mixer control panel.
4. The Creative Speaker control allows you to specify your speaker
   output configuration and the setup of  the audio source positions
   for the output. 
5. When entering the SPEAKER application the Creative mixer is
   adjusted to the settings specified in the application. If  
   "no effects" is listed as the SETUP option the auxiliary input
   will be muted.

WORKAROUND:
All you have to do is setup a custom speaker configuration, with the
auxiliary input active. This will save the auxiliary input settings
for future use. Therefore, in theory, allowing normal playback of
DVD/TV Tuner audio without effecting other audio formats.

SETUP CUSTOM CONFIGURATION:
1. Open the SBLive! SPEAKER application: 
click START-->choose PROGRAMS-->choose CREATIVE-->choose SBLIVE! VALUE
           -->select Creative Launcher -->click AUDIO_HQ Tab-->Choose SPEAKER

You are now in the SPEAKER application and should see the OUTPUT, and SETUP boxes.

One option is to only change the OUTPUT selection as listed below.
But if you leave the SETUP as "no effect" you cannot save the change.
This, of course, means that when you reboot the problem will return!
The second option is to only change the SETUP selection as listed below.
I recommend changing both selections at the same time to prevent having
to come back a second time.  

ADA 880 speakers:    Change the OUTPUT box to "LIVE! SURROUND".
                                  Change the SETUP box to "Game 2D Age of Empire" 
All other speakers : Change the OUTPUT box to "2 speaker".
                                  Change the SETUP box to "Game 2D Age of Empire"

Minimize the SPEAKER application without saving, or closing. 

Proceed to step 2.

2. UN-MUTE auxiliary in:

click START-->choose PROGRAMS-->choose CREATIVE-->choose SBLIVE! VALUE
-->select Creative Launcher -->click AUDIO_HQ Tab->click options->choose advanced.
This will put the MIXER icon in the AUDIO_HQ control panel. Open the MIXER
controls and un-mute all of the available selections. There should be )))
after the speaker icon in the boxes above the slider controls when you are
done. Close the MIXER application.

Proceed to step 3.

3. Save custom configuration. Maximize the SPEAKER application, and click
the diskette icon to save. This will save a configuration that has all audio
options active. The saved configuration will be retained after rebooting. 

NOTE: There is not a lot of information on this sound card available to look
at. The best info we have is the SBLive user's guide. You can find it at the
following address:

http://support.dell.com/oti/acc/9624P/En/Index.htm