WTF? Audigy2 ZS has no connectors for front panel inputs?

[The Sauce]

This "top of the line" sound card has no connectors for front inputs - which are standard on most cases today? Now how am I going to use my headphone/mic for UT2004? Which, coincidentally, is what I bought the bloody card for in the first place? Is there a workaround for this that anyone knows of?

 

[KillaKilla]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
This "top of the line" sound card has no connectors for front inputs

Wow... damned Creative... they allways screw up somehow!

 

[Nebor]

The cards have connectors for front inputs, just not case inputs. Buy a live drive breakout box thing that goes in a 5.25" bay.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
This "top of the line" sound card has no connectors for front inputs - which are standard on most cases today? Now how am I going to use my headphone/mic for UT2004? Which, coincidentally, is what I bought the bloody card for in the first place? Is there a workaround for this that anyone knows of?

The Audigy 2 ZS have front input jacks, it's called the Platinum and Platinum Pro.

 

[The Sauce]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: Snatchface
This "top of the line" sound card has no connectors for front inputs - which are standard on most cases today? Now how am I going to use my headphone/mic for UT2004? Which, coincidentally, is what I bought the bloody card for in the first place? Is there a workaround for this that anyone knows of?

The Audigy 2 ZS have front input jacks, it's called the Platinum and Platinum Pro.

Lot of good that does me. This blows.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Snatchface

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: Snatchface
This "top of the line" sound card has no connectors for front inputs - which are standard on most cases today? Now how am I going to use my headphone/mic for UT2004? Which, coincidentally, is what I bought the bloody card for in the first place? Is there a workaround for this that anyone knows of?

The Audigy 2 ZS have front input jacks, it's called the Platinum and Platinum Pro.

Lot of good that does me. This blows.

REturn yours and buy a Platinum or Platinum Pro.

 

[The Sauce]

$90 was a lot to spend on a card for it not to have a basic, standard feature. That's like buying a motherboard without an IDE connector. I'm not going to shell out another $60 to get it to do something it already should. I'll find a way to deal. I am again reminded why I have always hated Creative...they leave out a basic fecture in order to get you to buy the next more expensive product.

 

[Imdmn04]

Well you didnt buy the top of the line, if they gave u this feature, who the hell is gonna buy that platinum line?

 

[fireontheway]

linkie, im dunno if it works though...

 

[RainofTerra]

Did anyone get this working? I've tried but can't seem to get it to work.

I really like this card and I really like this case, the fact they don't work together bugs me. I don't want or need a live drive, I just want the front output connectors to work.

Any ideas?

-Jeff

 

[Nebor]

Connect them to your mobo and just go through the hassle of switching your output device when you want to use the front panel for sound.

I just plug my headphones into the jack on my Creative Gigaworks. As long as you give Creative lots of money, you'll be happy.

 

[pukemon]

hrmmm my creative T5400's have a headphone jack on the volume control/wired remote... so i guess that's one solution...

 

[dlerious]

Interesting. I have a Live 5.1 Platinum with the Live Drive IR. I wonder if the Live Drive
will work with the Audigy2?

 

[vietofmars]

Originally posted by: dlerious
Interesting. I have a Live 5.1 Platinum with the Live Drive IR. I wonder if the Live Drive will work with the Audigy2?

Don't think so

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread/t-41820.html

the last few replys in that thread.

If you want to use your headphones, buy an extension for the cable.

 

[EeyoreX]

$90 was a lot to spend on a card for it not to have a basic, standard feature. That's like buying a motherboard without an IDE connector. I'm not going to shell out another $60 to get it to do something it already should. I'll find a way to deal. I am again reminded why I have always hated Creative...they leave out a basic fecture in order to get you to buy the next more expensive product.

This is neither "basic" nor "standard". Just because many more cases have the connectors, that in no way makes it a standard or basic feature. It will be standard when the connectors on all these front connectors use the same connection and there is a published standard that we can view and read. You want this feature as a "standard"? Buy the more expensive card that has this feature "standard". Just like early on when I wanted this feature "standard" on my case I had to pay more for a case that had the connectors.

\Dan

 

[neutralizer]

couldn't you figure out which of the pins on the audigy is for mic or something.

 

[acemcmac]

I ran into this same issue. If you talk to creative, they'll act like you're a space alien. SPDIF connectors are accessable, but apparantly the breakout connection for the live drive is all digital so it's impossible to leach off the analog channels. It was possible before with the audigy 1. All audigy 1 port maps are public. Audigy 1 and 2 breakouts are different pinouts and are not interchangeable.

I already have 5 drives and a newq platinum, I refuse a breakout box for just a headphone jack. FU creative.

If you patch it back through your mobo, you lose the >104 clean signal and add in the mobo's line noise, making your card an expensive SBL. I don't reccomend that. I had to make my newq an eye candy dead-end box (except FM patch recycler) for the same reason.

The best plan IMHO (and the way I went) was to get a set of THX speakers to compliment the card with a headphone jack in them. I haven't heard a bit of white noise ever since.

and again, live drive is a giant POS for just a headphone jack. The digital pinouts are an even bigger scam... grrrr....

as far as your mike goes.... just get a boom mike and upgrade to headphones that will be able to reflect the quality of the card. My setup is the card, Z5300's and Sony MDR-700's :beer:

 

[Pugchucker]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX

$90 was a lot to spend on a card for it not to have a basic, standard feature. That's like buying a motherboard without an IDE connector. I'm not going to shell out another $60 to get it to do something it already should. I'll find a way to deal. I am again reminded why I have always hated Creative...they leave out a basic fecture in order to get you to buy the next more expensive product.

This is neither "basic" nor "standard". Just because many more cases have the connectors, that in no way makes it a standard or basic feature. It will be standard when the connectors on all these front connectors use the same connection and there is a published standard that we can view and read. You want this feature as a "standard"? Buy the more expensive card that has this feature "standard". Just like early on when I wanted this feature "standard" on my case I had to pay more for a case that had the connectors.

\Dan

There is a documented Intel standard for front audio connector inputs and it is used on virtually every single motherboard made today with integrated sound. If it being used on every low-end integrated mobo sound system does not make it basic and standard then I don't know what does.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Pugchucker

Originally posted by: EeyoreX

$90 was a lot to spend on a card for it not to have a basic, standard feature. That's like buying a motherboard without an IDE connector. I'm not going to shell out another $60 to get it to do something it already should. I'll find a way to deal. I am again reminded why I have always hated Creative...they leave out a basic fecture in order to get you to buy the next more expensive product.

This is neither "basic" nor "standard". Just because many more cases have the connectors, that in no way makes it a standard or basic feature. It will be standard when the connectors on all these front connectors use the same connection and there is a published standard that we can view and read. You want this feature as a "standard"? Buy the more expensive card that has this feature "standard". Just like early on when I wanted this feature "standard" on my case I had to pay more for a case that had the connectors.

\Dan

There is a documented Intel standard for front audio connector inputs and it is used on virtually every single motherboard made today with integrated sound. If it being used on every low-end integrated mobo sound system does not make it basic and standard then I don't know what does.

I've never seen it on a sound card tho... Anyone have pics of a descent sound card with these headers?