Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum

I can't get the External I/O Hub to do anything at all. The power cable is connected, and the power led on the hub indicates that it has power. But that is all.
I have tried looking at message boards, and reading the manual, but all the help I find is like "the microphone plug goes in this hole yadda yadda"
And I see noone else with the same problem. Help!

Maybe you should check the other components of your setup. Analogue inputs are something very different that MIDI In (which btw is recognised as "SB Audigy MIDI In 2" or similar" in ypur MIDI devices list.
Some things to check:
. Audigy mixer levels and Mute status
2. Correct Audigy MIDI In device
3. Audigy master volume level
4. Volume levels of your external sources
5. Volume levels of your speakers
6. Faulty audio or MIDI cable connectors
7. Microphone boost from your Audigy I/O hub
Message Edited by Chastity on 09-7-2006 09:32 PM

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