Creative MegaWorks Speakers

Currently Own: Cambridge Soundworks MegaWorks THX 2.1
Hi,
I recently disconnected my MegaWorks system from my pc as i had another device for means of sound output,
but i have disconnected the new device and plugged back the sound input for the Megaworks but sound only comes from one speaker and you can hear a quiet humming sound from the other,
i have checked all connections and sound balance on my pc but i just do not know why only one speaker is working?
Many Thanks

I had the same problem, but now while moving from UK to Australia I've lost the cable that links the base unit to the sound card?? Any Ideas?I've tried Creative in Australia and they're useless at customer support, just sending you from one distributor to another... Thanks

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Creative Megaworks 250D 2.1 THX: How can I find a new remote control & spare satellite(s)?

Hi all,
For years, we have owned and used one remarkable speaker set from Creative:
The Creative Megaworks (Cambridge Soundworks) 250D 2.1 THX-certified speakers!
I have no complaints. The sound this small 2.1 set produces is amazing! The 300 watts (RMS) power can shake the whole house - x50W + 2x75W are more than enough! Movies, music, games, everything sounds great - bass is deep and clear, mid-range is good, high frequences are clear! There's no noise and no distortion (I have connected the system to an SPDIF digital connector on my sound card), the Signal-to-Noise ratio is 99 dB, and the frequency response of the set is extremely good, too!
But I have a problem, now. We have broken, by accident, one of the satellites. Now I have only one satellite, and the bass/amplifier with the remote control... Looks like a . system... ;-)
This system was a present for us. Maybe we were lucky, but I am very happy with the build quality of this Creative spaker set. Until we have broken one of the satellites ourselves, yesterday, everything was OK, and the sound it produced was amazing all these years...
I tried to contact a Creative representative, asking if we can maybe order one (or two) spare satellites fot this set, but the only reply (up to now) was:
"You are out of warranty period. Buy a new speaker set."
Well, we could, I guess...
But:
First: Creative does not have (at present) a similar model, 2.1, THX certified, with digital (SPDIF input), 300W+ RMS, 99 dB Signal-to-Noise.
Second, to throw away such an amazing set just because there's one satellite broken? That would be such pity! :-(
I'd like to buy one (or two) new 250D satellites. I was thinking even that, in the worst case, I can maybe try to order 2 satellites from a Creative Gigaworks S750 set. They have very similar characteristics, 70W rms power, 8 ohms, so maybe this'll work. I was trying to check today if two satellites can be ordered, but with no luck up to now... :-(
Does anyone have any similar experience? What do you do if you accidentally have broken up one satellite from a 2./5./7. expensi've speaker set? Should you throw away the whole set? Try to find similar satellites?
I hope Creative support will help, but I don't have much hope, at present...
Does anyone have experience connecting an S750 satellite to a 250D system? Can I expect any problems? Or it'll work?
Finally, just one more question:
The remote control.
Currently, the remote control unit on our 250D model works OK. But I am a bit worried, if anything happens, that the speaker set can become useless. So I'd like to order one spare new remote control for this model, just in case. Can someone help?
Maybe, even if this speaker set is not produced anymore, a new remote control can be ordered from Creative?
I'd really like to make these 250D speakers produce great sound again!? I am a big Creative fan and Creative 250D 2.1 THX is one of the best sound systems I have ever owned (or heard) and I'd like to do everyting to fix things up...
Thanks for all the help!
Cheers! :-)
PS The satellites of the 250D look very much like these. But these Cambridge Soundworks satellites are more powerful (20W RMS); I was even thinking to order a pair of them, but not sure if they'll fit well. Maybe a pair of S750 satellites (70W RMS) is a better idea? But in any case, if I can find a new pair of satellites, what to do with the remote control?... Please, help!

After exchanging several messages with official Creative Support, I feel a bit disappointed... For years, I have believed that Creative is a company that makes amazing audio products. They probably still do, but now that I am a customer who owns an expensive product of theirs, but with expired warranty, they don't want even to suggest a solution that can work for both parties!
Why is Creative Support so un-supportive? :-( I am still a Creative customer, after all, right?
My communication with Support went nowhere. After it was established that our 250D system is out of warranty period (it is only 2 years, btw), they refused to sell me a replacement satellite (even if they still may have some left in stock, for such cases)!
Finally, I found S700 satellites on ebay and I hope that 2 of them will fit well with the 250D system. Impedance of 250D satellites is 8 ohms (S700 satellites are 8 ohms, too), power is almost the same (250D satellites are 75W rms, and S700 are 70W rms), Signal-to-Noise of both systems is 99 dB, and frequency response is similar, too (250D satellites should be around 50Hz - 8 kHz, I think, and S700 should be around 50Hz - 20 kHz).
Well, my final 'point of worry' was that if anything happens with the remote control, we won't be able to switch on/off the system, even if the sub/amplifier works. So, I tried to ask Support just to sell me one new remote control, if they can. To sell, not to give for free, mind this! ;-)
They refused!
My e-mails are either left un-answered, or the only kind of reply I get is 'We can offer you 10% off our new products'. Well, I don't want to buy a whole new expensi've system, if I can just get 1-2 replacement parts for my old one, and have it working for years! :-)
(Imagine you buy an expensive DSLR camera, you break the LCD screen, and imagine how Canon or Nikon refuse to sell you a replacement LCD, because you're out of warranty! I can't imagine that!)
Well, with Creative it looks like this works only this way: Buy a new system. While speaker system is within its warranty period, Creative may replace defecti've and/or broken parts. Once system is out of warranty period, you can simply throw the system away, as Creative will not sell you replacement parts, no matter how politely you ask (and no matter if such parts are available at Creative or not)!
I hope I will be able to use our 250D system for some more time (after the satellites arrive). I don't know how I can find a new remote control, just to be on the safe side.
And I am not sure I will buy Creative product next time. I will carefully look around and maybe will pick up a product from a company which will offer me not only warranty support, but out-of-warranty support, too. That would be wise.
I like how the high-end Creative speaker systems sound. I simply cannot understand how this company can be successful, if they make such great products, but then refuse to help its customers, when they have problems... :-(

Connecting Creative Megaworks 510D to Nforce - Analogue or digital bes

Hi,
I am awaiting delivery of a set of Creative Megaworks 510D 5.1 speakers, and have a couple of questions for you..
1) What is the best method of connecting them to my K7N420 Pro?.
I have a CNR (AMR?) card as a plan B, but my first preference would be for a digital connection. Actually, the DAC used on the Nforce and it's AMR card is not bad (Analogue Devices 1885 18-bit), but the phillips 24/96 dac in the 510Ds is probably better.
Trouble is that the 510Ds use a 3.5mm stereo jack for digital input rather than the standard phono SP/DIF interface. Anyone know if an adaptor cable can be made up, or has anyone managed to get this working correctly?
Apologies if this has been asked/answered many times before, but If I must go analogue, which ports on the ANR / MB correspond to front l/r, rear l/r, centre and sub?.
2) What would be the optimum control panel settings for these speakers for games, dvd viewing, and music (stereo CD, MP3 etc?). I'm using 1.13
I would think that there is a set of settings which should work ok for most sources, and then 'optimised' settings for different media. I would be grateful for any pointers...
Cheers,
Alex

Hi,
Thanks for the info...
My speakers do not have a DD5.1 decoder for the digital input, so I'm not sure how it will pan out. I cannot find much information on the format of the datastream - I assume that if the control panel settings are configured for 5.1, then then spdif datastream will be DD5.1 encoded, rather than linear PCM.
I am assuming that the spdif datastream contains channel information for the following channels, but am not sure if my speakers will be able to 'understand' it:
FL, centre, FR, RL, RR, Sub (lfe).
the megaworks 510D manual and nvidia APU white papers are a bit vague, and I'm getting lost!. The 510D shows the digital input as a stereo minijack, but suggests that you use a mono RCA - mono minijack converter for non-audigy cards.
Still confused :(
Cheers,
Alex

Creative MegaWorks THX 2.1 250D

I have recently purchased a Creative MegaWorks THX 2.1 250D but when I connected it to a computer I had heard a hisss noise from the satellites. I have also creative sound blaster live 24bit. I want to get rid of that noise which is very anoing so please help.

MrHenderson , hissing from speakers is coming only when they are turned ON and no matter how u set volume , bass , treble or push MUTE button hissing is always there with the same intensity.When i connect headphones to speakers remote control hiss is gone (in headphones).Also i connect each individual satellite speaker to portable CD player and there`s no sign of a hiss , just like it`s supposed to be. I agree that "normal" hissing is presented in every audio system but u can hear it only when your ear is very close to speaker.Hissing coming from MegaWorks i can hear from 10 meters , now imagine sitting in front of a computer.Like i said , my first set of MegaWorks didn`t have that hissing at all , just normal hiss which u can`t hear sitting in front of a computer.First set was OK (until they burned) and i paid for them 290$ , when i get replacement for new set price was 90$!That is quite significant price drop which leads me to conclusion that CREATIVE start using cheaper meterials and components for building MegaWorks 250D. I think the first series of MegaWorks 250D was better quality.Harvey got a second set with the same hissing problem , that just confirms it. Harvey, i agree with everything you said. MrHenderson i agree about that running-in but i think this is reserved for Hi-Fi systems over .1000$ price.My first MegaWorks 250D sounded the same from the first day.Sometimes i was listening music with volume set to MAX and didn`t have any problems. I was always cautioned to not add to much bass which will cause distortion because we all now how loud this speakers can play.After 0- months of use they burned out. But when it comes to for some reason amplifier overload or overheating souldnt the amplifier have some kinda overload-overheating protection?
Now , all i need is another replacement with new set of MegaWorks 250D with the same hissing problem like Harvey!

Creative MegaWorks THX 6.1 650 and PS3

I know I can use the Creative Decoder DDTS-100 to connect my PS3 to my sound system to get true surround sound, but is there any other way to do the same?

http://ecoustics.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=779899
Note that it can help if you search for "Cambridge MegaWorks 650" as well as "Creative MegaWorks 650". The speakers are based off of mini-HT speakers manufactured by Cambridge SoundWorks.
Cambridge SoundWorks does not have the MegaWorks 650 as they have been discontinued for the GigaWorks.

Where i can buy Creative MegaWorks THX 6.1 650D help please !

Where i can buy Creative MegaWorks? THX 6.1 650D
i search but i cant find ? please help

http://ecoustics.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=779899
Note that it can help if you search for "Cambridge MegaWorks 650" as well as "Creative MegaWorks 650". The speakers are based off of mini-HT speakers manufactured by Cambridge SoundWorks.
Cambridge SoundWorks does not have the MegaWorks 650 as they have been discontinued for the GigaWorks.

K7N2G-ISLR with Creative Megaworks

Hi everyone
Today I purchased some Creative Megaworks 250D 2.1 speakers. These speakers come with a digital coaxial input and 2 analogue inputs. The speakers work fine when I hook them up to the analogue input from the line-out on the back panel of my K7N2G-ISLR. However, when I run the cable from the coax-out on the subwoofer to the SPDIF (coaxial) output on the the S-bracket, the sound works, but there is a nasty cracking sound (only briefly) whenever I start or stop playing a sound on the computer.Apart from theat the sound works fine.
I tried using the RCA to mini-jack convertor supplied with the speakers (as suggested in Creative's setup guide) but when I plugged this into the line-out on my motherboard, there was no sound.
I've tried selecting/deselecting the analogue and digital outputs in the NForce control panel, and played around with all the settings there. I've looked in the BIOS, and there doesn't seem to be anything related there.
I'm a bit stuck, so any suggestions would be gratefully recieved.
Thanks
Thomas.

Thanks for the quick response, but that link doesnt work.
I get "Access Denied"
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I am logged in, so do you know why it doesn't work? Or maybe just give me the gist of the page you linked to?
Thanks a lot.

My Creative SBS250 speakers no londer work after upgrading to Snow leopard. Where can I find the driverinstalling

My Creative SBS250 speakers no longer work after upgrading to Snow Leopard. Where can I find the driver? Thanks

Everyone in my household who has upgraded to Snow Leopard has had the same problems with program crashes and the computer "forgetting" registration codes.
In fact, after re-entering codes, and then upgrading to 10.6.1, we had to re-enter them again because it forgot (again) that we had bought/registered the software. It was a lot of fun digging through old emails and such looking for the codes, let me tell you.
I'm pulling a Vista and downgrading my computer back to 10.5.x. That was stable and remembered my software, at least.

No 5.1 sound in games with Creative digital speakers

Hi,
is it true that you can't use 5.1 sound in games with a Creative soundcard and Creative digital speakers?

Go to Knowledge Base article SID3069 then expand the "7. Soundblaster Cards".
It is possible to have 5. digital sound in games if your Creative speaker system has a digital DIN connection.

5.1 sound in games with Creative Digital-Speakers and Audigy 2

Hi!
I know that you can't have real 5. sound (only upmix) in games with Creative Digital-Speakers. Is it possible to connect, without the decoder box, the soundcard with the subwoofer (Line-Out -3)? I want to make the cable for LIN_OUT 3 by myself, but which of the 4 pins are for the subwoofer, center front or center rear (ground is clear)?

Go to Knowledge Base article SID3069 then expand the "7. Soundblaster Cards".
It is possible to have 5. digital sound in games if your Creative speaker system has a digital DIN connection.

Final thought on Creative Digital Speakers & no XFi 5.1 digital out

Hold on to any Audigy &2 or SB Li've 5. cards if you own Creative Digital speakers!! My Inspire 5700 speakers are no use for analogue connections. They were made to connect to Creative Digital output sound cards ONLY. The PR at the time said something along the lines of
"It (the SB Li've 5.) comes with digital I/O with S/PDIF digital input/output, MIDI input/output and a Mini-DIN digital out for connecting to Cambridge SoundWorks digital speakers."
So without a compatible card the Creative speakers are useless. I remember being furious when I first realised the inspire decoder would not easily connect to my DVD player or any other type of sound card!
Creative must have known dropping this DIN output in the XFi range would anger their customers and that without the matter being explicitly pointed out, everyone with digital speakers would assume continued support from the new flagship range of soundcards. To try and pretend that any use of Inspire Digital speakers with the XFi range is anything but crippled is outrageous! It is obvious why there is no mention of the 5. DIN output being dropped just as it is obvious the contempt with which Creative hold their customers. It is not just this issue that has formed my low opinion of Creative.(e.g. EAX and VOIP in games were touted in the early SB Li've days and are only now working at all acceptably, many generations of sound card later!).
It is a sad fact that companies who enjoy market domination feel they have the right to behave in this way.Message Edited by hetzer on 02-09-2006 04:52 PM

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Creative MegaWorks thx 2.1 250D probs

Hi everyone.... I got these set of speakers through the post today, and they look the buisness....problem is that i cant get them to work with my pc.....i connected the speakers to an old walkman, and the sounds coming through, so the speaks must be ok. And my pc works ok with my old set of speakers. do these set of speakers need a sound card or something? Im trying to run them off the integrated sound on my asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboard.......any suggestions...

MrHenderson , hissing from speakers is coming only when they are turned ON and no matter how u set volume , bass , treble or push MUTE button hissing is always there with the same intensity.When i connect headphones to speakers remote control hiss is gone (in headphones).Also i connect each individual satellite speaker to portable CD player and there`s no sign of a hiss , just like it`s supposed to be. I agree that "normal" hissing is presented in every audio system but u can hear it only when your ear is very close to speaker.Hissing coming from MegaWorks i can hear from 10 meters , now imagine sitting in front of a computer.Like i said , my first set of MegaWorks didn`t have that hissing at all , just normal hiss which u can`t hear sitting in front of a computer.First set was OK (until they burned) and i paid for them 290$ , when i get replacement for new set price was 90$!That is quite significant price drop which leads me to conclusion that CREATIVE start using cheaper meterials and components for building MegaWorks 250D. I think the first series of MegaWorks 250D was better quality.Harvey got a second set with the same hissing problem , that just confirms it. Harvey, i agree with everything you said. MrHenderson i agree about that running-in but i think this is reserved for Hi-Fi systems over .1000$ price.My first MegaWorks 250D sounded the same from the first day.Sometimes i was listening music with volume set to MAX and didn`t have any problems. I was always cautioned to not add to much bass which will cause distortion because we all now how loud this speakers can play.After 0- months of use they burned out. But when it comes to for some reason amplifier overload or overheating souldnt the amplifier have some kinda overload-overheating protection?
Now , all i need is another replacement with new set of MegaWorks 250D with the same hissing problem like Harvey!

Problem with Creative M4500 speakers

Hi,
This is Raj. I bought creative M4500 model speakers. I am facing a very peculiar problem with these speakers.
When I connect the plug to the plug to the pin, The audio comes fine with out any problem but suddenly after 5 mins or so, I see that audio is stopped from the speakers, When I check if there is power supply to the speakers, near teh volume controllers I see that the Green buld is blowing which means that there is power supply but there is no audio. When I remove the plug and put into the pin carefully again the audio comes fine.
You may doubt that the pin may not be good or some loose contact, The power pin is perfectly fine, because when I connect any other device(cell charger and external HD power) to the same pin they work with out interruption. More over I aleays see the green light near the Volume controller always on.
I used to think that this is a small problem, but this problem is so irritating that I wanna get rid of this problem as soon as possible.
Can any one advise what could have gone wrong and suggest me any solution to get rid of this problem.
Thanks alot.
Raj Kumar

Hi,
No This does not happen all the time. This comes intermittently. Something like once in a couple of days. But once the problem rises it does not settle for 2-3 hrs, irritates like anything.
I purchased it from the local store. How ever I need to find a service centre @ my place to get some resolution for this.

7.1 with Creative S750 speakers on X-Fi Titanium?

I'm a bit confused by the Titanium. It's not listed anywhere as being a 7.1 card, only 5.1. I can't imagine Creative would stop supporting 7.1 on these cards, but I don't see it listed in feature lists anywhere. I currently am using an X-Fi XtremeGamer, with the S750 7.1 speakers. I have read in the Newegg reviews for the Titanium HD that there are no analog outputs for 5.1 or 7.1, only digital.
So my questions are:
1. Does the Titanium series support 7.1?
2. Do they support analog outputs to 7.1 speakers?
Thanks!

The original X-Fi Titanium PCI-express card does support 7.1 analog and digital audio output. The card had green, black, orange, and grey for 7.1 analog connections. The Titanium HD has RCA jacks for 2 channel analog output which can be adapted to 1/4" 2 channel output as well with the included adapter in the box. In digital mode, the card can do 5.1 output and upmix stereo and four channel sources to 5.1 with the DTS connect options in the card's control panel software.

Creative MegaWorks 250D, a little problem that sometimes is annoying.

This is no hissing problem, I just have a little bit hissing that is normal. The little problem I have is kind of hard to explain. Its very hard to hear it when listening to music, and I can hear it sometimes when playing games depending on which sounds appearing. I can hear it kind of good when listening to voices in games or a movie. Its like a background sound to the voices and it sounds like a light "wooming" and that is sometimes annoying. Its like a air sound, a light air sound... The sound doesnt come from the speakers because if I listen near the left or right speaker I cant hear it. Its when Im sitting in normal way in front of the speakers I can hear it so its probably the subwoofer. I have tried to move the subwoofer longer away from the speakers and I think that helped a little bit. Does anyone have any ideas? Does anyone have the same thing? Try to listen at the background of voices, it sounds like a "whoom" like a distortion or something.
Regards Niklas.

I have SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. Well, its hard to hear when listening to music. I like all kind of music but I listen most on metal right now. I will try to set those settings off if they are on.
Edit: Is this really hissing? This is more like a sound in the background of the sound that doesnt come from the speakers. The Creative Graphic Equalizer is off but what do you mean with SVM? Where do I find it's
Message Edited by Blazter on 05-04-2006 10:34 AM

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