EMU USB 0404 USB - Audio Problems

Hello forum!
I recently bought an 0404 USB and I am having problems with the audio quality.
Prob 1 - When I plug a guitar into input A, the sound switches between clean and a distorted/clipping/phased kind of sound, and I also get some clicks. I have tried adjusting the ground switch position and the buffer size for the input, but with no success. The sound switches from clean to "dirty" (if that is the correct term) and back at random and it is almost impossible to get a clean sound to record with the equipment. Can anyone help me solve this?
Prob 2 - when I do get a clean signal - the playback is of an inferior quality and there are audible clicks (nothing to do with the metronome) more like a static noise.
Prob 3 - I can't adjust the sample rate in the EMU control software - it only lets me select 41khz. I have only used it with Cubase so far which I believe supports a max sample rate of 41kHZ- but I don't know if it will be the same with Sonar. Note interface is definitely running in USB 2.0 mode as it states this in the EMU software controller.
Prob 4 - since installing the software for EMU 0404 my computer has only been starting in safe mode (I have to adjust the display settings etc) and it automatically restarts when I shut the computer down.... Im running the computer in XP SP2.
Any help you can offer is appreciated. Happy recording guys
PS I have already sent these questions to the EMU product support guys, but they are taking a while to get back to me.
Bookman1

When you use ASIO driver mode, for samplerate settings, E-MU follows settings done in software ... as like in Cubase LE (you can test this by leaving the E-MU control panel open while changing the samplerate setting in Cubase).
You set the samplerate through Cubase Project Setup:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5609/clesreb2.jpg
Just use native ASIO drivers in ASIO capable software (there are Sonar LE, Cubase LE and Live 4 Lite bundled w/ the card) with this device. Remember also set the ASIO latency properly (one instrument w/o plug-ins in path ... you should be able to go as low as 2ms).
If you like just to play guitar through E-MU interface then, just use ASIO capable software like VSTHost for input/output (you'll need to load least one VST plug-in into VSTHost to get audio through ... maybe Voxengo SPAN or Sonalksis FreeG is the one w/o effect in audio).
http://www.voxengo.com/product/SPAN/
http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=99
http://www.hermannseib.com/english/default.htm
If this area of music is new to you then, more plug-ins can be found through KVR.
jutapa
Message Edited by jutapa on 02-23-200805:21 PM

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