Solution to S750?

I'm planing to buy the S750 and read alot of reviews about the over heating of the amp. Is that the root of everyones problem? If so, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to remove the amp from the sub as soon as i get it, and place it in a vented box?
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A solution to the S750 speaker system problem

Well my s750 died just like everybody elses. But after creative wanted me to pay 75% of my purchase price, I found a better solution. Nope, I am not fixing the unit like you guy's. I do not see the need to fix a poorly design system! I am not sure if creative or indigo/bash/blade audio is to be blamed. But if I had to pick, I would say "indigo/bash/blade audio". Years ago before blade audio became indigo, I had a chance to visit their location in ontario Canada. This was just when they stop making the blade audio car amps.
While I was there, I happened to see this long list of brand names they had started to make amp modules for. Names like Harman International, Klipsch and so on. Anyway I cast the blame on indigo for this reason: Some years ago I had purchased a set of "harman international" infinity IL series speakers. Like our creative s750, the infinity shares a bash powered subwoofer system. And just like the s750 the infinity subwoofer like to blow up too! In the case of the infinity, the power supply was the weak link. The amp module in the infinity at that time, was built just like the blade audio car amps before. Which in my opinion is a much better design than what is being used in the s750. I remember one of the sale guy at circuit city at the time saying, "I wish we would drop this model". He went on to tell me the failure on the powered units were very high. You know there is a problem when the mid level Creative Inspire T7700 7.1, out last the flagship s750. Now, whats my better solution you guy's want to know? Two words , Simplifi Digital! The 7075a 7.1 amplifier along with Definitive Technology Pro Sub1000 and the remaing surround speakers from my s750 system. Yes, it did cost me more to go this route. But what I now have is a much more reliable system. And a sound that the s750 can only dream about. My s750 died while I was listening to Dave Bruebeck quartet "take five" at mid volume. With my current setup, I can listen mid volume all day long with no hiccups.
For those who my have the cash to spend. I recommend looking at my direction!? Keep this in mind, make sure whatever powered subwoofer you choose, is adjustable up to 50hz. The creative surround speakers dont play very well below 20hz. Also make sure whatever powered sub you choose don't use a BASH amplifier. For those looking at the s750 as a purchase, good luck. Or go over to partsexpress.com and get the Dayton Part Number 300-670, surround speakers. Then get the simplifi digital 7075 7.1 amplifier and power subwoofer of your choice and make a better/best system. Sorry Creative Labs! This post is NOT intended to cast negativity. I use and like the products you offer. I just do not like the s750, and the reasons are all over this forum and elsewhere on the net. I currently own 3 audigy 2zs sound cards, three Inspire t7700 speaker system, three sound blasters modems and yes, one defective/dead s750 speaker system. If anything use this post as a positive to what Creative Labs could offer in the future. A system like I now have, sure would be nice with the Creative name all over it.
Victor
Creative Labs end user

My system specs below. What I have now simply blows the S750 away. And this is mated to my Audigy 2zs card. I am tempted to try my Terratec Aueron 7.1 universe which does sound better than my 2zs. The Simlifi Digital amplifier is one serious unit. This amp has one HUGE toroidal transformer inside of it! I was able to see it thru the vents on top of the cover. Definitive Technology ProSub 1000 Subwoofer Specifications:Complement: One 10" woofer with polymer cone coupled to one 10" infrasonic radiator
Amplifier: 300 Watts RMS
Speaker Level High-Pass
Filter: 6 db/octave (80 Hz)
High-Level Low-Pass Filter: 24 db/octave continuously variable (40 Hz ~ 50 Hz) plus unfiltered LFE direct coupled input
Frequency Response: 8 Hz ~ 50 Hz
Simplifi Digital 7075, 7.1 Channel Surround Amplifier
Detailed Specfications
Power Output: 50 W/ch RMS, 8 ohm ( kHz sine wave, all channels). 70 W/ch RMS, 6 ohms ( kHz sine wave, all channels) 75 W/ch RMS, 4 ohm ( kHz sine wave, all channels) 75 W/ch Peak, 8 ohm (music) 100 W/ch Peak, 4 ohm (music)
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.2db over the entire frequency range)
Total Harmonic Distortion: <.03%, 50W RMS, 4/8 ohms, 20Hz-20kHz
Line-level Audio Inputs: V RMS (2.83V P-p) yields full power out into 8 ohms
50k Impedance
8 RCA inputs
Subwoofer output: Pass through (non-buffered)
AC Power: 0-25 VAC at 5A
Dimensions: 7.2"(width) x 3.9"(height) x 7.7"(depth)
Weight: 33 lbs
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The perfect audio solution for your Media Center or traditional PC. Use the Simplifi Amplifier with a Media Center PC, and get clear, powerful audio in your living room without needing yet another remote. Connect the Simplifi Amplifier to a traditional PC and hear how good your computer's audio can be.
Features
Class A/B Hybrid Design provides power and audio fidelity
Simple Rear Panel Connections make setup easy
Power Sensing Technology turns amplifier on/off with PC
Volume controlled through PC
Media Center Power Plug
Advanced Spike Protection
Fan cooled

How to use GigaWorks S750 to my laptop??? HELP!!

Hi
I'm having trouble with finding the right and best solution to connect my GigaWorks S750 to my laptop.
I havent got enough outputs on my laptop (my system needs 7.1).
I need a solution so i can use all 8 speakers. Maybe a external soundcard or something like that?
Please be kind and help me if you know a good solution. Thanks!
Danni

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Gigaworks S750 - cutting off the power

Hi everybody, I use GW S750 for about two years and I have the same problem from the beginning. During playback the power supply suddenly loses the power and the whole speakers system crashed down. Sometimes it's happen once a day, but sometimes it's happen ten times in a minute. After crash I can normaly turn on the power switch on Audio Control Pad and it works until the next crash... Does anybody have the same problem and (or) any solution?

If either of those devices are writing data to their hard drives when you cut the power the file and/or hard drive could become corrupted.
You should leave them on. The only time I would turn them off is when you are going to be gone for days or longer.

X-Fi Fatality Champion + Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers + Vista x

Current Computer specs:
Vista Ultimate x64 Retail
Core 2 Quad Q6600
GeForce 8800GTX
6GB RAM
X-Fi Fatality Champion (basically a platinum with Xram)
Gigaworks S750 7. speakers.
I have the above computer, with the latest (Oct st 07) X-Fi drivers.
I cannot set the card to 7. output mode. The option doesn't appear in the windows sound config, and if set in the Creative Audio Console it just switches itself down to 5. instantly.
Any known solution?

Step : Power down computer.
Step 2: Remove Creative card.
Step 3: Install competitor's sound card.
Creative's drivers are known to have issues in systems with 4GB or more of RAM. The Oct st drivers are probably the worst choice, so far. You could try the Auzentech drivers, but there is no guarantee it will fix your issue.
http://forum.stage.creative.com/showthread.php?t=24495
You will probably need THX console from your installation CD to remap your speakers.

S750 phone Voice Dial

I just purcahse the S750 and when I push the voice dial button on my car radio the Alpine responds with "No Voice Support" while connected to the S750.
My question: Is this another bug in the 750 or did they leave this option out. If so, can it be added? I need this!!!
Thanks in advance,
John Niagara Falls

I am having the exact same problem with no solution to be found. I don't know the secret code if there is one to delete the voice dial application as you suggested. I have hard reset several times, but the voice dail feature eventually starts activating. It comes and goes misteriously. It has nothing to do with the button on the left side of my phone. That launches my camera. The voice dail feature is not listed on the applications that can be deleted. I want this application off of my phone immediately as it has rendered my phone unusable. Do you have any other suggestions? There is nothing on the Palm website and there was no user guide on my installation disk that pertained to the voice dial feature contrary to what the Centro user guide said. Please please help!
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Sound Blaster Sound Cards and Gigaworks S750

I recently purchased a Sound Blaster Zx sound card and found that it only supports up to 5.1 speaker configurations. That means I don't have sound from my side speakers in my Gigaworks S750 7.1 system. Needless to say I am very disappointed with Creative Labs engineers wondering why 7.1 support has been dropped from their very own speaker systems. I am posting hoping some more knowledgeable forum members can offer a better solution to my dilemma.
I could go back to my X-Fi Extreme Music card which has all of the 3.5 mm minijack speaker connectors but I would rather not do this as support for this card has been dropped and I am doubtful that there will be many more driver and/or software updates available. I would also rather not buy a new speaker system b/c I am happy with the Gigaworks and don't really want to replace it.
I looked going back to an older Titanium HD soundcard but it only has RCA connectors on the back of the soundcard and the Gigaworks connectors are 3.5 mm minijacks. The Gigaworks has no optical or HDMI connectors anywhere. I wonder....can I connect the 3.5 mm jacks from the Gigaworks to the RCA or optical ports on the ZX or Titanium HD with an adapter or converter? Does Creative sell new cables or adaptors, or any special audio shop for that matter, that would make the connections work?
Can anyone help please?
Thanks!

As I said, that upmix is only a workaround, you still have just 5.1 discrete channels, just that the rear and sidespeakers emit the same sound.
I don't have any experience with Asus or Auzentech. Both have their issues as well but they are both very good and only the very best creative cards (X-Fi Titanium HD, ZxR and perhaps X-Fi Elite Pro) can compete.
On the other side Asus has most of their cards in production for half a decade without alteration and doesn't update their drivers very often as well. Their don't be as many issues as with creative cards, but you will find people having problems as well, it's not like they work flawlessly for everyone.
Same for Auzentech, only they didn't produce as highend cards as Asus and some Creatives (Titanium HD and ZxR only) plus while their dirver support seems to be good, their other support is nonexistant, especially since they seem to have stopped producing soundcards. Additionaly I have heard of the X-Fi Forte mysteriously dying on many people after some years.
The differences aren't great, though, and in my opinion you won't find a soundcard combining everything to perfection. The ZxR nearly does, only lacking 7.1 output.
The Asus Xonar STX is very similar, but can only ouput analoge stereo, while the PCI-based ST can output the very best analoge 7.1 available with a additional daughtercard (but who wants a PCI card nowadays?).
The best 7.1 cards from Asus, D2 and D2X, lack a Headphone-Amp, while the Xonar Xense and Phoebus, being nearly identical to each other, have one but use a slightly lesser DAC for all channels apart from Stereo, similar to the Auzentech X-Fi Forte and Bravura.
The D1 and DX finally are only slightly better than the X-Fi Music and Titanium, because they use a slightly better DAC for Stereo, which is used on Audigy 4 Pro and X-Fi Elite Pro for all channels and for stereo on the soundblaster Z and Zx.
Everything below (Xonar DG(X) and DS(X)) ist far inferior, though the DG(X) sports a cheap headphone-amp even the D2X lacks.
So, if you only want 7.1 as good as possible, the Xonar D2X is the best solution, followed by the D2, Auzentech X-Fi Prelude and Creative X-Fi Elite Pro.
But, if you want to drive very good headphones, too, the Xonar Xense, Phoebus and Auzentech X-Fi Forte will be the better solution.
None of them will be as good as the ZxR, if you can live with discrete 5.1 only.
The minijack cables aren't an option. Just when you connect your Gigaworks to any Asus, Auzentech, Creative X-Fi Titanium card or most onboard codecs you have to use 4 stereo minijack cables, while for any Creative 6.1/7.1 card from Audigy 2 to X-Fi PCI-series you have to use a special 4 stereo to 3 4-pin minijack cable, which probably came with your gigawarks set.
If you want to use any "normal" sound card you don't need any special cable, it's just 4x any normal stereo minijack cable.

IPod is not recognized by Windows Vista - possible solution

During the past couple of weeks that I faced this problem I found out that a lot of people had the same question as I did.
Here is a possible solution.
I have HP Pavilion laptop with Windows Vista. After I connected my new iPod – it didn’t show up in My Computer as a new device and in Device Manager it was listed in “Other devices” with a question mark next to it. I already had iTunes installed – it didn’t show up in iTunes. On the attempt to reinstall the driver I had a message that the driver was found but an error occurred while installing it.
Here is what I did:
1. Install iTunes (it has iPod driver for Vista in it).
2. Turn on iPod and connect it to computer.
3. Restart computer with iPod turned on and connected to computer.
4. On the start up the computer will begin automatically installing the driver and the message will appear in the corner that new device is being installed.
5. After it has been installed – check My Computer – you should see it listed there.
6. Run iTunes and configure iPod.
iTunes might run a little bit slow when configuring iPod for the first time.
Good luck.

if only this fix worked for windows xp or even 2000 (at my job)
insane, but it IS a driver/usb problem i now know, at least i've gotten that far.

HAVE NEW 13.3 MAC AIR AND when using it to open sites in safari I have no issue until I go to a link page that is a pdf file or I am trying to save the screen info as a pdf. I only get a black screen with no data, cannot find solution in help menu

HAVE NEW 13.3 MAC AIR (previously, still have 13.3 MCbook pro which works captures what I am looking for an answer to)
when i open sites in safari the page opens fine if it is not a pdf based page.
Once i open a site that has a link to another page that is a pdf based page the page comes up as a black screen with no info showing
If I open a site that gices me an open to save a file to a word, excel type document or a pdf , everything works fine until I try to save the information to a PDF and again the screen goes black
I have tried the safari help site but to no avail, does anyone have a solution to thid problem. (I do have the abode ofr mac program loaded)

If you delete all the Adobe Reader stuff it will probably fix this. For almost everything, the Apple pdf handling works better.

Open and Save dialogs are painfully slow. Is there a solution?

Open and Save dialogs are painfully slow. Is there a solution?

I pulled this part out of one of the topics Barney-15E linked to. It absolutely works! The glacially slow Finder response has been driving me batty in Mavericks. Each time I restarted, it would take forever to list the startup drive when I opened it. Open and Save dialogues were also painfully slow to respond. Now they all snap open and list instantly. I used TextWrangler to comment out the line in the file auto_master, then ran the automount command in Terminal.
Working workaround:
Use the following statements in Terminal.
sudo vi /etc/auto_master
In this file comment out /net with # (#/net .....)
sudo automount -vc
Fixed.
Confirmed here too both for Preview.app Open file sluggishness and Finder window population. Thanks Snaggletooh_DE!
Couple of notes:
(1) Some folks may be more comfortable using a GUI editor like TextWrangler instead of vi
     a) in the Finder use the GO menu and select Go to Folder
     b) type '/etc' ( without single quotes ) in the Go to folder dialog box and press the Go button
     c) Right ( Control ) click the auto_master file in the resulting Finder window. Select "Open with...." and use TextWrangler ( your choice )
     d) Comment out the line by inserting a '#' ( pound sign ) as noted in Snaggletooth_DE's instructions
     e) Save the file ( probably need to authenticate with your admin password )
     f) Do the 'sudo automount -vc' per Snaggletooth_DE's instructions. Will need to authenticate again.
(2) Notice Snaggletooth_DE described this as a "workaround" because it bypasses an Apple bug. Presumably most people have not changed their auto_master file and it worked fine in Mountain Lion and prior. In other words: If you haven't done so already, please continue to submit feedback and bug reports to Apple for this issue.
Kudos to Snaggletooth_DE for figuring out code is trying to look at network ( NFS ) volumes that maybe don't exist.

Any Mozilla product I install crashes at startup. The first window I see when I open a Mozilla product is the crash reporter. I have tried every possible solution but cannot open anything. It started with firefox. Can anyone please help?

Hi there, as the question says, I cannot open any Mozilla product. I have tried to install firefox 3.6, older versions of Firefox, Firefox 4.0, Sea Monkey, Thunder Bird and Sun Bird. I have the same problem everytime. I open any of these programs and the first and the only window that appears is the crash reporter. I've tried opening it in Safe Mode and the same occurs. I have tried entirely uninstalling the products incuding the registry keys but no help. I shall post the detailed error reports, if they help solving this issue. Can you kindly look into this and find a solution as I use all of these Mozilla products and my life has been a hell since they've ben down.
Seamonkey Error Report:
Add-ons: [email protected]:2.0.4,{59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2}:0.9.85,{f13b157f-b174-47e7-a34d-4815ddfdfeb8}:0.9.87.4,[email protected]:1.0,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:1.0
BuildID: 20101123124820
CrashTime: 1296412292
InstallTime: 1296412283
ProductName: SeaMonkey
StartupTime: 1296412291
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
URL:
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 2.0.11
This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.
Sunbird Error Report:
Add-ons: [email protected]:1.2009p,{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}:1.0b1,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:2.0
BuildID: 20091211101839
CrashTime: 1296413028
InstallTime: 1296411446
ProductName: Sunbird
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 1578
StartupTime: 1296413025
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
URL:
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 1.0b1
This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.

Did you find a solution?
Same problem over here as well, FF 7 is ok but FF8 / FF9 and Thunderbird 8 / 9 crash on startup.
They both work if I start them in safe mode with everything enabled.

Can't get itunes. I get the following message when I click on either the shortcut or the program. It says ITunes has stopped working and I can either check on line for a solution and close the program or just close the program.

When I click on the itunes shortcut or the program I get the following message:
ITunes has stopped working. My two options are: Windows can check on line for a solution to the problem or close the program.
It seems that my entire library is not there. If I sync my ipod will it add it back into my library on the computer?
I've even tried installing again and nothing works. Tried the "repair" and it says that ITunes is loaded but I stil get the above error when I try to open the program.
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Let's try the following user tip with that one:
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THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO MULTIPLE iPODS ON ONE COMPUTER!

Hello,
This is a very common problem for those of us who belived that iPods were easy to connect to computers. The first iPod was, so why can't I just connect another?
Well...you can. It just takes HOURS. Last night, I spent over 4 hours trying to get my windows computer to recognize both my mini and my sister's nano. Apple claims that using two iPods on one computer is "easy." It is, you just have to go through the grueling process of connecting them both first!
Maybe there is a faster way than I know about, but I have probably read EVERY POST about "How to connect 2 iPods to the same computer." I even called Apple and they GAVE UP on me! They told me it was a hardware problem and I should send my iPod in for repair.
What Apple needs to realize, is the fact that most people are NOT trying to steal music. All of the crazy restrictions that Apple has placed on iTunes (1 download per song, can't burn videos to dvd, can't play other music software on iPods...) are just to make sure no one steals $0.99 from Apple? WHAT?!?
My suggestion to Apple is that you make a new version of iTunes where a user can register MANY iPods to a single computer, and let them all be on at the same time. The way Apple has it now, only one iPod can be connected at a time. This is, of course, to insure that no one steals music.
The easy solution is to throuw out your Windows computer and buy a Mac. Or just one iPod.
I hope that this clears up any confusion you were having about your own iPods. I'm sorry if you aren't technically savvy and won't be able to figure out how to connect your two iPods, it literally took me hours.
Sincerely,
iRock my iLife
p.s. Please leave any comments or questions about the process of attatching a second iPod. I'll try to help you out as much as I can.

Hello,
This is a very common problem for those of us who
belived that iPods were easy to connect to
computers. The first iPod was, so why can't I just
connect another?
Sincerely,
iRock my iLife
.s. Please leave any comments or questions about the
process of attatching a second iPod. I'll try to
help you out as much as I can.
Just blow itunes out and use RealPlayer. Just as easy to load from CD type playlists but not sure about downloads from web - yet. Had to do this as Itunes took out my CD and DVD drives in one go and couldnt have both. Cost me a fortune to get pc unstuck and windows completely re installed and guess what? Went to load Itunes again and there went the drives. Gave up and using RealPlayer now.
Packard Bell Windows XP

Hours per day, iMac Help solution doesn't work

My weekly view in iCal shows 24 hour days. I need only 8 am to 10 pm, 14 hr days. I went to iCal>Prefs>general and changed it to those hours and to show only 14 hour days. This affected NO change in iCal though iCal Help says;
"To change the days of the week or the number of hours that appear in the main calendar view, choose iCal > Preferences, and make your choices from the Week and Day pop-up menus in the General pane. For example, you can choose to only see the hours from 9AM to 5PM on Monday through Friday."
iCal>Preferences>general pane does not offer me week and day pop up menus as the help item suggests.
I'm trying to switch from Now Up-To-Date to iCal. Surely apple hasn't released a calendar program that can't be adjusted as desired. (I found one thread on these discussion forums but it was 34 pages long: I found no solution in the first 3 pages and figured i'd post here, as it doesn't seem reasonable to have to read 34 pages x 15 posts/page to get an answer to such a simple question.
I hope someone will be nice enough to point out the solution i'm overlooking.
thanks

Hi Dan,
Thanks. I agree that provides a hack of sorts to achieve my goal. But can we also agree that it's a workaround unworthy of apple (or anyone's) quality software? I mean, a calendar program that by default shows all 24 hours and CAN'T have that changed, only the portion of it that shows at first?
And if this is the only solution, what, then, is the usefulness of the preference i've changed to read: "Show 14 hours at a time" ?
thanks
terry

HT201263 my iphone 4 went into recovery mode & will not restore. Unknown error 21 comes up on iTunes. Please can someone offer any ideas for a solution?

I have an iphone 4 nearly 2 yrs old. It has worked perfectly for that time. On Friday last (whilst away on holiday) I took the phone out of my pocket & it was lifeless. I tried switching it on, no joy, I tried the power/home button reset no joy. I plugged it into a mains charger & it came on but had a banner across the screen saying "verification required". I removed the charger & decided I would try again when I got home so I could connect to my PC & iTunes.
At home I went through the whole above process again but when I plugged it into the mains again it just had the Apple logo going on/off repeatedly. I plugged the phone into my PC & the apple logo appeared followed by the "connect to iTunes". In iTunes I get the banner "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes". So I click on "OK" the "Restore" then a banner asking if I'm sure I want to restopre the iPhone appears, press "Restore & Update". iTunes starts to remove the software, veryfies it with Apple & then another flag "The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (21) which appears to be a security issue.
I thought the above problem was something to do with O2 because I picked up my new iPhone 4S last Tuesday but was unable to set it up until I got back from my holiday, O2 say it isn't anything they've done.
My question is has it happened to anyone & can anybody offer a solution, is it a hardware or software issue?

Please see the two articles below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125

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