X-Fi Elite Pro, can't hear PS2/X

Question

Hello. I tried to search the forums, but I either searched poorly or I couldn't find a similar issue.
Here's the problem -- I can't hear either my PS2 or my Xbox using the Elite Pro on my PC.
Hardware:
[The good part]
PC does not have on-board audio for the motherboard (no need to flip a BIOS switch).
I have the SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro PCI card plugged into an open PCI slot on the motherboard.
I installed the drivers from the CD as per the instructions. After the drivers are installed, and the reboot occurs, I can hear my normal PC sound perfectly through my headphones (I only have headphones. Speakers will come later).
Initial hardware check - PASS.
[The bad part]
I plug the two RCAs (Left/Right) from my PS2 into the back of the Elite Pro exterior console.
I plug my Xbox into the back of the exterior console as well, only this time into the optical input using Monster cabling.
That's what I have set up. No matter what I've tried as far as configurations go on the software side, I cannot hear these two devices. Either through the fancy-graphics Creative Console Launcher, or from XP (SP2)'s Control Panel > Sound options... I just can't hear anything (Playback or Recording options, Mute boxes, volume sliders, etc). I've also tried flipping the Aux2/Phono switch on the back of the exterior console and then trying everything I already tried all oer again.
I'm at a loss as to why I can't hear anything. I went to the store and picked up a RCA-to-Stereo converter and plugged the PS2 into the Microphone/Line-In port on the exterior console, and I could hear the PS2 through that. There are several reasons why that is an insufficient fix to my problem: ) I'd like to hook up the Xbox and PS2 at the same time. 2) I play World of Warcraft, and need the microphone slot freed up so that I can speak to my guild, and not have to crawl behind my machine every time I want to switch what I'm doing. 3) I paid for the Elite Pro specifically so that I could set all this up.
If anyone has any suggestions, by all means let me know!Message Edited by Gimpifier on 09--2006 09:48 PMMessage Edited by Gimpifier on 09--2006 09:49 PM

Answer 1

Ok, as you see in the picture, there are several mixer stri
ps.
All of them are related to the upper tabs. So:
The Inputs tab bares all the available inputs on your rack and PCI card (just Line In for the latter).
The Multi-Channel Wave tab bares all the outputs available on your rack and the PCI.
Those two tabs are the most important right now.
As I noted earlier, the problem occures either from a mute selection in the Auxiliary 2 strip or a 0% setting to the volume slider of the same strip. Otherwise, you are routing the Aux2 to an output not connected to your speakers. From what I see, no "Mute On" is apparent and you are routing every input to Front L/R Output. Have you tried plugging your headphones to Front L/R and select "2/2." as speakers?
You should also select the monitoring to "Recording" and not to "Playback" (found at the blue field, bottom right). This will enable you to see the input level for your recording source (Aux2 in your case, correctly selected by you).
Your speaker selection is set to "Headphones". Are they connected to the front output?
It might be better to do some troubleshooting. So:
What is the real problem?
No signal from Aux2 input?
No signal from the headphones output?
You say that:
Gimpifier wrote:
The RCAs are li've and working. If I use the Stereo adapter, I can plug them into Mic-In/Line-In and I can hear them if I swap to Line-In. The problem is getting them to work as they are intended, so that I don't have to monkey behind the PC when I want RCA audio.
Can you be mor specific on this? Li've and working? You mean li've from the PS2? Get them to work as intended?
Message Edited by Chastity on 09-3-2006 08:46 AM