CompuServe Messages

Stephen, the pinout for the CD in connector on the SBP is as follows: 1=Ground; 2=CD Left Channel; 3=Ground; 4=CD Right Channel; where pin 1 (marked as such on my board) is the left-most pin on the 4-pin CD audio connector when looking at the board with the back plate to the right. I just connected my SBP internally to my NEC CDR-84, which is an internal drive with a three-pin audio out connector, using the 3-wire cable Creative Labs sells for audio connections between the SBP and their proprietary CD-ROM drive. Note that Creative Lab's cable has only 3 wires. The SBP end plugs onto pins pins 2, 3 and 4 on the board. The setup works perfectly and has two advantages over cabling from the audio out mini jack on the front of the drive to the line in jack on the SBP. You get rid of the cable jutting out from the front of the system. And the SBP mixer software that comes with the board has seperate controls for line and CD-ROM audio, so you can independently set the input levels of the CD-ROM and another source. Joe