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Article #2012Re: Is there anybdoy from Creative to answer ? (buyer beware)
From: Harvey Fong [Creative Labs]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 02:25
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 02:25
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You message was responded to in e-mail. Please do not cross-post messages, you're far more likely to get responses if you just post to one forum. Additionally, you may want to read the guidelines regarding the Creative news server at http://www.creativelabs.com/resources/news-server/guidelines.html to avoid further misunderstandings and disappointments in the future. -- Harvey Fong Technical Marketing Specialist Audio Products Creative Labs Inc. http://www.soundblaster.com Xavier Henry wrote: > Does Creative care about us ? > > Harvey, please do not take this personally, as it seems you may be the only > one here trying to help. However, it does seem that nobody really cares at > Creative. BUYER BEWARE : YOU BOUGHT IT, NOW YOU'VE GOT IT ! > > May be Creative management are all attending a communication seminar ! If > not, they probably should ! That Creative cannot solve all these problems > right away may (arguably) be acceptable. That they do not seem to have a > plan or if they have one, they must be the only one to know about it, to > address the numerous calls for help from their customers (as is apparent > from those newsgroups) is NOT acceptable. > > I realize that Creative cards are a good bargain pricewise, however, they > should clearly state that the price does not include any support nor does it > imply a warranty that their product will work even when properly installed ! > It seems to me they should spend less money on their glitzy web site and > more in supporting their customer. > > Harvey, since you seem to be the only existing link between us and Creative > management, I, and I am sure, many other people here, would appreciate to > get a response from Creative management on the blatant lack of care for > their customers. I hope, for their sake, that their cars and bizzjets work > better than than our cards ! > > I would, by the way, also appreciate having answers to the question > previously posted and appended below. I also had sent it to the support > E-mail adress and have received no answer either. > > Thanks in advance. > > Xavier Henry > > Note to Ziff-Davis editors (cc list) : Ziff-Davis would provide a great > service (IMHO) to us (consumers) to provide some sort of quick survey to > rate after sale customer satisfaction. This would certainly allow us make > better informed decision. It's nice to have great technical reviews > advertising good deeds of new products, but a monthly (?) rating of the main > computer world players would also be of utmost interest.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Xavier J. Henry" <Xavier_Henry@compuserve.com> > Newsgroups: > creative.misc,creative.products.misc,creative.products.sound_blaster.live > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:53 PM > Subject: Modem Blaster PCI V90 & Sound Blaster Live TAD not working > > > I have installed a Modem blaster 56K V90 PCI modem and a Soundblaster live > > in my new PC with Win2k. I have installed the TAD cable between the modem > > and the audio card and removed the TAD enable jumper. I am using Comlite > as > > my communication software. > > > > If I call someone, they can hear me, though quite faintly (but I have not > > played with the microphone setting yet), but I cannot hear them. What am I > > missing ? I have the microphone and the speakers connected on the > > Soundblaster card. Commlite offers different combination of sources for in > > and out and I have been shuffling through them with no result. > > > > I also have no modem sound even though it is set. > > > > > > Xavier > > > >
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