Ectiva OPTiSound EV1933, User Manual

Page 1: ...OPTiSound EV1933 Deluxe User s Manual Revision 1 0 May 1998...

Page 2: ...ission from the manufacturer Disclaimer The publisher makes no representations or warranties with re spect to the design and documentation herein described and especially disclaims any implied warrant...

Page 3: ...on 5 2 Windows 3 1 Software Installation 8 2 1 Device Driver Installation 8 2 2 Windows 3 1 Configuration 12 2 3 Windows 3 1 Applications 15 2 3 1 Audio Mixer 15 2 3 2 Advanced 16 2 3 3 Read Me File 1...

Page 4: ...Plug and Play 3D Sound Controller Page iv List of Figures Figure 1 1 Sound Controller Layout 2 Figure 1 2 Sound Card Installed on Motherboard 3 Figure 1 3 External Connector Locations 4...

Page 5: ...ound Controller card includes an IDE CD ROM interface The Product Sound Controller card also has multiple input and output ports for recording and playback of stereo sound I i Features The Product Sou...

Page 6: ...ackage Product Sound Controller Card Product Device Driver Installation Disk Windows 3 1 and Windows 95 Product Sound Controller User Manual this document I iii System Requirements The Product Sound C...

Page 7: ...nstall the Product Sound Controller into the open slot and secure it 3 Connect a pair of speakers to the Speaker Out connector on the Product Sound Controller bracket Refer to Sec tion 1 3 for details...

Page 8: ...OK and then press Ctr Alt Del when prompted This will insure that the Product Sound Controller is properly configured WARNING If you experience compatibility problems after running through this quick...

Page 9: ...ther external devices WARNING To avoid temporary or permanent hearing loss or impair ment due to unexpected noise or static always hold your headphones away from your ears before turning on the comput...

Page 10: ...software This will complete the Windows 95 installation The program will continue to load and when it is complete you should hear the Windows 95 start up wave file Warning If you experience compatibil...

Page 11: ...our computer and running properly be fore installing the hardware 1 1 Default Configuration The Product Sound Controller sound card supports both Sound Blaster Pro and Windows Sound System application...

Page 12: ...nd Controller To install the board 1 With your computer system s power off remove the cover find an empty 16 bit expansion slot and remove the metal bracket 2 Insert the Product Sound Controller into...

Page 13: ...external de vices see Section 1 3 Connecting External Devices Hardware installation is complete 1 3 Connecting External Devices The Product Sound Controller provides a number of ways for you to connec...

Page 14: ...d damaging your hearing or your equipment Figure 1 3 External Connector Locations Speaker Out Line Out Line In Microphone Game Port MIDI Speaker Connection Speakers are connected to the Speaker Out co...

Page 15: ...run MIDI instruments with your computer 1 4 CD ROM Hardware Installation This section describes how to attach the CD ROM hardware Once it is attached you need to refer to the software installa tion s...

Page 16: ...drive determine which audio connection interface Sony Mit sumi or Panasonic it conforms to You will need to con tact your IDE CD ROM drive dealer or manufacturer for that information Once you know co...

Page 17: ...ntroller installation program determines that your DOS version is earlier than 5 0 or there is no MSCDEX EXE installed in your system it will request that you use the MSCDEX program that came with you...

Page 18: ...are in stallation and configuration for the Product Sound Control ler We recommend that you read through them now and become familiar with them before installing the software 1 After installing the ha...

Page 19: ...rt It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows pro grams before running this Setup Program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with...

Page 20: ...ange it You will see the following screen 8 From here either select a directory that exists or type in the name of a new directory If you type in a new directory you will be asked Choose Yes 9 Select...

Page 21: ...lets you enable the CD ROM if you have connected one to the IDE connector on the card If you are not connecting a CD ROM to the card select No oth erwise select Yes Then click Next 11 When it has fin...

Page 22: ...ly config ured The software installation will then be completed and a new product group will be visible in Windows The utilities in this group allow you to reconfigure the settings of the card and con...

Page 23: ...e I O ad dress for both Sound Blaster and Windows Sound System configurations IRQ settings DMA Channels and Full Duplex To change any of these settings click on the arrow next to the selection and use...

Page 24: ...Disabled 168 10 170 15 1e8 11 2 2 1 3 MPU 401 Configuration This enables the MPU 401 interface and selects the I O Ad dress and IRQ settings Possible selections are I O Address IRQ 300h Disabled 310h...

Page 25: ...rring data between memory and a device However if your system does not support De mand Mode DMA you must select Single Mode DMA instead DMA Buffer Size Setting the DMA buffer size tells the CPU how mu...

Page 26: ...do so now in case there is pertinent information 2 3 4 933 Uninstall Double clicking on this icon will remove the audio device driv ers from Windows Once the drivers are removed you will need to rebo...

Page 27: ...m to let you change your sound controller configuration You will see the Configuration and Sound Test menu you used in the installation program 2 4 1 1 Sound Device Settings Selection Selection Settin...

Page 28: ...n and exits the program The Mixer option displays the following screen This menu allows you to set the recording playback levels for the audio mixer as well as select the input source for record ing T...

Page 29: ...cerning the Product Sound Controller Installation software You can also look in the Troubleshooting section in Chapter 4 2 5 1 Read the README TXT file We highly recommend that you read the README TXT...

Page 30: ...flected accordingly 2 5 3 Changes to CONFIG SYS The installation program will also make changes to your CONFIG SYS file You can choose to have install make these changes for you immediately or store t...

Page 31: ...stall Windows 95 your system will not recognize the sound card properly To install the Product Sound Controller into a system that is running Windows 95 1 Turn your computer on The system will boot th...

Page 32: ...e driver location manu ally 5 When the drivers have been found click Finish Windows 95 may ask Click OK to go to the following screen In the Copy file from box choose the location of the driver files...

Page 33: ...rivers for audio applications that run in DOS mode To do this 1 Insert the device driver diskette CD into the appropriate drive 2 From the Windows 95 desktop select Start then Run 3 Type A SETUP and p...

Page 34: ...ect a directory to install the software The default is OPTi933 If you do want to install the files in this directory click on Browse to change it You will see the following screen 7 From here either s...

Page 35: ...lected 10 The next screen lets you enable the CD ROM if you have one connected to the IDE connector on the card If you are not connecting a CD ROM to the card select No Otherwise select Yes then clic...

Page 36: ...configured 3 3 Windows 95 Uninstallation To remove the Product sound card from your Windows 95 computer 1 Click on the Start button 2 Select Settings 3 Select Control Panel 4 From the Control Panel d...

Page 37: ...7 After the drivers have been removed you will need to shutdown the system and remove the audio card If you restart without removing the card Windows 95 will detect and ask for the drivers again Selec...

Page 38: ...the current board setting DMA channel IRQ I O port address of the sound card by running SNDINIT EXE 2 If you know of any peripheral card in your system that is using the same setting change the hardwa...

Page 39: ...oblem A device in your computer does not work or does not work properly after the sound card is installed Solution a There might be a hardware conflict between the sound card and another device Try re...

Page 40: ...ter Make sure the DMA channel your sound card is using is not being used by another device in your system f Some games need EMM to play digitized voice Please refer to the documentation that comes wit...

Page 41: ...is able the game port on the sound card or remove the additional joystick from your system Problem Joystick is not working properly in some programs Solution The CPU speed of your computer might be to...

Page 42: ...1 Choose RUN from the File menu in Program Manager 2 Type SYSEDIT in the command Line text box and choose OK Look for the following entries drivers timer timer drv midimapper midimap drv wave SND933 d...

Page 43: ...h to the directory where the Product Sound Control ler files are located is not set or the required file SNDTEST WAV is missing Type SET at the DOS prompt If the Product Sound Controller files are in...

Page 44: ...ready in your AUTOEXEC BAT file check that you have the file SOUND16 CFG in your C OPTi933 directory Rerun the installation program if necessary Problem There is no music coming from the game even tho...