Philips PSC706 manual

User’ s Manual Philips Consumer Electronics Compan y A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation Knoxville, TN 37914-1810, U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A. 706 PSC PSC 706[...]

Philips Acoustic Edge ™ 5.1-Channel PCI Sound Card PSC706 ____________________________ Philips Consumer Electronics Company One Philips Drive Knoxville, TN 37914 Revised 03/12/01 602500_706_Acoustic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 11:26 AM Page 1[...]

S OFTW ARE E ND U SER L ICENSE A GREEMENT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULL Y . If you (end user , either an entity or an individual) do not agree with these terms and conditions do not install the softwar e. This End User License Agreement is a contract between y ou and Philips Consumer Electronics B.V , including its supplie[...]

Recording Sour ce Configuration .....................................................................................59 Resolving I/O Conflicts ..............................................................................................................61 Uninstalling Software Driv ers ..............................................................[...]

Acoustic Edge tr uly revolutioniz es PC sound. Install your sound card as directed, connect a 5.1 speaker system (left & right front, left & r ight rear , center , and subwoof er) and tr y these: • Play the latest Hollyw ood D VD hit and be prepared for goosebumps as sound effects sw eep you a way . • Rediscov er your fa vorite music in[...]

W HA T Y OU NEED FOR INST ALLA TION Computer s come in different shapes and sizes. The installation procedures in this manual apply generally and y ou should compare the illustr ations here with your computer before y ou star t y our sound card installation. • Sound card • Installation CD • CD Analog Audio Cable • Line out Cable • S/PDIF [...]

T O INST ALL THE SOUND CARD : T urn off your computer , and disconnect the power cable. Disconnect all devices that are connected to the computer . Remov e the computer cov er . Select an availab le PCI slot and, if necessar y , remov e its cov er plate . Keep the mounting screw to secure your sound card later . Sa ve the mounting plate for possib [...]

. S OUND C ARD C ONFIGURA TION (A CTU AL LA Y OUT MA Y V AR Y ) Remov e the Acoustic Edge™ Sound Card from the anti-static bag. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it into the slot. Be sure the sound card is aligned proper ly and fits sn ugly into the slot Use the screw from the slot cov er to secure the sound car[...]

15 14 Inst alling A coustic Edge C ONNECTING T O Y OUR A COUSTIC E DGE S OUND C ARD Speak ers Carefully inser t the “Line Out” cable into the top DIN socket on the sound card bracket making sure the key is proper ly aligned. If the cable does not easil y inser t into the socket DO NO T FORCE IT IN, instead verify the key alignment is cor rect a[...]

T o install the drivers for Windo ws ® 95/98/Me/2000 1. T urn on the computer and place the Philips Acoustic Edge™ CD in your CD-ROM drive . When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box repor ts that a new PCI Multimedia Audio Device has been detected, click NEXT . 17 16 Internal Connections Connector s for three line level analog inputs (Aux In,[...]

19 18 3. If you are installing from the install CD or if y ou ha ve copied the install to any other location, select SPECIFY A LOCA TION and browse to y our director y where the setup files are located. For Windows ® 95/98/Me, select Win9x director y then choose english. For Windows ® 2000, select WDM director y . Click NEXT . 2. Select Search f [...]

21 20 6. The installation will continue to install the f iles to your system. For Windows ® 95/98/Me, Click FINISH . For Windows ® 2000, you m ust install the Philips Acoustic Edge Audio™ and Philips Acoustic Edge GameP or t Enumerator devices. Browse to the Driver disk director y WDMEnglish to install these f iles. Y ou will find these files [...]

Note: Any time you say No to a Applications Launc her dialog box lik e the one shown abo ve , a second box will appear asking if you w ant to launch the next time Windows is started. Answer Y es or No as desired. 9. Next, the DirectX ® Setup dialog box will appear . Click OK . 23 22 7. After clicking “Finish” the Philips Acoustic Edge™ GameP[...]

12. Enter the serial number located on the Y amaha Cor por ation Cer tif icate of Authenticity included with your documentation. This serial number is case sensitive! Click NEXT . 25 Y AMAHA S OFT S YNTHESIZER I NST ALLA TION 10. After Acoustic Edge™ dr iver installation, the software launcher will prompt you to install the Y amaha SoftSynthesize[...]

14. Select A Progr am Folder dialog box appear s. Click NEXT 27 13. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Follow the instr uctions in this box . Click NEXT 26 Inst alling A coustic Edge 602500_706_Acoustic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 11:26 AM Page 26[...]

29 28 17. Product Registr ation – If you are connected to the internet, you can register your product no w by clicking YES in the dialog window shown belo w . If you pref er to register your product at a later time, go to: www .philipsusa.com/prod_reg_bounce .html and follow the instr uctions. Installation of Additional Softwar e Packa ges (such [...]

31 30 Siren XPr ess Installation for Windo ws NT ® (cont) 3. Double Click on Sirensetup .exe 4. Follow the on-screen instructions for installation R EAL M ODE DOS I NST ALLA TION (O PTIONAL ) This step is only required if y ou intend to r un DOS applications under real DOS mode by restar ting your computer in “MS-DOS mode”. This step is not re[...]

2. Select the GENERAL tab and click the Add button. Y ou may select any one of the GAME CONTROLLERS listed, then click OK . 33 J O YSTICK C ONFIGURA TION FOR W INDO WS ® 95/98/Me/2000: 1. Open the Control Panel and doub le-click on the GAME CONTROLLERS icon. Select the AD V ANCED tab and under POR T DRIVER ASSIGNMENT and select Philips Acoustic Ed[...]

35 34 Before calling the technical suppor t number please make sure you ha ve the following inf or mation a vailable: • Model number and date of purchase . • Computer type , processor speed, and memor y a vailable. • Computer Oper ating System (IE: Windows ® 95, Windows ® 98, etc.) • On-screen er ror information. • Other hardware connec[...]

H ELP B UTT ON Click the blue “Help” button on any tab and y ou will hav e access to comprehensive hyper linked help f ile describing the control panel. Within the help file you can na vigate by simply clicking on par ts of the image of the control panel, searching or by using contents or index lists. U TILITIES T AB Windows® Audio Application[...]

O UTPUT M ODE Headphone Select this mode when listening using headphones rather than speaker s. The head- phones should be plugged into the “front” speaker jack. Selecting “Headphone” tells the sound card to use a special 3D algor ithm when play- ing 3D games. Selecting “2 Speaker s” will result in incor rect sound positioning when usin[...]

O UTPUT C ONTROL Balance Slider Use this slider to adjust the relative v olume of the r ight vs. left speaker . The overall volume will not be aff ected. T o center the balance slider automatically , right click on the balance slider , and choose “Center”. Fade Slider Use the slider to adjust the relative v olume of the front vs. rear speaker .[...]

S/PDIF I N Enable This setting is used to enable the S/PDIF In on Philips Acoustic Edge from a digital source such as a CD-ROM or D VD dr ive housed in the PC or an outside device connected to the external S/PDIF cable . Apply QXpander/QMSS Checking this box will ha ve the f ollowing eff ect: • When in 4 speaker or 5.1 speaker mode an y source co[...]

E FFECTS T AB These controls allow y ou to manage the application of reverb and QSound Environmental Modeling™ (QEM™). QEM pro vides EAX 1.0/2.0 game compatibility and the ability to apply reverb to non-EAX sources including applications, S/PDIF In and exter nal inputs. Enable When playing games suppor ting EAX proper ties select the “Enable?[...]

Y our Acoustic Edge™ sound card includes two distinct wav etable m usic synthesis engines. The Y amaha SXG is an extremely high quality , high polyphony (512 sim ulta- neous voices) MIDI synthesis engine with both GM and XG compatibility . Select the SXG for the richest music exper ience . The Acoustic Edge W aveT able Synth is a pure hardware sy[...]

Better Gaming (Default, Recommended) Best setting for Windows ® DirectSound ® and DirectSound3D Gaming. Maximum hardware acceleration for games. Better P olyphon y Setting for the highest MIDI W a veT able polyphon y (most simultaneous v oices). This setting will reduce resources availab le for DirectSound and 3D audio acceleration and increase C[...]

51 S PEAKER T EST T AB The speaker test tab is a utility to help v er ify proper speaker connections to your sound card. The acronyms are def ined as follows: • LF – Left Front Speaker • CTR – Center Speaker • RF – Right Front Speaker • RS – Right Sur round Speaker • LFE – Low Frequency Effects / Subw oofer • LS – Left Sur r[...]

53 52 Using 4 or 5.1 channel sur round speaker s your Acoustic Edge™ sound card can deliver true multi-channel sur round sound from a compatible soft-D VD pla yer application even if the pla yer only suppor ts stereo output. If the soft-D VD play er is capable of pro viding a tr ue 5.1 Dolby Digital or a 4 channel Dolby Digital™ do wn- mix Acou[...]

• Use the Field Chooser window to view y our collection the way y ou want to see it. SIREN XPress brings po werful functionality to your desktop: • Use Search for Music to find m usic on a network or removable drive . • Expor t custom pla ylists to your Rio or Nomad II por table MP3 device . • Use your Microsoft Internet Keyboard hotkeys to[...]

In 2 speaker or earphone mode you will see two dots and in 4 speak er modes you will see four dots. Y ou can also select other effects patter ns by right-clicking on the visual display and choosing from the list of a vailable graphic effects. ” R IPPING (R ECORDING ) FR OM A CD 1. Place an audio CD in your computer’ s CD-ROM dr ive. 2. In nor m[...]

Philips Acoustic Edge™ allows you to record sounds and m usic from var ious input sources (i.e . microphone , audio CD , line in, etc). Before you star t recording, you need to configure the recording source as f ollow: • Open the V olume Mixer , go to Options, and select Proper ties. 59 U PGRADING T O SIREN J UKEBO X If you lik e SIREN XPress [...]

61 • Choose "Recording" under “Adjust V olume for”, and check the recording source that you want to displa y in the Recording Mixer . • Click OK, and the Recording Mixer windo w will open. Now you can select the recording source you intend to use and adjust the recording v olume level. • Open your fa vorite recording application[...]

63 62 Windo ws ® 2000 Uninstall 1. Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel applet 2. Select “Uninstall/Unplug a Device”. Click Next. 3. Select “Uninstall a Device”. Click Next. 4. Choose Philips Acoustic Edge Audio from the list. Click Next. 5. Click Y es on confirm screen. Click Next. 6. Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel apple[...]

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