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Philips Acoustic Edge A581-T8 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Philips Acoustic Edge™ 5.1 Channel PCI Sound Card A581-T8 ____________________________ Philips Consumer Electronics Company One Philips Drive Knoxville,TN 37914...

  • Page 3: Software End User License Agreement

    Licensed Software and destroy all copies thereof. In addition, in the event of termination because of your failure to com- ply with your obligations, Philips reserves the right to invoke any and all other remedies available to it in law or contract including the right to claim damages.
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  • Page 5 • Elevate your classic 2D games to a whole new level of audio realism. through your new Philips Acoustic Edge Sound Card. Acoustic Edge is the first PC card to deliver the impact of 6 distinct channels of sound, using advanced digital •...

  • Page 6: Key Features

    • Stereo, 4 channel surround , 5.1 speaker or headphone output • QMSS™ enhanced DVD playback mode (compatible SoftDVD player required) INIMUM YSTEM EQUIREMENTS Installation of your Philips Acoustic Edge™ requires the following minimum hardware and operating system: • One available PCI 2.1 compliant slot • Intel Pentium ®...

  • Page 7: What You Need For Installation

    Installing Acoustic Edge HAT YOU NEED FOR INSTALLATION NSTALLING THE OUND Computers come in different shapes and sizes.The installation procedures in this manual apply generally and you should compare the illustrations here with your Uninstall the drivers for any previously installed sound cards. computer before you start your sound card installation.

  • Page 8: Cover Plate

    Installing Acoustic Edge Select an available PCI slot and, if necessary, remove its cover plate. O INSTALL THE SOUND CARD Turn off your computer, and disconnect the power cable. Keep the mounting screw to secure your sound card later. Save the mounting plate Disconnect all devices that are connected to the computer.
  • Page 9 Installing Acoustic Edge Remove the Acoustic Edge™ Sound Card from the anti-static bag. Align your sound Use the screw from the slot cover to secure the sound card to the frame card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it into the slot. Be sure the of the computer chassis, but do not over-tighten.

  • Page 10: Line Out Cable

    FRONT REAR Installing Acoustic Edge (Lime) (Black) C/LFE OUND ONFIGURATION (Orange) Lime DIN LINE OUT CABLE AUX In Analog CD IN Digital CD In Line In Mic In Line Out (Lime DIN) S/PDIF (Black DIN) CD ANALOG CABLE GAME/MIDI PORT S/PDIF IN (Brown) S/PDIF OUT...

  • Page 11: Internal Connections

    DO NOT FORCE IT IN, instead verify the key alignment is correct and gently Windows ® 95/98/2000 to allocate resources for Philips Acoustic Edge™. reinsert. The DIN sockets are the large round sockets just below the two smaller jacks for “Line In” and “Mic”.
  • Page 12 To install the drivers for Windows ® 95/98/2000 Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Turn on the computer and place the Philips Acoustic Edge™ CD in your Click NEXT CD-ROM drive. When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box reports that a new PCI...

  • Page 13: Specify A Location

    Installing Acoustic Edge If you are installing from the install CD or if you have copied the install to any Select to install the drivers. NEXT other location, select and browse to your directory SPECIFY A LOCATION where the setup files are located. For Windows ®...
  • Page 14 Sound Recorder program. For Windows ® 2000, you must install the Philips Acoustic Edge Audio™ and Philips Acoustic Edge GamePort Enumerator devices. Browse to the Driver disk directory WDM\English to install these files. You will find these files in the same WDM install directory and Windows ®...
  • Page 15 Installing Acoustic Edge After clicking “Finish” the Philips Acoustic Edge™ GamePort will be installed. It Note: Any time you say No to a Applications Launcher dialog box like the one shown is possible during gameport installation, Windows ® will detect newer versions of above, a second box will appear asking if you want to launch the next time Windows is msanalog.vxd, vjoyd.vxd and msjstick.drv.

  • Page 16: Yamaha Soft Synthesizer Installation

    Installing Acoustic Edge 12. Enter the serial number located on the Yamaha Corporation Certificate of AMAHA YNTHESIZER NSTALLATION Authenticity included with your documentation. This serial number is case 10. After Acoustic Edge™ driver installation, the software launcher will prompt you sensitive! to install the Yamaha SoftSynthesizer.
  • Page 17 Installing Acoustic Edge 13. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Follow the instructions 14. Select A Program Folder dialog box appears. in this box . Click NEXT Click NEXT...
  • Page 18 If you prefer to register your product at a later time, go to: www.philipsusa.com/prod_reg_bounce.html and follow the instructions. Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Philips Acoustic Edge™. 16. You must restart your computer at this time. Click...

  • Page 19: Windows Nt® Installation

    In real DOS mode, you must have your DOS CD-ROM drivers loaded for access to Wait a couple of minutes while the data transfers. Once it finishes the Philips the install CD. Another way to do this is to simply run INST_DOS.BAT from a DOS Acoustic Edge Settings window will appear.
  • Page 20 Add button. You may select any one of GENERAL OYSTICK ONFIGURATION FOR INDOWS listed, then click GAME CONTROLLERS Open the Control Panel and double-click on the GAME CONTROLLERS icon. Select the tab and under ADVANCED PORT DRIVER ASSIGNMENT and select Philips Acoustic Edge GamePort.
  • Page 21 Internet Address: www.philipsusa.com Product Return Before returning the Philips sound card, you must first contact the Philips Technical Support group to determine the nature of product defect. Once the nature of the problem has been determined, a Return Authorization number and address will be supplied.

  • Page 22: Utilities Tab

    DSP Special Effects and Algorithms Control Panel ™ DSP S HILIPS COUSTIC PECIAL FFECTS AND LGORITHMS UTTON Click the blue “Help” button on any tab and you will have access to comprehensive EAX™ Game Compatibility (Effects Tab) hyper linked help file describing the control panel. Within the help file you can The Acoustic Edge uses QSound Environmental Modeling™...

  • Page 23: Output Mode

    Control Panel Space Junk & Wumpus: UTPUT 3D audio applications that demonstrate QSound Lab’s 3D audio technology. Headphone You must have the Acoustic Edge install CD in your CD-ROM drive to launch Select this mode when listening using headphones rather than speakers. The head- these applications.

  • Page 24: Output Control

    Control Panel 4 Speakers Fade Slider Select this if you have a 4 or 5 piece speaker system (stereo front left and right and Use the slider to adjust the relative volume of the front vs. rear speaker. rear/surround left and right speakers and optional subwoofer). 3D sounds generat- To center the fade slider automatically, right click on the fade slider, and ed by compatible applications will processed to the appropriate speaker and stereo choose “Center”.
  • Page 25 Settings tab will have no affect on the signal on the S/PDIF output. This setting is used to enable the S/PDIF In on Philips Acoustic Edge from a digital source such as a CD-ROM or DVD drive housed in the PC or an outside device...

  • Page 26: Effects Tab

    If you are using the Philips Acoustic Edge (H/W) Synth rather than the Yamaha SXG (default) then the “Environment” you select will also be used when playing MIDI music and the intensity will be controlled on the reverb slider on the MIDI tab.
  • Page 27 Control Panel Reverb Level Sliders These sliders, used in conjunction with the “Enable” box and the “Environment” pull down menu, allow you to control the intensity and characteristics of the reverb effect applied to your sound. Reverb is an acoustic effect that simulates the interaction of sound with the environment.

  • Page 28: Default Midi Device

    Control Panel Default MIDI Device Better Gaming (Default, Recommended) When your card is initially installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your default Best setting for Windows ® DirectSound ® and DirectSound3D Gaming. MIDI engine. To view your default selection look under “Default MIDI Device” on Maximum hardware acceleration for games.

  • Page 29: Speaker Test Tab

    Control Panel Manual Mode: PEAKER Once you have selected the appropriate Output Mode, click on any of the desired The speaker test tab is a utility to help verify proper speaker connections to your speakers to verify proper connection. You can check the Loop Sounds box that will sound card.

  • Page 30: Information Tab

    Control Panel DVD Playback Modes Using 4 or 5.1 channel surround speakers your Acoustic Edge™ sound card can NFORMATION deliver true multi-channel surround sound from a compatible soft-DVD player The information tab provides detailed information about your sound card. This application even if the player only supports stereo output.

  • Page 31: About Siren™ Xp Ress

    WAV, and WMA files are all supported. You can expand the Philips compact mode to display the current and next songs, the Use SIREN XPress’ advanced organizational features to create custom playlists of the Compact/Skin Mode button, and the Select Playlist button.To expand the compact...

  • Page 32: Graphic Effects

    About SIREN XPress ™ Media Files In 2 speaker or earphone mode you will see two dots and in 4 speaker modes you A media file refers to any audio and video file that SIREN will play from your com- will see four dots.

  • Page 33: Upgrading To Siren Jukebox

    About Audio Pix Recording Source Configuration ™ SIREN J Philips Acoustic Edge™ allows you to record sounds and music from various input PGRADING TO UKEBOX sources (i.e. microphone, audio CD, line in, etc). Before you start recording, you need If you like SIREN XPress but want more powerful options, upgrade to Sonic to configure the recording source as follow: Foundry’s SIREN Jukebox:...
  • Page 34 Recording Source Configuration • Choose "Recording" under “Adjust Volume for”, and check the recording source • Open your favorite recording application and start recording. that you want to display in the Recording Mixer. • Click OK, and the Recording Mixer window will open. Now you can select the recording source you intend to use and adjust the recording volume level.
  • Page 35 ® 2000 Uninstall use the same I/O address. To resolve I/O conflicts, change the resource settings of Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel applet your Philips Acoustic Edge™ card or the conflicting device using Device Manager in Windows ® 95/98.
  • Page 36 Notes:...
  • Page 37 Philips Consumer Electronics Company A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation Knoxville, TN 37914-1810, U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A.

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