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XWave Thunder 3D User Manual

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Xwave Thunder 3D
Xwave Thunder 3D™ PCI Audio Accelerator
User's Guide
© Copyright 1999
This documentation and the accompanying software are copyright © 1999
Labway Corporation. All rights reserved.
This documentation and the accompanying software are copyright © 1999
QSound Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
Thunder 3D is a trademark of Labway Corporation.
QSound, QEM, QSound Environmental Modeling, QMSS, Q3D, QXpander and the Q
logo are trademarks of QSound Labs, Inc.
EAX and Environmental Audio Extensions are trademarks of Creative Technology
Ltd. in the United States and other countries.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. DirectX
and DirectSound are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Disclaimer Statement

With respect to the information in this document, Labway Corporation makes no
guarantee or warranty of its accuracy or that the use of such information will not
infringe upon the intellectual rights of third parties. Labway Corporation shall not be
responsible for any loss or damage of whatever nature resulting from the use of, or
reliance upon it and no patent or other license is implied thereby. This document
does not in any way extend or modify Labway's warranty on any product beyond that
set forth in its standard terms and conditions of sale. Labway Corporation reserves
the right to make changes in its products and specifications at any time and without
notice.
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  • Page 1: Disclaimer Statement

    This documentation and the accompanying software are copyright © 1999 QSound Labs, Inc. All rights reserved. Thunder 3D is a trademark of Labway Corporation. QSound, QEM, QSound Environmental Modeling, QMSS, Q3D, QXpander and the Q logo are trademarks of QSound Labs, Inc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.3 Connectors for Thunder 3D................4 1.3.1 External Connectors: ................4 1.3.2 Internal Connectors: .................4 1.4 Audio Connectors Pin Assignment: ..............5 Installing the Thunder 3D™ PCI Sound Card into your Computer ....5 2.1 Minimum System Requirements ..............5 2.2 Safety Precaution ....................6 2.3 Installation Notes ....................6 Setting Up your Sound Card ................6...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Xwave Thunder 3D 1 Introduction Congratulations! You have just acquired a sound card based on the most advanced 3D PCI audio accelerator available today. Xwave Thunder 3D is a high performance PCI audio accelerator jointly developed by Labway Corporation It combines the most compelling 3D, quadraphonic and music synthesis technologies available with the powerful yet cost effective ActiMedia...

  • Page 4: Card Figure

    JOYSTICK llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllll Wavetable PC/PCI Connector 1.3 Connectors for Thunder 3D 1.3.1 External Connectors: J1:...... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for LINE IN J2:...... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for MIC IN J3:...... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for FRONT SPEAKER. J4:...... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for REAR SPEAKER.

  • Page 5: Audio Connectors Pin Assignment

    2 Installing the Thunder 3D™ PCI Sound Card into your Computer 2.1 Minimum System Requirements Installation of your Thunder 3D requires the following hardware and operating system: • IBM® PC or compatible Pentium® system with one available PCI slot. • 32MB RAM •...

  • Page 6: Safety Precaution

    Xwave Thunder 3D 2.2 Safety Precaution • Do not remove your sound card from its protective bag until you are ready to install • Always try to hold your sound card by its edges. Avoid touching any electronic components on your sound card.
  • Page 7 Xwave Thunder 3D 3. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it into the slot. If the sound card does not slide in, do not force it. Make sure the sound card is aligned properly and try it again.

  • Page 8: Connecting The Sound Card

    Xwave Thunder 3D 3.2 Connecting the Sound Card You may connect a variety of audio equipment to your sound card as shown in the illustration below: Line-In: Connect from any external sound sources, example, from the Line/Audio Out of your external Audio CD-ROM or mini- hifi.

  • Page 9: Installing Driver Under Real Dos

    Thunder 3D CD. 1. Turn on the computer and place the Thunder 3D CD in your CD-ROM drive. When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box reports that is sees a PCI Multimedia Audio Device, click NEXT.
  • Page 10 Xwave Thunder 3D 2. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click NEXT. 6/01/99...
  • Page 11 Xwave Thunder 3D 3. Please select Specify a location and browse to your directory where the driver files are located, click Next>. 4. As the figure shown below which indicates windows has found the driver at the specified location, please select NEXT to install the drivers.
  • Page 12 The second device is the PCI Audio Support Registers device. Last will be the PCI Audio Gameport Device. Windows will finish installing the drivers for Thunder 3D automatically. Note: When the “DirectX® Setup” dialog box appears, please click OK to enable the DirectSound3D Hardware Acceleration.
  • Page 13 Xwave Thunder 3D 7. To check if you have successfully installed the Thunder 3D™ driver, please go to the “Device Manager” of “System Properties” in Control Panel. 6/01/99...

  • Page 14: Configuring The Thunder 3D Joystick Driver For Windows® 95/98

    Xwave Thunder 3D 5 Configuring the Thunder 3D Joystick Driver for Windows® 95/98: 1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on the Game Controllers icon. Select the Advanced tab and under Port Driver Assignment select VLSI Tbird128_GamePort Driver. 2. Select the General tab and click the Add… button. You may select any one of the Game Controllers listed, then click OK.
  • Page 15 Xwave Thunder 3D 3. After making your selection, highlight the selected controller in Game Controllers and click the Properties… button. Select Calibrate…and calibrate your joystick. Your joystick should be installed and ready for flight! 6/01/99...

  • Page 16: Windows® Nt® Installation

    6 Windows® NT® Installation 6.1 Installing Device Drivers under NT4.0 This section describes the necessary procedures for installing the Thunder 3D™ device driver under NT4.0. Please follow the steps described below to properly install the driver. Note: you must have the appropriate privileges in order to install the drivers.

  • Page 17: Uninstalling Device Driver Under Win95/98

    Xwave Thunder 3D 7.1 Uninstalling Device Driver under Win95/98 1. Select Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and select Thunder 3D Audio Support Files. Click the Add/Remove… button. 2. You will be prompted to shutdown your computer after uninstalling for the changes to take effect.
  • Page 18 Xwave Thunder 3D FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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