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EV1933
Deluxe User's Manual
Revision: 1.0
May , 1998

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  • Page 1 OPTiSound EV1933 Deluxe User's Manual Revision: 1.0 May , 1998...
  • Page 2 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Copyright Copyright © 1997. All rights reserved. No part of this publica- tion may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission from the manufacturer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Table of Contents I. Introduction I.i Features ..................v I.ii What is in your package? ..............vi I.iii System Requirements..............vi I.iv Latest Information .................vi II. Quick Installation Windows 3.1 III. Quick Installation Windows 95 1. Hardware Installation 1.1.
  • Page 4 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller 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 iv...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Introduction The <Product> Audio Controller is a 16-bit stereo sound card based on the ECTIVA EV1933 Plug-and-Play 3D Integrated Audio controller chip. The <Product> is compatible with all major PC sound standards, including Sound Blaster™ Pro, Ad Lib™, MPU-401 and Windows Sound System™.

  • Page 6: I.ii What Is In Your Package

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller • Digital/Analog Mixer—Mix analog stereo from CD-audio, Line-In, FM music and digitized voice sources. Digital stereo mixing from Microphone, Line-in, CD-audio and Line-out Master volume control. • Built-in Stereo Power Amplifier—4-watt per channel stereo power amplifier. •...

  • Page 7: Quick Installation Windows 3.1

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Quick Installation Windows 3.1 This section is for those who are familiar with the hardware and software installation of PC peripherals, especially PC compatible sound cards, and the Windows 3.1 operating sys- tem. If you run into difficulties, please see the full instructions pro- vided in Chapter 1 (Hardware Installation) and Chapter 2 (Software Installation).
  • Page 8 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller The <Product> Sound Controller InstallShield Wizard pro- gram will start and guide you through the installation pro- cess. Follow the on-screen prompts to configure the <Product> Sound Controller for your system. The end of the installation program will prompt you to REBOOT your system, be sure to select OK and then press Ctr-Alt-Del when prompted.

  • Page 9: Quick Installation Windows 95

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller III. Quick Installation Windows 95 This section is for those who are familiar with the hardware and software installation of PC peripherals, especially PC compatible sound cards. III.i Hardware Installation You must already have Windows 95 installed on your com- puter and running properly before continuing.
  • Page 10 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller After reading the diskette, Windows 95 will find the instal- lation information for the ECTIVA Plug and Play devices and install the 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.

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Hardware Installation The hardware installation of the <Product> Sound Controller is easy and can be performed in just a few steps. The sound controller has no switches (see Figure 1-1). The sound con- troller installation program configures all of the settings. This section will describe the hardware installation and configura- tion options using the sound controller installation program.

  • Page 12: Installing The Sound Controller

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Figure 1-1 Sound Controller Layout Speaker Out Line Out Line In Game Port/MIDI Microphone In MPEG Connect Wave table synthesizer CD ROM Connect CD ROM Audio 1.2. Installing the <Product> Sound Controller To install the board: With your computer system's power off, remove the cover, find an empty 16-bit expansion slot, and remove the metal bracket.

  • Page 13: Connecting External Devices

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Figure 1-2 Sound Card Installed on Motherboard Replace the cover of the computer. Connect your speaker or headphones to the external out- put connections on the <Product> Sound Controller bracket. For more information on connecting external de- vices, see Section 1.3, Connecting External Devices.

  • Page 14: Figure 1-3 External Connector Locations

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller • Power amplifier • Microphone • Joystick • MIDI adapter Please have the user reference manuals of the external de- vices on hand for reference. Figure 1-3 shows the different external device connectors on the sound card. Warning! Use the configuration program, SNDINIT.EXE, to adjust the volume to mid-range before connecting any speakers...

  • Page 15: Cd-Rom Hardware Installation

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Out connector of any hi-fi set, radio set, CD-player, synthe- sizer, Walkman™, etc. Microphone In Connection: A microphone can be connected to the Microphone In connector on the sound card. Use a dy- namic monaural or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 ohms.
  • Page 16 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller "None" from the configuration list for the CD-ROM drive during the software installation. To connect an IDE CD-ROM: Install the CD-ROM drive into your system. Refer to the documentation that comes with your CD-ROM drive for in- stallation.
  • Page 17 After you have installed your IDE CD-ROM drive's software, you will need to install the ECTIVA <Product> Controller soft- ware. Refer to Chapter 2 or 3 for more information on doing this for your operating system environment.

  • Page 18: Windows 3.1 Software Installation

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Windows 3.1 Software Installation <Product> Sound Controller installation program (SETUP.EXE) will install all of the software drivers and appli- cations needed to achieve both Sound Blaster Pro and Win- dows Sound System compatible operation. 2.1. Device Driver Installation The following steps will guide you through the full software in- stallation and configuration for the <Product>...
  • Page 19 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller After the install files are copied, the installation program will start. 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.
  • Page 20 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller If you want to install the files in other directory, click on Browse to change it. You will see the following screen 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.
  • Page 21 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller 10. The next screen 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.

  • Page 22: Windows 3.1 Configuration

    2.2. Windows 3.1 Configuration The ECTIVA Audio Driver Setup menu allows you to change the settings for the ECTIVA Audio Driver in Windows 3.1. To access this menu, perform the following steps. Double-click the Main program group. Double-click the Control Panel icon.
  • Page 23 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Highlight the 82C933 Audio Driver and choose Setup. This will display the all of the configuration settings for the sound card. 2.2.1.1. Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration section allows you to set the I/O ad- dress (for both Sound Blaster and Windows Sound System configurations), IRQ settings, DMA Channels, and Full Duplex.
  • Page 24 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Possible settings are: Option Default Other Settings SB I/O 220h 240h WSS I/O 534h 608h, E84h, F44h 7, 9, 10, 11 DMA Playback Channel 0, 3, 5, 6 Recording DMA* 1, 3, 5, 6 * Not available when Full Duplex is disabled. 2.2.1.2.

  • Page 25: Windows 3.1 Applications

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Make the necessary changes as described below and click Boost for Microphone Recording Enables you to enable a 20dB boost to the record level for the microphone input (MIC IN). This allows you to compensate for less powerful microphones and increase the record signal.

  • Page 26: Advanced

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller The Audio Mixer applet lets you adjust the volume settings for each of the individual audio sources that the <Product> supports. 2.3.2. Advanced Click the Advanced button to show the 3D Sound On/Off button, shown below. This button toggles the 3D sound feature on and off.
  • Page 27 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller When re-configuring the <Product> Sound Controller, you can use the following parameter lines: SNDINIT /B Runs the program using the values specified in the SOUND16.CFG configuration file in batch mode. SNDINIT /? Displays help on how to use SNDINIT. SNDINIT Runs the program to let you change your sound controller configuration.
  • Page 28 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller 2.4.1.3. MPU-401 Interface Selection Settings Select OFF, ON IO Port 300, 320, 330 OFF, 5, 7, 2/9 2.4.1.4. Additional Options Selection Settings Joystick Enabled, Disabled Modem Enabled, Disabled At the bottom of the menu are three selections. The Help option displays a help file that shows you how to navigate through the menus and save information.

  • Page 29: Volume Tsr Utility

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller The 3D control button allows you to turn the 3D Spatial Sound Effect on or off. There is also a button that allows you to test the sound. Press this button and you will hear a sample wave sound. If the sound plays correctly and the volume is OK, press Done to return to the Configuration Menu.

  • Page 30: Changes To Config.sys

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller SET SOUND16=C:\ev1933 C:\OPTi933\SNDINIT /B These lines indicate default settings. Changes you made to the default path or <Product> Sound Controller configuration will be reflected accordingly. 2.5.3. Changes to CONFIG.SYS The installation program will also make changes to your CONFIG.SYS file.

  • Page 31: Windows 95 Software Installation

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Windows 95 Software Installation 3.1. Windows 95 Mode The <Product> supports the Plug-and-Play specification which makes installation into a Windows 95 system fast and easy. Note: You must already have Windows 95 installed on your computer and running properly before installing the hardware.
  • Page 32 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller If it does not find the driver, it will not say OPTi Plug-N- Play Device and you will have to click on Other Loca- tions and direct Windows 95 to the driver location manu- ally. 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...

  • Page 33: Real Mode Dos

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Note: Depending upon the original Windows 95 installation choices, you may be asked to insert the original Win- dows 95 CD-ROM in the system during the installation process to install all the appropriate files. 3.2. Real Mode DOS After you have successfully installed the drivers for Windows 95 and the system has booted correctly, you can install the drivers for audio applications that run in DOS mode.
  • Page 34 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Click Next to continue with the Setup program. The next screen lets you select 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.
  • Page 35 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Choose Yes to return to the first screen. Select Next to continue the installation. The install pro- gram will begin copying the files to the directory you se- lected. 10. The next screen lets you enable the CD-ROM if you have one connected to the IDE connector on the card.

  • Page 36: Windows 95 Uninstallation

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller 12. This concludes the installation and the program will prompt you to REBOOT your system, be sure to select OK. This will insure that the <Product> Sound Controller is properly configured. 3.3. Windows 95 Uninstallation To remove the <Product> sound card from your Windows 95 computer: Click on the Start button.
  • Page 37 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller 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. Select Yes (or press Y) to shut down the computer.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Troubleshooting 4.1. Resolving Hardware Conflicts This chapter describes the possible hardware conflicts be- tween your sound card and other interface cards if your sys- tem does not support the Plug and Play (PnP) 1.0a specification, and ways of resolving these conflicts. PnP sys- tems will not have hardware conflicts because the system as- signs the appropriate configuration from available resources.
  • Page 39 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller might not work properly if you change the resource set- tings on the sound card. Commonly Encountered Problems and Solutions Problem Your computer would not boot up after you installed <Product> Sound Controller. Solution The sound board was not inserted completely into the 16-bit slot.
  • Page 40 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Solution a. Check that the speakers are connected properly to the Speakers-Out connector on the sound card. If your speakers use batteries, make sure that they have the batteries they need. b. The volume setting is too low. Run SNDINIT.EXE to adjust the volume to a higher level.
  • Page 41 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller b. You do not have enough memory to run the game. Remove nonessential device drivers or the volume control TSR pro- gram, VOLTSR.EXE, from memory. c. You are not in Sound Blaster mode. Type SNDINIT /B to find out what mode you are in.
  • Page 42 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Problem No sound when running Windows 3.1 application, MIDI files cannot be played, or you get a MIDI error message. Solution a. If you have not installed the <Product> Sound Controller software as described in Chapter 2, please do so now. b.
  • Page 43 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Make sure you have the following line in the [drivers] section of your SYSTEM.INI file: wavemapper=msacm.drv b. You have disabled the Single Mode DMA option in the Ad- vance Setting box. Some motherboards can only support Sin- gle Mode DMA and therefore your environment can only operate under this mode.
  • Page 44 Plug-and-Play 3D Sound Controller Solution The path to the directory where the <Product> Sound Control- ler files are located is not set or the required file, SOUND16.CFG is missing. Type SET at the DOS prompt. If the <Product> Sound Controller files are in the ev1933 direc- tory in your c: drive, you should see the following line: SOUND16=C:\OPTi933 If this line is not present, type...

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