Hardware Introduction; Product Overview; Product Features - PC Chips CMI8330 English Manual

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Hardware Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

The CMI8330 is a stereo 16 bit PnP sound card. It is compatible with Sound
Blaster 16 and Microsoft Windows Sound System. Especially it provides C3D
HRTF positional audio, you can enjoy real 3D positional audio in games or
applications that supports DirectX 5.0 Direct Sound 3D or A3D. What we
provide at the side of sound card are line-in jack, micro-phone jack, audio
output jack, and a 15 pin D-SUB multiplexed joystick/MIDI connector. The
proper ways of jumper setting are all clearly marked in Figure 2.1 and Table
2.1.
If your PC motherboard BIOS supports Plug and Play (PnP) function, While
PC booting, motherboard PnP BIOS will locate I/O resource for all interface
automatically to avoid I/O conflict. But, at first, all of your interface card that
using I/O resource must support PnP function. Otherwise, I/O conflict still
occurs at sometimes. Because PnP BIOS cannot find the interface card which
does not support PnP function.

1.2 Product Features

• Special Features
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) digital audio in/out
C3D HRTF positional audio (DirectX5.0 Direct Sound 3D and A3D
interfaces)
ISA bus Plug and Play (PnP)
device support : WSS, MPU401, GAME PORT, SB16
Full duplex playback and recording
Support Windows 95 and Window NT 4.0
Auto hardware switching mode between WSS and SB without program
setting
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System Mixer
CMI8330
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