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Programming the Compact FLASH Card
The Compact FLASH Card is programmed by inserting it into the PCMCIA slot of a Compact FLASH
to PCMCIA adapter or a Compact FLASH adapter connected to your parallel port. Sound files are copied
to the Compact FLASH Card just as if it were a disk drive. The files used are the standard "*.WAV" files
typically employed by Windows and DOS audio applications for years.
When a new Compact FLASH Card is first installed into your computer, Windows (95 or later) should
recognize the device and install the software necessary to access the card. After the software installation is
complete, the Compact FLASH Card appears as a disk drive icon under My Computer. You may then use
Windows Explorer to drag and drop the sound files from your computer's hard disk directly to the Compact
FLASH Card icon. It really is just that easy.
Please take care not to use audio tracks that are copyrighted. If you wish to avoid this issue, you will
find that many computer software outlets have CD's with non-copyrighted music and audio sound effects
that you may use without limitation. They are commonly found in the multimedia section. Please be ad-
vised that the user himself is solely responsible for audio he both records and plays from the Compact
FLASH Digital Audio System.
Installing and Removing the Compact FLASH Card
Care should be taken when installing or removing the Compact FLASH Card. Please be certain to in-
sert the card with a straight and level motion. Please do not force the card to insert. Otherwise, some of the
50 pins in the socket may become damaged and the card and/or Compact FLASH Digital Audio System
may become unusable.
Before REMOVING the Compact FLASH Card under Windows 95 or later, Microsoft recommends
that you double click on the PCMCIA icon at the bottom of your computer screen. This will bring up the pc
card [PCMCIA] properties window. Click on socket status tab, then select the card you wish to remove by
clicking on it. Finally, click on the stop button. Windows will then tell you that the card socket services
have been stopped.
On the Compact FLASH Digital Audio System this will all happen automatically simply by removing
the card, although its not recommended that the card be inserted or removed while power is applied.
Audio Rates Supported
The Compact FLASH Digital Audio System supports mono 8-bit Wave files at a sampling rate of up
to 16KHz. Lower sampling rates are supported for longer play-outs. The Compact FLASH Digital Audio
System reads the sampling rates and formats encoded in the .WAV sound files whenever a card is first in-
serted. The Compact FLASH Digital Audio System will not play any file that does not meet these re-
quirements. Further, this error condition should be identified by the red led flashing twice every two sec-
onds.
NOTE: If high sample rate audio files play-out with skips or stop playing before completion, you may
need to re-format the Compact FLASH Card to eliminate the condition known as excessive file fragmenta-
tion. Compact FLASH cards must only be formatted using the FAT file system. FAT32 or NTFS formats
are not supported. The maximum supported partition size is 32meg.
Filename Formats
The filenames of the individual Sound files on the Compact FLASH Card control how and when the
sounds are played out by the Compact FLASH Digital Audio System. The filenames must start with the
input number they are associated with expressed as a two digit HEX number.
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