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USER MANUAL
JANUARY 1994
Version 2.1
E-15-129

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL JANUARY 1994 Version 2.1 E-15-129...
  • Page 2 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM The information in this document is subject to change without notice FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT Warning: This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules Only peripherals (computer input output devices, terminals, etc., with shielded type interface cables) certified to comply with the Class 13 limits may be attached to the computer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Table of Contents 1. Description Features Card Figure Connectors 1.3.1. Audio Coimcctor: Switch Jumpers 1.5.1 Jumpers Settings: 2. Hardware Installation Install the Stereo Sound and CD-ROM card 2.1.1 Install an internal Panasonic CD-ROM drive 2.1.2 Install an internal Mitsumi CD-ROM drive 2.1.3 Install an internal SONY CD-ROM drive 3.

  • Page 4: Description

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Description This is a 16-bit PC stereo souud combined with CD-ROM interface card that lets you add a CD-ROM drive and stereo audio to your personal computer system. Features • Programmable sampling rate from 4 KHz to 44.1 KHz. •...

  • Page 5: Card Figure

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Card Figure Connectors 34 pin connector for SONY internal CD-ROM. 40 pin connector for Mitsumi internal CD-ROM. 26 pin connector for Panasonic external CD-ROM. 20 pin connector for SONY external CD-ROM. 40 pin connector for Panasonic internal CD-ROM. 15 pin D-SUB connector for JOYSTICK/MIDI.

  • Page 6: Audio Coimcctor

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM 32: Mitsumi/Panasonic A : RIGHT CHANNEL SIGNAL G . GROUND B : LEFT CHANNEL SIGNAL A : RIGHT CHANNEL SIGNAL G : GROUND B : LEFT CHANNEL SIGNAL Switch CD-ROM I/O PORT ADDRESS JUJMPERonSWl PORT ADDRESS CD-ROM DISABLE 200H 210H...

  • Page 7: Jumpers Settings

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM 1.5.1 Jumpers Settings: JP3 -6 2 - 3 CLOSE 1 - 2 CLOSE AUDIO ENABLE AUDIO DISABLE Page - 6...

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Hardware Installation Install the Stereo Sound and CD-ROM card Step 1. Turn off the system and ail peripheral devices. Step 2. Disconnect the power cord and all peripheral devices from the system. Step 3. Remove the system cover, and identify an unused 16 bit slot. Step 4.

  • Page 9: Install An Internal Mitsumi Cd-Rom Drive

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM NOTE: A standard Audio cable for the Panasonic drive has only 3 pins. Pin 4 of J2 thus will not used. Step 10. Put back the system cover, reconnect the system power cord and all peripheral devices. Check and make sure all connections are correct before you turn on the system.

  • Page 10: Other Options

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Other Options If you would like to redirect the audio for the PC speaker to the external speakers attached to the sound card, please follow the steps below: • Unplug the cable of the PC speaker from the PC speaker connector on the system Motherboard.

  • Page 11: Software Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Software Installation Before proceeding with audio and CD-ROM software installation, please check the software diskettes that come with the card. CD-ROM Software - one diskette, labeled "CD-ROM Devicc Driver & Audio Utility". It includes device drivers and CD audio playback utilities for different types of CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 12: Audio Applications Software Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Audio Applications Software Installation The audio drivers and application software of the PC stereo sound are included in the diskette #1 and diskette #2. Please refer to the user manual "Audio Applications" that comes with this package for installing the Audio drivers and application software.

  • Page 13: Cd-Rom Device Driver Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM 4.3.1 CD-ROM Device Driver Installation Put the diskette into your floppy drive, change to drive A or B. At the system prompt, changes the subdirectory by entering: A:\>cd \CDROM\PANASONI [Enter] B:\>cd \CDROMVPANASONI [Enter] .depending 011 which drive you use. An installation routine CDINSTL.EXE has been provided to assist you installing the software.
  • Page 14 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Step 2. Add the following line to the file "AUTOEXEC.BAT" under your boot hard disk root-directory (Drive C in general). O [drive:][path] MSCDEX [/Didevice name] [/M:n] [/E] [/V] [/L i drive letter] NOTE: The above command line in the autoexec.bat file should be placed entirely on one line.
  • Page 15 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM specify a larger number of buffers to enhance CD-ROM performance and operate programs with large memory usage requirements simultaneously. [/E] Instructs the computer to use expanded memory, if available. For example: O C:\CDROM\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /E Note that you must first load an expanded memory driver before using this option.

  • Page 16: Mke Audio Utility Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM CDMKE.SYS & MSCDEX.EXE from the subdirectory \CDROM\PANASONI 011 the floppy diskette to the sub- directory CDROM just created on your boot hard disk. If you are installing the CD-ROM drive in a networked system, please consult your system manager or system setup for proper drive specifications in Step 1 to Step 3, 4.3.2 MKE Audio Utility Installation...

  • Page 17: Sony Cd-Rom Software

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM SONY CD-ROM Software The diskette labeled "CD-ROM Device Driver & Audio Utility", under the subdirectory \CDROM\SONY, contains the SONY CD-ROM device driver software and, OPTIONALLY, the Microsoft MS-DOS CD- ROM Extension file, i.e., MSCDEX.EXE, Another subdirectory SONYUTIL contains the SONY audio utilities in order for you to use the CD-ROM drive as an audio CD player.
  • Page 18 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Device=[drive:]\DEV\ SLCD.SYS [/B:xxx] [IVidevice name] O LAS TD RIVE = drive letter /B:xxx xxx is the I/O port address as set on SI of the sound card. The default is 320H. /Didevice name specifies device driver name that is used by the Microsoft MS- DOS CD-ROM extension file as MSCDEX.
  • Page 19 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM The installation program will set this value to 10. The default value is 4. NOTE: The greater this value , the better the CD-ROM drive will perform. However, each buffer uses about 2K of memory and specifying too many buffers may slow down computer operation or interfere with other programs which have large memory usage requirements.

  • Page 20: Sony Audio Utility Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM the computer will be unable lo access the CD-ROM drive. For example, you might use: O C:\BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:f Normally, the CD-ROM drive is assigned the next available drive letter 011 the computer after the floppy drives, hard drives, RAM drives, etc.

  • Page 21: Mitsumi Cd-Rom Software

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Upon successful completion of the installation, you should find CDPALY.BAT, ESSVOL.EXE, SONYCD.EXE, EJECT.COM, LOCK.COM, and under the subdirectory that you selected or created on UNLOCK.COM your hard disk. This driver enables you to use your CD-ROM drive as a regular audio CD player.
  • Page 22 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM A:\CDROM\MITSUMI>SETUP lEntcr] This program will guide you step by step lo setup CD-ROM device driver parameters. Please refer to the section below to learn more about how to change device driver parameters. You may manually install the driver, by completing the following steps: Step 1.
  • Page 23 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Specifies the location (drive and directory) of the MSCDEXEXE file. The default setting is the BIN directory of the boot drive /Didevice name Specifies the name of the CD-ROM drive (8 characters maximum). This must be identical to the device name specified in the device driver in the CONFIG.SYS file.

  • Page 24: Mitsumi Audio Utility Installation

    Stereo Sound & CD-ROM Instructs the computer to display a summary of RAM allocation and expanded memory usage at booting. For Example, specifying: O C:\BIN\MSCDEXEXE /D:MSCD«00 /V will cause the computer to display memory information in the following format: 5556864 bytes free memory bytes expanded memory 12752...
  • Page 25 Stereo Sound & CD-ROM A:\>cd \MTMAUDIO [Enter] C:\>B: [Enter] B:\>cd \MTMAUDIO [Enter] Then, assuming A drive is used, do the following: O A:\MTMAUDIO>INSTALL ' [Enter] You will be prompted to select the target drive and subdirectory to which the audio utility software will be copy. Upon successful completion of the installation, you should find MTMCD.EXE, ESSVOL.EXE,...

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