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82C929
MAD16 PRO 16-Bit Audio Card
User's Manual
July, 1994
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 82C929 MAD16 PRO 16-Bit Audio Card User's Manual July, 1994 Version 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Table of Contents 1. GETTING STARTED ......................1 1.1. A MAD16 P ..............1 BOUT THE UDIO 1.2. MAD16 P ..................1 EATURE 1.3. W ? ..................2 HAT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE 1.4. S ..................2 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 1.5. D ..................2 OCUMENT ONVENTIONS...

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    User’s Manual Getting Started 1.1. About the MAD16 Pro Audio Card The MAD16 (MediaChips 16-Bit Audio Controller) is a 16-bit stereo sound card. It incorporates the best features of Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System, Ad Lib, MPU401 and more. MAD16 Pro is an integrated chip that coordinates all the interfaces on the card to provide crisp CD quality sound and music.

  • Page 4: What Is In Your Package

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card 1.3. What is in your package? You should have the following items in your package: • MAD16 Pro Audio Card • MAD16 Pro Installation Disk • MAD16 Pro User Reference Guide 1.4. System Requirements The system requirements for using MAD16 Pro Audio Card are: •...

  • Page 5: Latest Information

    User’s Manual 1.6. Latest Information Please read the readme.txt file in the Installation Disk for any changes made after this manual was written. Insert the Installation Disk into drive A. Enter TYPE README.TXT|MORE. Press the <ENTER> key. Press the <ENTER> key again to move to the next page.
  • Page 6 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Figure 1. Board Diagram of MAD16 Pro Audio Card 913-0000-000 Revision 1.0 July, 1994...

  • Page 7: Installing The Sound Card And Related Software

    User’s Manual Installing the Sound Card and Related Software This chapter describes the process of installing the MAD16 Pro sound card and related software into your computer system. 2.1. Installing the Sound Card The following steps describe the procedure to install the sound card into your computer: 1.
  • Page 8 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card 1. Insert the MAD16 Pro Installation Disk into drive A or B. Let us assume that you are using drive A in this procedure. 2. Type A: at the C:> prompt. Press <ENTER>. 3. Type INSTALL at the a:> prompt. Press <ENTER>. The install program will do the following for you: a.) Select MAD16 Pro Install Directory: Prompt you for the drive and directory where you want MAD16 Pro software to be...
  • Page 9 User’s Manual be updated in order for your sound card to run with your favorite games and applications after you reboot your system. If you choose YES, your system files will be updated and your original files will be backed up. If you choose NO, your updated changes will be created in files with a .MAD file extention.

  • Page 10: Testing And Configuring The Sound Card

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Testing and Configuring the Sound Card 3.1. Overview of Sndinit Testing and Configuration Program The program sndinit.exe allows you to test and configure the sound card. The following options are available: a.) sndinit /b The /b parameter sets the sound card using the values specified in the configuration file, sound16.cfg.
  • Page 11 User’s Manual The current configuration is shown on the top of the menu. The default configuration is shown on the bottom of the menu. Configure Allows you to change the settings of your sound card. Sound Test Plays a voice file. Quit Test Exits the program.
  • Page 12 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card You can select the following options to change the configuration: Mode Allows you to choose between Sound Blaster Pro mode and Windows Sound System mode. Port Allows you to choose the base I/O Port address of the sound card. IRQ Allows you to choose the Interrupt Request line (IRQ) of the sound card.

  • Page 13: Configuring Your Sound Card For Games In Dos

    User’s Manual card's IRQ and DMA channel. Any new changes will require your CONFIG.SYS file to be updated and your computer to be rebooted. 6. The Volume Settings control panel will pop up if you select the Volume option from the configuration menu: •...

  • Page 14: Configuring Your Sound Card To Interface With The Cd-Rom Drive

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card b.) Select the I/O Port Address, IRQ, and DMA options according to your new choices. IMPORTANT Even though you may select any options that do not cause conflicts on your system, some games may not operate correctly if you do not use the default Sound Blaster settings of I/O Port Address = 220H, Interrupt = 5, and DMA channel = 1.
  • Page 15 User’s Manual CD-ROM device driver line in your CONFIG.SYS file to reflect the new changes. sndinit will only update the CD-ROM interface line as below: DEVICE=...\CDSETUP.SYS ... but it will not update the CD-ROM device driver line. You can use the text editor to edit the line for updating the new changes.

  • Page 16: Memory Resident Volume Control Utility

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Memory Resident Volume Control Utility 4.1. Volume TSR program defined Volume TSR programs are memory resident programs that allow you to change the volume dynamically by using "HOT KEYS" during a game. This provides a very convenient and useful way to control the loudness of your games on the fly.

  • Page 17: Setting Up The Cd-Rom Interface To Your Sound Card

    User’s Manual Setting up the CD-ROM Interface to your Sound Card 5.1. Overview of the MAD16 Pro CD-ROM Interface There are four CD-ROM interface connectors on the MAD16 Pro sound Card. The Mitsumi CD-ROM drive interface is a 40-pin connector, and it supports Mitsumi LU005, FX001 and FX001D.

  • Page 18: Connecting Asony Cd-Rom Drive

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card The next section describes the process of connecting various CD-ROM drive to your sound card. 5.2. Connecting a SONY CD-ROM Drive To connect a SONY CD-ROM drive, please follow the following steps: 1. Install the CD-ROM drive into your system. Please refer to the documentation that comes with your CD-ROM drive for installation.

  • Page 19: Connecting A Panasonic Cd-Rom Drive

    User’s Manual 3. If an audio cable is included with your CD-ROM drive, connect it from the CD-ROM drive to the Mitsumi CD audio input connector on the sound card. 4. When everything is securely connected, put the cover of your computer back on and power on your computer and proceed with the installation of your Mitsumi CD-ROM's device driver and related software as intructed by your Mitsumi CD-ROM drive user mannual.
  • Page 20 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Make a note of your selections as you will need this information later on. 5. After you have installed your Panasonic CD-ROM drive's software, you may proceed to chapter 2 to install your sound card's related device drivers and software if you have not already done so.

  • Page 21: Connecting External Devices To Your Sound Card

    User’s Manual Connecting External Devices to your sound card This chapter describes the connectors on the sound card and the process of connecting external devices to the sound card. You can connect the following external devices to MAD16 Pro: a pair of speakers, headphone set, power amplifier, CD-player, microphone, joystick, and MIDI adapter.

  • Page 22: Connecting External Devices To The Line-In Connector

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card 6.4. Connecting External Devices to the Line-In Connector Immediately below the Line-Out connector is the Line-In connector. This can be connected to the Line-Out connector of any hi-fi set, Receiver, CD-player, synthesizer, etc. 6.5. Connecting A Microphone A microphone can be connected to the Microphone-In connector on the sound card.

  • Page 23: Changing Sound Card Configurations In Windows

    3. Select the Control Panel icon. 4. Select the Drivers icon. 5. Highlight OPTi MAD16 Pro Audio Driver in the Drivers Dialog Box, and then double click the Setup button. If you are configuring the options for the OPTi External MIDI Driver click on it instead and click the Setup button.
  • Page 24 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card 6. The MAD16 Pro Audio Device Driver Configuration Dialog Box will appear. Make the necessary changes by clicking on the selections. Click OK to accept the changes. 7. A dialog box will appear asking if you like to restart windows. Select the Restart Now button to restart Windows.

  • Page 25: Advnance Settings In Windows

    User’s Manual 8. If you wish to modify the advance settings, click on Advance Settings and a Window will appear. Make the necessary changes and click OK. You will be prompted again to restart Windows. 7.2. Advnance Settings In Windows The following is a brief explanation of the options in the Advanced Settings Box: 7.2.1.

  • Page 26: Troubleshooting

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Troubleshooting 8.1. Resolving Hardware Conflicts This chapter describes the possible hardware conflicts between your sound card and other interface cards in your system, and ways of resolving these conflicts. Hardware conflicts occur when two or more devices use the same I/O address, IRQ, or DMA channel.

  • Page 27: Commonly Encountered Problems And Solutions

    User’s Manual 8.2. Commonly Encountered Problems and Solutions Problem: Your computer would not boot up after you installed MAD16 Pro. Solution: The sound board was not inserted completely into the 16-bit slot. Refer to Chapter 2 to install the sound board properly. Problem: The computer hangs, reboots itself, or issues a parity error after the sound card is installed.
  • Page 28 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Problem: The sound is distorted during sound test or during normal usage. Solution: a.) Your speakers might be defective or the quality of the speakers is poor. Make sure you have a good pair of speakers. b.) Volume setting is too high.
  • Page 29 Check that you have the following driver in the installed driver list in the Driver group: (This group is under the Control Panel group in Main.) OPTi MAD16 Pro Audio Driver If you are missing any one of the above drivers, check the system.ini file as follows: 1.
  • Page 30 82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card c.) Verify that the MIDI mapper is a valid selection. Refer to the Control Panel section of the Windows manual for more details. Problem: There is no sound or the sound is distorted when you are running Windows Sound System applications.
  • Page 31 User’s Manual If this line is not present, type SET SOUND16=C:\SOUND16 to set up the path to the SOUND16 directory temporarily. You need to add the following line to your autoexec.bat file to set the path permanently: set sound16=c:\sound16 If the line is already in your autoexec.bat file, check that you have the file sound16.cfg in your c:\sound16 directory.

  • Page 32: Index

    82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card Index CD-ROM Interface........................1 Changing the volume ......................10 Configuring I/O port address ....................10 Configuring interrupt request line ..................10 Connecting a CD-ROM Drive to MAD16.................15 Connecting External Devices....................19 Connecting External Devices to the Line-Out Connector .............19 Connectors on the MAD16 Audio Card ................19 Default Configuration......................3 Installing the Software......................5 Installing the Sound Card......................5...

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