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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These

limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference

will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause

harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be

determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged

to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the Distance between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CHANGE OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY

PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE

USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.

CAUTION

Summary of content (20 pages)

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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. MS-DOS, Windows and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Photo CD is a trademark of Kodak.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................... 1 FEATURES.............................................................................. 1 SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................. 2 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ..................................................... 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...............................................
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INTRODUCTION The PCMCIA Sound Module provides a mobile sound solution for portable multimedia. With its real 16 bits stereo CD sound quality, the Sound Module can play high-fidelity CD-quality audio which meets the need of most users under any environment. The PCMCIA Sound Module consists of a PCMCIA Type I card connected to a small Audio Module with a build-in microphone and speaker and volume control.
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SPECIFICATION 1. 16 Bit Sampling and Playback: * 8, 16 Bit PCM 2KHz-44kHz in Stereo. * ADPCM compression (2:1) and decompression (2:1, 3:1, 4:1) 2. Synthesizer: * YAMAHA YMF262, 20 Voice Stereo Synthesizer * 4 Operator FM sound. 3. Audio Playing Mixing: * Internal Synthesizer (Stereo) * Digital Audio (Stereo) * CD Audio (Stereo) * Speaker (Built-in or external, Mono) 4. Audio Recording Mixing: * CD-Audio (Stereo) * External Line-in (Stereo) * Microphone (Built-in, Mono) 5.
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PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS • Build-in Speaker: This build-in 28 mm speaker is a MONO sound speaker. ‚ Volume Control Knob: This knob is used to adjust the volume of the build-in speaker and the external headphone jack. ƒ External Headphone Jack: This is used to connect to a headphone or a self-powered external speaker with the standard 3.5mm stereo plug. When using with the external headphone or speaker, the build-in speaker will be disabled.
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HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before you begin, make sure you turn your system OFF before connecting the PCMCIA Sound Module. 1. Connect the cable of the Sound module with the PCMCIA interface card. (Note: The 15-pin keyed connector can be easily attached to the card if you are plugging it with the right side up.) 2. Locate the PCMCIA slot of your computer, or consult your computer’s owner manual for the location of the PCMCIA slot. 3.
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Software installation Guide for Windows 95/98 PCMCIA Sound Card can be also used under Windows 95/98 that you may enjoy the true plug and play convenience. Before you start using PCMCIA Sound Card under Windows 95, make sure your computer is Windows 95 installed and follow the below instruction to install PCMCIA Sound Card. USING PCMCIA SOUND CARD UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the PCMCIA Sound Card under Windows 95/98 for the very first time.
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Select “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer” and click on OK button, Windows 95/98 will then prompt you to insert the manufacturer’s installation disk. Insert the PCMCIA Sound Card device driver disk into your floppy drive. Specify the directory as A:\WIN95 (or B:\WIN95 whichever containing the diskette) and select OK. When the following dialog box appear, select PCMCIA Sound Card and click on the OK button. Follow the on-screen instruction to continue.
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ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 (For Windows 98 the 32-bit card support is enbled by default.) Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the PCMCIA Sound Card. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the “Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder). Click on the Device Manager Tab.
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After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will ask you to reboot your computer. Then you should refer to the previous section titled “Using Sound Card Under Windows 95” to configure the PCMCIA Sound Card. If the PCMCIA Socket is not found, then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system. Please click on the “Add New Hardware” icon in the Control Panel folder and select “PCMCIA socket”.
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOW 3.11 Take note that this section describes the installation of the PCMCIA Sound device driver only. To install the Windows Sound Application you have to refer to the Audio Applications USER’S GUIDE that comes with this unit after completing the installation of the PCMCIA Sound device driver. AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION The device driver installation programs provide an INSTALL program to help you to install the device driver into the computer easily.
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5. The rest of the installation should proceed automatically, and the CONFIG.SYS file on your computer will be updated automatically. 6. Now you should reboot your computer to activate the PCMCIA Sound. Please refer to the previous section of “Hardware Installation” to make sure the PCMCIA Sound has been connected to your system properly. 7. After the system is rebooted, you also will have to install the Windows device driver for Sound.
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MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the PCMCIA Sound Module device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the files PCMSND.EXE from the PCMCIA Sound Module device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add the following lines near the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=drive:\path\PCMSND.EXE /P220 /I10 where drive:\path specifies the directory containing file PCMSND.EXE. If your CONFIG.
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TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages and their solutions. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which is generated by PCMSND.EXE Configure card to: I/O Port: 220-22F, 388-38B IRQ number: 10 Power: connected PCMCIA Sound card is present in socket 1 If any error occurs or the PCMCIA Sound Module does not work, you should reboot your computer again. When the system displays 'Starting MS-DOS...
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The above message means an invalid IRQ number in PCMSND line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected. The legal IRQ number are 5, 7, 9, and 10. v Error: There is no available 4K memory for mapping! The above message means PCMSND can't find available 4K memory between C000:0 to EFFF:0. This error can be corrected by changing the EMM386 line of CONFIG.SYS to exclude at least 4K memory. For example, DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE ... X=D000-D3FF v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system.
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PCMCIA SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then PCMSND.EXE will call these PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, the PCMSND still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
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The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Driver CardSoft Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, Phoenix PCMSS.EXE Award IBM Cardware ThinkPad SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.EXE Card Services CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE Flash Card Support MTAA.
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DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the follwing REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE DEVICE=C:\PCMSND\PCMSND.EXE /P220 /I10 PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.
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DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDOSCS.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI DEVICE=C:\PCMSND\PCMSND.