User’s Manual Philips Consumer Electronics Company A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation Knoxville, TN 37914-1810, U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A.
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703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 2 SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Philips Rhythmic Edge™ 4-Channel PCI Sound Card PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. If you (end user, either an entity or an individual) do not agree with these terms and conditions do not install the software.This End User License Agreement is a contract between you and Philips Consumer Electronics B.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 4 Table of Contents Introduction Key Features .......................................................................................................................................7 Minimum System Requirements ............................................................................................8 What’s Included ...............................................................................................................................
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 6 Introduction CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURCHASE OF THE PHILIPS RHYTHMIC EDGE™ SOUND CARD! Thank you for enhancing your computer with the Philips Rhythmic Edge™. We know you’ll agree, once you give it the edge, that your PC will never sound the same again. Now get ready to ignite your imagination with the most immersive soundstage ever created on a PC . . .
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 8 Introduction MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Installation of your Philips Rhythmic Edge™ requires the following minimum hardware and operating system: • • • • • • • One available PCI 2.
03_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 10 Installing Rhythmic Edge INSTALLING THE SOUND CARD ✔ Uninstall the drivers for any previously installed sound cards. Consult your previous sound card documentation for details. Turn off computer and remove existing sound card. If your computer has on-board sound, consult your PC documentation to disable it. ✔ STATIC ELECTRICITY TO INSTALL THE SOUND CARD: Turn off your computer, and disconnect the power cable.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 12 Installing Rhythmic Edge Remove the Rhythmic Edge™ Sound Card from the anti-static bag. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it into the slot. Be sure the sound card is aligned properly and fits snugly into the slot.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 14 Installing Rhythmic Edge CONNECTING TO YOUR RHYTHMIC EDGE SOUND CARD Speakers Connect your front speakers or headphones into the FRONT OUT stereo jack on the end bracket. Connect your rear/surround speakers to the REAR OUT stereo jack on the end bracket. If you are using a pair of digital (S/PDIF) speakers for your front or rear speakers then plug them into the S/PDIF Out phono jack as indicated below.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 16 Installing Rhythmic Edge To install the drivers for Windows® 95/98/Me/2000 1. Turn on the computer and place the Philips Rhythmic Edge™ CD in your CD-ROM drive. 2. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click NEXT. When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box reports that a new PCI Multimedia Audio Device has been detected, click NEXT.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 18 Installing Rhythmic Edge 3. If you are installing from the install CD or if you have copied the install to any other location, select SPECIFY A LOCATION and browse to your directory where the setup files are located. For Windows® 95/98/Me, select Win9x directory then choose english. For Windows® 2000, select WDM directory. 4 Select NEXT to install the drivers. Click NEXT.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 20 Installing Rhythmic Edge 5. Windows® then copies the files. You may be prompted to insert your Windows® CD or floppy, as the core sound components of the operating system may need to be copied as well. These include audio Codecs, the Mixer and the Sound Recorder program. 6. The installation will continue to install the files to your system. For Windows® 95/98/Me, Click FINISH.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 22 Installing Rhythmic Edge 7. 8. After clicking “Finish” the Philips Rhythmic Edge™ GamePort will be installed. It is possible during gameport installation, Windows® will detect newer versions of msanalog.vxd, vjoyd.vxd and msjstick.drv. It is recommended that you keep your existing files. Click YES on all 3 screens that appear.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 24 Installing Rhythmic Edge YAMAHA SOFTSYNTHESIZER INSTALLATION 10. After Rhythmic Edge™ driver installation, the software launcher will prompt you to install the Yamaha SoftSynthesizer. Click YES. 12. Enter the serial number located on the Yamaha Corporation Certificate of Authenticity included with your documentation. This serial number is case sensitive! Click NEXT. 11. The Yamaha SoftSynthesizer Welcome page appears. Click NEXT.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 26 Installing Rhythmic Edge 13. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Follow the instructions in this box . 14. Select A Program Folder dialog box appears.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 28 Installing Rhythmic Edge 15. The Yamaha Software License Agreement dialog box is displayed. If you accept the terms and conditions, Click YES. 17. Product Registration – If you are connected to the internet, you can register your product now by clicking YES in the dialog window shown below. If you prefer to register your product at a later time, go to: www.philipsusa.com/prod_reg_bounce.html and follow the instructions.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 30 Installing Rhythmic Edge WINDOWS NT® INSTALLATION Installation of the drivers for your Philips Rhythmic Edge™ in a Windows NT® environment are as follows (note: you must have the appropriate privileges in order to install the drivers): 1. Boot the system to the Windows NT® desktop and insert your install CD in your CD-ROM. 2. Go to D:\NT40\English and double click on Philips Rhythmic Edge Install.exe. (D: represents your CD-ROM drive). 3.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 32 Installing Rhythmic Edge JOYSTICK CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS® 95/98/Me/2000: 1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on the GAME CONTROLLERS icon. Select the ADVANCED tab and under PORT DRIVER ASSIGNMENT and select Philips Rhythmic Edge GamePort. 32 2. Select the GENERAL tab and click the Add button. You may select any one of the GAME CONTROLLERS listed, then click OK.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 34 Installing Rhythmic Edge Technical Support 3. Before calling the technical support number please make sure you have the following information available: After making your selection, highlight the selected controller in GAME CONTROLLERS and click the PROPERTIES button. Select CALIBRATE and calibrate your joystick. Your joystick should be installed and ready for flight! • • • • • Model number and date of purchase.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 36 DSP Special Effects and Algorithms Control Panel PHILIPS RHYTHMIC EDGE™ DSP SPECIAL EFFECTS AND ALGORITHMS HELP BUTTON Click the blue “Help” button on any tab and you will have access to comprehensive hyper linked help file describing the control panel. Within the help file you can navigate by simply clicking on parts of the image of the control panel, searching or by using contents or index lists.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 38 Control Panel Space Junk & Wumpus: 3D audio applications that demonstrate QSound Lab’s 3D audio technology. You must have the Rhythmic Edge install CD in your CD-ROM drive to launch these applications. OUTPUT MODE Headphone Select this mode when listening using headphones rather than speakers. The headphones should be plugged into the “front” speaker jack.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 40 Control Panel 4 Speakers Select this if you have a 4 or 5 piece speaker system (stereo front left and right and rear/surround left and right speakers and optional subwoofer). 3D sounds generated by compatible applications will processed to the appropriate speaker and stereo sounds from applications will be expanded to four distinct channels using QMSS. Stereo sources from external inputs (CD In, Line In . . .
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 42 Control Panel For example if you are using the Microsoft “CD player” which uses the analog “CD In” connector to play CD’s or if you are using a tape deck or other external device connected to “Line In” you must select the input here to enable conversion of these stereo sources to 4 channels using QMSS.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 44 Control Panel EFFECTS TAB These controls allow you to manage the application of reverb and QSound Environmental Modeling™ (QEM™). QEM provides EAX 1.0/2.0 game compatibility and the ability to apply reverb to non-EAX sources including applications and external inputs. Enable When playing games supporting EAX properties select the “Enable” box under “Reverb/QSound Environmental Modeling”.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 46 Control Panel Reverb Level Sliders These sliders, used in conjunction with the “Enable” box and the “Environment” pull down menu, allow you to control the intensity and characteristics of the reverb effect applied to your sound. Reverb is an acoustic effect that simulates the interaction of sound with the environment. As an example imagine the sound of a gunshot in a large cathedral compare to the same sound in a tiled bathroom.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 48 Control Panel Default MIDI Device When your card is initially installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your default MIDI engine. To view your default selection look under “Default MIDI Device” on the MIDI tab. MIDI applications will use this default device unless they have been specially configured to use a different device. To change the default device see “Multimedia Properties” below.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 50 Control Panel SPEAKER TEST TAB The speaker test tab is a utility to help verify proper speaker connections to your sound card. The acronyms are defined as follows: Select the Output Mode you wish to test. There are two modes to test your speaker settings: Manual and Auto Manual Mode: Once you have selected the appropriate Output Mode, click on any of the desired speakers to verify proper connection.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 52 Control Panel DVD Playback Modes INFORMATION TAB The information tab provides detailed information about your sound card. This includes the model number for your product and software version information. Using 4-channel surround speakers your Rhythmic Edge™ sound card can deliver true multi-channel surround sound from a compatible soft-DVD player application even if the player only supports stereo output.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 54 DVD Playback Modes About SIREN™ XPress Rhythmic Edge supports Microsoft’s standards for multichannel playback however some soft-DVD players may not. If this mode does not work with your softDVD player then use QMSS DVD enhancement mode described in the preceding section. • Use the Field Chooser window to view your collection the way you want to see it. If you only have stereo speakers: 1.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 56 About SIREN™ XPress Media Files A media file refers to any audio and video file that SIREN will play from your computer. SIREN supports the following media file formats: .wav, .mp3, .wma, .pca, .aif, .ogg, .avi, .wmv, .asf, .mpg, .mpeg, .mov, .qt. Finding Media After you install SIREN XPress, a configuration wizard will scan your local hard drives for any .mp3 and .wma files and add them to your SIREN XPress media library.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 58 About Audio Pix™ Recording Source Configuration UPGRADING TO SIREN JUKEBOX If you like SIREN XPress but want more powerful options, upgrade to Sonic Foundry’s SIREN Jukebox: Philips Rhythmic Edge™ allows you to record sounds and music from various input sources (i.e. microphone, audio CD, line in, etc).
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 60 Recording Source Configuration • Choose "Recording" under “Adjust Volume for”, and check the recording source that you want to display in the Recording Mixer. • Click OK, and the Recording Mixer window will open. Now you can select the recording source you intend to use and adjust the recording volume level. 60 • Open your favorite recording application and start recording.
703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:31 AM Page 62 Resolving I/O Conflicts Uninstalling Software Drivers Conflicts between your audio card and another device may occur if they are set to use the same I/O address. To resolve I/O conflicts, change the resource settings of your Philips Rhythmic Edge™ card or the conflicting device using Device Manager in Windows® 95/98. Windows® 2000 Uninstall 1. Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel applet 2. Select “Uninstall/Unplug a Device”. Click Next.
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