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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602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 2 SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Philips Seismic Edge™ 5.1 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 4 Table of Contents Introduction Key Features .......................................................................................................................................7 Minimum System Requirements ............................................................................................8 What’s Included ...............................................................................................................................
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 6 Introduction CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURCHASE OF THE PHILIPS SEISMIC EDGE™ SOUND CARD! Thank you for enhancing your computer with the Philips Seismic 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 sound stage ever created on a PC . . .
02500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 8 Introduction MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Installation of your Philips Seismic Edge™ requires the following minimum hardware and operating system: • • • • • • • One available PCI 2.1 compliant slot Intel Pentium® class or 100% compatible 166MHz or faster processor Intel® or 100% compatible motherboard chip set 16MB system RAM CD ROM for driver installation Stereo, 4 channel surround powered speakers, 5.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 10 Installing Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 12 Installing Seismic Edge Remove the Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 14 Installing Seismic Edge CONNECTING TO YOUR SEISMIC EDGE SOUND CARD Speakers Your Seismic Edge card can be configured as either a 5.1 channel analog output or 4 channel analog output and S/PDIF Output depending on the Output Mode selected within the Settings Tab (see Settings Tab section in this manual). When 5.1 speaker mode is selected (default), the S/PDIF Out is disabled (grayed out on the control panel).
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 16 Installing Seismic Edge To install the drivers for Windows® 95/98/Me/2000 1. Turn on the computer and place the Philips Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 18 Installing Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 20 Installing Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:46 AM Page 22 Installing Seismic Edge 7. 8. After clicking “Finish” the Philips Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 24 Installing Seismic Edge YAMAHA SOFTSYNTHESIZER INSTALLATION 10. After Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 26 Installing Seismic Edge 13. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Follow the instructions in this box . 14. Select A Program Folder dialog box appears.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 28 Installing Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 30 Installing Seismic Edge WINDOWS NT® INSTALLATION Installation of the drivers for your Philips Seismic 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 Seismic Edge Install.exe. (D: represents your CD-ROM drive). 3.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 32 Installing Seismic 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 Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 34 Installing Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 36 DSP Special Effects and Algorithms Control Panel PHILIPS SEISMIC 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 38 Control Panel Space Junk & Wumpus: 3D audio applications that demonstrate QSound Lab’s 3D audio technology. You must have the Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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 . . .
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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 or 5.1 channels using QMSS.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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. Environment Using this pull down menu you can select various types of reverbs that simulate various environments. To turn on these environments the “Enable” box must be selected.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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 or 5.1 channel surround speakers your Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 AM Page 54 DVD Playback Modes About SIREN™ XPress Seismic 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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 Seismic Edge™ allows you to record sounds and music from various input sources (i.e. microphone, audio CD, line in, etc).
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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.
602500_705_Seismic Manual.qxd 3/12/01 10:47 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 Seismic 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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