Philips PSC604 manual

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Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de ii Sof tw are End U s er Li cens e A g reemen t ATT ENT ION: T HIS SOFTW ARE IS SUBJECT TO TH E LICENSE T ERMS D ESCRIB ED BE LOW . U SE OF TH IS SO FTW ARE INDICATES ACCEPTANCE O F T HE LICENSE T ERMS. IF YOU DO NO T ACCE PT THESE LICEN SE TER MS, YOU MAY RET URN T HE SO[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 1 Philips D ynamic Edge ™ 4.1 Channel PCI Soundcard © Copyr i ght 2002 Dynami c Edge™ is a tradem ar k of Phili ps Sound Sol utions. Phil i ps Sound Agent 2™ is a tradem ar k of Phili ps Sound Sol uti ons. QSound™ , QEM™, QSound E nv ir onm ent Modeli ng, QSoun[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 2 Table O f Con ten ts 1. Introduction ...............................................................................5 1.1. KEY FEATUR ES ........................................................................................................ 6 1.2. Mi nimum Syst em R eq[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 3 3.3. 2.2. QRum ble ................................................................................................... 20 3.3. 2.3. Norm alizatio n ............................................................................................ 20 3.3. 2.4. 3D E ffects ....[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 4 5.1. Int ernet A ddr ess: ...................................................................................................... 31 5.2. Tech ni cal Su pp or t Infor m at io n: ................................................................................. 31 5.3. War[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 5 1. Introduct ion Congr atulati ons on your pur chase o f the P h ilip s Dyna mic Edge 4.1 Soundcard! W e kno w tha t you ’ll ag ree , on ce you give it the edge, you r PC will never sound the same again. Your next g eneration Philips Dynamic Edge 4.1 so undca rd offer[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 6 1.1. KEY FE A T URES Gamin g and Mu sic-centr ic audio com ponen ts tran sform y our PC in to an advan ced digital audio process or! • QI nteract iv e3D t ech nol ogy offers pr ecis e 3D s ound positi oning w it h al l h eadp hone and spe aker outp ut c onfigur ations[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 7 1.2. Minim um S ystem Re quir eme nts - 233 MH z CPU - 32 MB RA M - One CD R OM Dr ive - One op en P CI slot - 800 X 600 Screen r esolut ion (1024 X 780 r ecom mended ) - H ea dpho nes, or a mplif ied s pea ker s - 35 M B o f ava ilab le ha rd drive sp ac e - Windows® [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 8 1.3. Wha t Is In cl uded In t he P ac kage Yo u will find t he fo llo w ing ite ms in y o ur Dyn amic E dge p ackag e: The D ynam i c Edg e Soundcar d T h e Dyna mic Ed ge inst allat ion CD The D ynam i c Edg e Us er’s G uide ( on the i nst all ation C D) Quick Star t[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 9 2. Soundcard Installation Proc ed ure In s t alling y ou r Philips Dy n amic E d ge s oundcard i s e asy. Pleas e t ake a m om ent to read al l t he s tep s bef or e pr oceeding w ith t he inst all ation . T he insta lla tion Vide o on thi s CD can p r ov ide you w i th[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 10 2.1. 1. Ide ntif y Yo ur Ol d P C S ou nd S yst em Chec k the b ack of yo ur c om p uter in the ar ea of PCI s lots (us uall y tow ard the b ott om (on t he tow er and m i ni tow er cases ) or to the r ig ht s ide ( on des kto p cases ). All the conn ector s l ine up i[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 11 2.1. 3. Uni nstalli n g the Ol d S ound car d a n d D river s Uni nstal l t he dri v ers for any pr ev ious ly ins tall ed sou n dcar ds. Th is is very im port ant and failure to do so may r e sult in y our Dyna mic E dge soundc a r d not working pr operly. You shoul d[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 12 Figur e 4 2.2. Instal lin g the Ne w S ou ndcar d Fol low these s teps to i nstal l t he Dy nam i c Edg e car d (F igur e 4). • Rem ov e the D ynam ic Edg e Soundcar d f r om the anti -s tati c b ag. • Ali gn your sou ndcar d w it h the sel ect ed PCI bus sl ot and[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 13 2.2. 1. Sou ndcar d Ex tern al C o nnect io n Th ere are fi ve jacks and one lar g e D- connec tor ( Ga m e/Mi di p ort) on the e nd br ack et (s ee Figur e 6 ). Exter nal an al og s tereo s ourc es w i th l ine l ev el outp ut c an be c onnec ted to li g ht b lue 3.5m[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 14 2.3. Soft ware In stalla tion Dur ing the b oot p r ocess , your op erat ing syst em w ill detect t he new soundc ard a nd w ill l aunc h the “F ound New Har dwar e W i zar d” pr ogr a m. C ancel the W iz ard, p ut t he inst all ation C D i nto your CD - ROM dr ive[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 15 3. Using The Philip s Sound A gent 2 (PS A 2) PSA 2 is the vi sual audi o inter face for th e Dyn ami c Ed ge soun dcar d. 3.1. Basi c i nter face oper ation To la unch and s etup your Sound Ag ent con tr ol p anel, doubl e cl ick on th e PSA2 i con i n the Syst em Tra[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 16 The M ain C ontr ol Pan el i s i n the cent er of the ex p anded m ode, a nd is cov er ed by th e Vis uali zati on Panel, w hic h sl ides up and d ow n. The Mai n Cont rol p anel pr ovi des ac cess to adv anced s ett ing s f or m ost PSA2 c ontrols , w hic h are g roup[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 17 3.2. 5. Defa ul t Pushi ng the D ef ault butt on r esets all con tr ols t o a pr edef ined s tat e. All ef f ects excep t 3D & Rev er b ef f ects ar e tur ned of f . Sp eaker m ode sel ecti on a nd 3D eff ect s rem ai n unchang ed. All pl ayback mi xer sl ider s ex[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 18 3.2. 12. EQ Togg les the 10- band Eq uali zer on and of f . The b utt o n lab el l ig hts up w hen the Eq uali zer is enabl ed. W hen the b utton i s n ot act iv ated t he EQ r em ai ns i nop er ativ e.[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 19 3.3. Main C ontr ol Pa nel 3.3. 1. Acce ssin g t he M ai n Con trol P an el To acc ess t he Mai n Co ntr ol Pan el, fi r st op en the Phil ip s Sound Agent 2 b y doub le c li cki ng the Soun d Agent 2 icon i n the syst em tr ay. See Fi gur e 11. Sound Ag ent 2 i con Fi[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 20 QSi zzl e sel f-adj usts in r eal t im e ac cor ding to f r equency res pons e of the inp ut si g nal. Thi s is dif f er ent f rom the Eq uali zer , whi ch i s a fi xed f r e quency pr oce ss or. The Eq uali zer does n ot m oni tor t he inp ut si gnal or perf orm self [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 21 3.3. 3. Equaliz er Tab The Eq uali zer (E Q) c ontrol s t he fr eq uency res pons e of t he syst em b y incr easi ng or decr easi ng the f requenc y resp onse of ten i ndep ende nt f r equenc y b ands. This Eq uali zer w or ks v ery m uch the sam e as the eq ual izer s[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 22 Figur e 1 4 3.3. 4.1 . Hea dp h on es This op ti on sel ects the hea dp hone s ound p r ocess ing al g ori thm s. 3.3. 4.2. Ster eo S pea kers This op ti on sel ects the s t ereo p r ocess ing alg or ithm s. Us e this op tion w i th any st er eo sp eaker syst em . W e [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 23 3.3.4.4.1 AC3/D TS Pass-Th rough Dynam i c Edg e pas ses AC 3 or D TS dig ital audio d at a f rom a DV D to S/PD IF O UT. Thi s f eatur e allo w s y ou t o play a DVD o n you r P C usin g a soft-D VD pla ye r, ut ilizing an ext ern a l AC3 / D T S decod er. Exam pl es [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 24 Figur e 1 5 3.3. 5. Mixer Tab Mi xer Tabs al low you to s elec t and c ont rol pl aybac k, r ecor ding , and S/PD IF i nput so urc es. 3.3. 5.1 . Pla ybac k so ur ce contr ol s You ca n indi v idual ly m ut e or un- m ute as m any pl aybac k sour ces as you w i sh. Vol[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 25 Fi gur e 16 3.3. 5.2. Rec ordi ng S our ce Contr ol Ph ilips Dyn amic E d ge a llo w s y ou t o reco rd soun d s and m usic fro m var iou s inpu t sou rces. S ele c t the Mi xer tab , g o to the b ottom of t he panel and cl ic k on “r ecor ding” . This panel en abl[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 26 3.3. 5.3 . Ad van ce d Ta b Your new soundcar d has tw o dig i tal i np ut li nes. The y ar e locat ed on top of the so undc ard an d can be ac ces sed f rom i nside t he com p uter b ox. They ar e des ig ned to b e c onnec ted t o your C D R OM and/ or D VD R OM driv [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 27 3.3. 6. Pr eset s Ta b The Pr eset f unct ions enab le you to m ake s naps hots of the st ate of al l Ph ilip s S ound Agent 2 contr ols , so th at you c an c onv enient ly rel oad t he s am e set ting s at any ti m e. Figur e 1 9 The Pr eset s ystem enab les you to s [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 28 3.3. 6.4 . Dele te Del etes t he s elec ted p r eset p erm anent ly f rom the l ist. W hen you sel ect one your p r esets and c li ck on this b utto n, a c onf irm ation di alog b ox w ill appear and w hen you c onf irm by cl ic ki ng the O K but ton, the p res et w i [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 29 3.4. Visu alizati on Pa nel The Vi sual izat ion Scr e en pr ov i des gr aphi cal repr esentations of the e nv i ronm ents t hat are c reat ed b y Ph ilips S ound Agent 2. It also c ont ains tw o m enus a nd one R ev er b I ntensi ty Slider . The s elect io n m enu on [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 30 4. Uninstallin g Software Drivers If it bec o m es n ece ssary to un inst a ll y ou r Ph ilips Dy namic E d ge dri vers, y ou can ch oose on e o f the tw o m ethods av ai labl e. You m ay g o to t he s ystem c ontr ol p anel and l aunch the “Add/R em ov e Pro grams ?[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 31 5. T echnical Support A nd W arrant y Be fore ca lling th e t e chn ical s u pport n umber ple ase m ake su re y o u ha ve t he fo llo wing in for m at ion av ail able: • Model num b er and date of p ur chase. • Com p uter t ype, p roc essor sp eed, and m em ory av[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 32 5.3. War rant y St atem ent Phil ips Sound Car ds Wa rranty C onditions For Person al Use Only U S A and N ort h Am eri can Cu st omers Onl y One-Y ear Fr ee P arts, La bor and T ech nical Su ppo rt WH O IS COVER ED? You m ust have pro of o f date of purc hase to r ece[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 33 BEFOR E REQU ESTIN G SERVIC E... Pleas e c heck yo ur ow ner’ s m anual be fore r eques ti ng ser vic e. Adj ustm ents o f the c on trols and/or pr oc edur es c over ed i n the ma nual may s ave yo u a s ervic e cal l. TO GE T WA RR AN T Y SER VICE I N U. S. A ., PU [...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 34 6. A ppendix A 6.1. Usef ul Ti ps F or S pea ker s et -up, An d Mor e Fol low ing is som e sugg esti ons to hel p you set up your audi o har dw ar e f or bes t res ults . 6.1. 1. Ideal Lis te ni ng Scenar i o (S pe ak er s) The i deal w ay t o exp er ienc e pr op er im[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 35 If each s peak er has sep arate v ol um e c ontrol s, t ry to set them as eq ual ly as p oss ib le. You c a n use th e Ph ilips S ound Agent 2 tes t ut ility to he lp you jud ge the volumes. This p r acti ce ap p li es to headp hones as w ell .[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 36 7. A ppendix B Uni nstalli n g the Ol d Dr i vers and th e Sound car d Reg ar dless of whi ch one of the s upp or ted op erati ng system s you hav e, t he f oll ow ing gener al s teps are us ed t o rem ov e the ol d dri v ers . It i s r ecomm ended that you rem ove the[...]

Philip s Sound Solutions Dy nam i c Edg e™ S o und car d Us er ’s G ui de 37 8. A p pendix C Disa bli ng t he Inte gr ated So un d To di sabl e the on- boar d au dio y ou n ee d to enter the s y stem BIOS s etup. M ost com puter s onl y all ow yo u to enter the se tup r igh t aft er p ower u p a nd j ust befor e th e op erati ng sys tem starts [...]