Philips PSC703 manual

User’ s Manual Philips Consumer Electronics Compan y A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation Knoxville, TN 37914-1810, U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A. PSC 703 703 PSC[...]

Philips Rh ythmic Edge ™ 4-Channel PCI Sound Card PSC703 ____________________________ Philips Consumer Electronics Company One Philips Dr ive Knoxville, TN 37914 Revised 03/9/01 703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 1[...]

S OFTW ARE E ND U SER L ICENSE A GREEMENT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULL Y . If you (end user , either an entity or an individual) do not agree with these terms and conditions do not install the softwar e. This End User License Agreement is a contract between y ou and Philips Consumer Electronics B.V , including its supplie[...]

Recording Sour ce Configuration .....................................................................................59 Resolving I/O Conflicts ..............................................................................................................62 Uninstalling Software Driv ers ..............................................................[...]

Rhythmic Edge tr uly rev olutionizes PC sound. Install your sound card as directed, connect a 4 channel sur round speaker system and tr y these: • Play the latest Holl ywood D VD hit and be prepared for gooseb umps as sound effects sw eep you a way . • Rediscov er your fa vorite music in a whole new dimension – ev en those golden oldies. Y ou[...]

W HA T Y OU NEED FOR INST ALLA TION Computer s come in different shapes and sizes. The installation procedures in this manual apply generally and y ou should compare the illustr ations here with your computer before y ou star t y our sound card installation. • Sound card • Installation CD • CD Analog Audio Cable • Line out Cable • A Phill[...]

T O INST ALL THE SOUND CARD : T urn off your computer , and disconnect the power cable. Disconnect all devices that are connected to the computer . Remov e the computer cov er . Select an a vailable PCI slot and, if necessar y , remov e its cov er plate . Keep the mounting screw to secure your sound card later . Sav e the mounting plate for possibl[...]

S OUND C ARD C ONFIGURA TION (A CTU AL CARD LA Y OUT MA Y V AR Y ) 13 Line In Mic In Fr ont Out S/PDIF (Coax) Game/Midi Po r t TA D AUX I n Analog CD IN CD A NALOG C ABLE Rear Out E ND B RA CKET C ONFIGURA TION Remov e the Rhythmic Edge™ Sound Card from the anti-static bag. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it i[...]

Internal Connections Connector s for three line level analog inputs (Aux In, T AD , Analog CD In) are provided along the top of the sound card as indicated in the picture on page 16. Use the 4 pin CD audio cable to connect the analog audio output of y our inter nal CD or D VD drive to the sound cards "Analog CD In" connector . Replace com[...]

17 16 2. Select Sear ch for the best driver f or your de vice (Recommended) . Click NEXT . T o install the drivers for Windo ws ® 95/98/Me/2000 1. T urn on the computer and place the Philips Rhythmic Edge™ CD in y our CD-ROM drive. When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box repor ts that a new PCI Multimedia Audio Device has been detected, clic[...]

19 18 4 Select NEXT to install the driver s. 3. If you are installing from the install CD or if y ou ha ve copied the install to any other location, select SPECIFY A LOCA TION and browse to y our director y where the setup files are located. For Windows ® 95/98/Me, select Win9x director y then choose english. For Windows ® 2000, select WDM direct[...]

6. The installation will continue to install the f iles to your system. For Windows ® 95/98/Me, Click FINISH . For Windows ® 2000, you m ust install the Philips Rh ythmic Edge Audio™ and Philips Rh ythmic Edge GameP or t Enumerator devices. Browse to the Dr iver disk director y WDMEnglish to install these files. Y ou will find these files in t[...]

Note: Any time you say No to a Applications Launc her dialog box lik e the one shown above, a second box will appear asking if you w ant to launc h the next time Windows is star ted. Answer Y es or No as desired. 9. Next, the DirectX ® Setup dialog box will appear . Click OK . 23 7. After clicking “Finish” the Philips Rhythmic Edge™ GameP or[...]

12. Enter the serial number located on the Y amaha Cor por ation Cer tif icate of Authenticity included with your documentation. This serial number is case sensitive! Click NEXT . 25 Y AMAHA S OFT S YNTHESIZER I NST ALLA TION 10. After Rhythmic Edge™ driver installation, the software launcher will prompt you to install the Y amaha SoftSynthesizer[...]

27 26 14. Select A Progr am Folder dialog box appear s. Click NEXT 13. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Follow the instr uctions in this box . Click NEXT Inst alling Rhythmic Edge 703_rhythmic_usermanual.qxd 3/12/01 10:30 AM Page 26[...]

29 28 17. Product Registr ation – If you are connected to the internet, you can register your product no w by clicking YES in the dialog window shown belo w . If you pref er to register your product at a later time, go to: www .philipsusa.com/prod_reg_bounce .html and follow the instr uctions. Installation of Additional Softwar e Packa ges (such [...]

Siren XPr ess Installation for Windo ws NT ® (cont) 3. Double Click on Sirensetup .exe 4. Follow the on-screen instructions for installation R EAL M ODE DOS I NST ALLA TION (O PTIONAL ) This step is only required if y ou intend to r un DOS applications under real DOS mode by restar ting your computer in “MS-DOS mode”. This step is not required[...]

33 32 2. Select the GENERAL tab and click the Add button. Y ou may select an y one of the GAME CONTROLLERS listed, then click OK . J O YSTICK C ONFIGURA TION FOR W INDO WS ® 95/98/Me/2000: 1. Open the Control Panel and doub le-click on the GAME CONTROLLERS icon. Select the AD V ANCED tab and under POR T DRIVER ASSIGNMENT and select Philips Rhythmi[...]

Before calling the technical suppor t number please make sure you ha ve the following inf or mation a vailable: • Model number and date of purchase . • Computer type , processor speed, and memor y a vailable. • Computer Oper ating System (IE: Windows ® 95, Windows ® 98, etc.) • On-screen er ror information. • Other hardware connected to[...]

H ELP B UTT ON Click the blue “Help” button on any tab and y ou will hav e access to comprehensive hyper link ed help file describing the control panel. Within the help file you can navigate b y simply clicking on par ts of the image of the control panel, searching or by using contents or index lists. U TILITIES T AB Windows® Audio Application[...]

O UTPUT M ODE Headphone Select this mode when listening using headphones r ather than speaker s. The head- phones should be plugged into the “front” speaker jack. Selecting “Headphone” tells the sound card to use a special 3D algor ithm when play- ing 3D games. Selecting “2 Speaker s” will result in incorrect sound positioning when usin[...]

V olume Sliders Master : T o adjust the volume output for the master v olume (all speaker s affected). T one Control T reble and/or Bass lev el can by emphasized b y checking the “Enable” box and adjust- ing the T reble and/or Bass slider s. Uncheck the “Enab le” box or adjust the sliders to the bottom for a flat response. Default Button Th[...]

S/PDIF O UT Disabled In this mode S/PDIF Out is disabled. Select one of the following options to determine what content will be sent to the S/PDIF Out connector . Fr ont Left and Right Channels In this mode the same content being sent to the front Line Out speaker jack in analog format will also be sent to the S/PDIF output in digital for mat for a[...]

Enable When playing games suppor ting EAX proper ties select the “Enable” box under “Reverb/QSound En vironmental Modeling”. Set the En vironment selector to “- none –“ to a void reverb being applied to non-EAX applications. T o apply reverb to non-EAX applications also select a rev erb type using the “Environment” selector descr [...]

Y our Rhythmic Edge™ sound card includes tw o distinct wav etable m usic synthesis engines. The Y amaha SXG is an extremely high quality , high polyphony (512 simulta- neous voices) MIDI synthesis engine with both GM and XG compatibility . Select the SXG for the richest music exper ience . The Rhythmic Edge W aveT able Synth is a pure hardware sy[...]

49 Default MIDI De vice When your card is initiall y installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your default MIDI engine . T o view your default selection look under “Default MIDI Device” on the MIDI tab. MIDI applications will use this default device unless they hav e been specially conf igured to use a different device. T o change the default[...]

51 50 Select the Output Mode you wish to test. There are two modes to test y our speaker settings: Manual and Auto Manual Mode: Once you ha ve selected the appropriate Output Mode , click on any of the desired speaker s to verify proper connection. Y ou can check the Loop Sounds box that will result in continuous sound in that speaker . Click the S[...]

Using 4-channel surround speaker s your Rh ythmic Edge™ sound card can deliver tr ue multi-channel surround sound from a compatible soft-D VD play er application even if the pla yer only suppor ts stereo output. If the soft-D VD pla yer is capable of pro viding a 4-channel Dolby Digital™ do wn-mix Rhythmic Edge will out- put all 4 Dolby Digital[...]

• Use the Field Chooser window to view y our collection the way y ou want to see it. SIREN XPress brings po werful functionality to your desktop: • Use Search for Music to find m usic on a network or removable drive . • Expor t custom pla ylists to your Rio or Nomad II por table MP3 device . • Use your Microsoft Internet Keyboard hotkeys to[...]

In 2 speaker or earphone mode you will see two dots. Y ou can also select other effects patterns by right-clicking on the visual display and choosing from the list of a vailable graphic effects. ” R IPPING (R ECORDING ) FR OM A CD 1. Place an audio CD in your computer’ s CD-ROM dr ive. 2. In nor mal mode , select the Play/Rip CD tab (from the M[...]

59 U PGRADING T O SIREN J UKEBO X If you lik e SIREN XPress but want more pow erful options, upgr ade to Sonic Foundr y’s SIREN Juk ebox: • CD burning • Unlimited MP3 r ipping • Advanced audio effects • P erfect Clarity Audio encoding • Higher bitr ate WMA encoding T o upgr ade , choose Instant Upgrade from the Help menu. A BOUT A UDIO [...]

• Open your fa vorite recording application and star t recording. 61 60 • Choose "Recording" under “Adjust V olume for”, and check the recording source that you want to displa y in the Recording Mixer . • Click OK, and the Recording Mixer windo w will open. Now you can select the recording source you intend to use and adjust the[...]

Windo ws ® 2000 Uninstall 1. Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel applet 2. Select “Uninstall/Unplug a Device”. Click Next. 3. Select “Uninstall a Device”. Click Next. 4. Choose Philips Rhythmic Edge Audio from the list. Click Next. 5. Click Y es on conf ir m screen. Click Next. 6. Open the Add/Remove Hardware control panel applet 7.[...]

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