2.2 Software Driver Installation

• Insert the Sound Card driver disk "Driver Disk #1" in your floppy drive, log onto that drive and type "DOS\SETUP" at DOS prompt.
• The Sound Card DOS driver installation program will appear.
• Use the arrow keys to move the pointer "[ ]" to the parameter which you want to select and then press the "RETURN" or "SPACE" key to confirm the new setting.
• If there is more than one parameter you want to change, please repeat the procedure #3 to make all the changing.
• After you have finished the changing, press the "ESC" key to leave the installation program. The system will prompt you a "Make changes to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (Y/N)?" at this time, you must press the "Y" key to confirm the system update, otherwise the installation program will not install the Sound Card DOS driver for you.
• Reboot your computer system.

Note : If you use both of the DOS and MS Windows 3.1, you should skip the installation of the DOS driver of the Sound Card. Instead, you only need to install the Sound Card Window 3.1 driver which will work for both the DOS and Windows environment simultaneously.

DMA - direct Memory Access (DMA) is the electronic channel for moving data directly between main storage and peripheral equipment without requiring processing of the data by the CPU.
IRQ - Interrupt request (IRQ) is the request for processing on a particular priority level. It is generated by the I/O device (the add-on cards).
Port address - is the address used to specify port connectivity parameters and to assign link addresses for the certain I/O device.

2.22 Windows 3.1 Driver Installation

• After entering Windows 3.1 or higher, choose "Run" from the File Menu of the Program Manager.
• Place the Sound Card driver disk "Driver disk #1" in a floppy drive. In the Run dialog box, type the letter of the drive and "WIN31\SETUP" (for example A:\WIN31\SETUP), then click the "OK" button.
• When the Sound Card Windows 3.1 driver installation program appears, click "Continue" and then "Driver Installation" button to start the installation.
• After that, you can modify the setting to what you want under the "Hardware Setting" dialog box shown below. Click the "OK" button when you finish the modification.

• Then, click the "Reboot System" button to proceed.
• Make sure that all floppy disk has been removed from the floppy disk drive then click the "OK" button, the Windows system will be updated automatically.

2.23 WINNT 3.51 Driver Installation

• After entering WINNT (Version 3.51 or higher). Double click on the "Main" ( "Control Panel" ( "Drivers" icons.
• Click the "Add..." button
• Select the "Unlisted or Updated Driver" item, and click the "OK" button.
• Insert the Sound Card "Driver Disk #2", type the letter of drive and "\WINNT\" (for example A:\WINNT\), then click the "OK" button.
• Click the "OK" button again.
• Under the "ESS Base I/O Address" dialog box, click the "continue" button.
• After that, you can modify the setting to what you want under the "ESS1868 Configuration" dialog box. Click the "OK" button when you finish the modification.
• For the new driver to take effect, you should click the "Restart Now" button.

2.24 Windows 95 Driver Installation

Note : Install the Sound Card into the motherboard only after the Windows '95 has already installed into the new HDD of the new system, then restart the system and follow the procedure below..

• Install the Sound Card on the motherboard, and power on the system.
• During the Windows 95 boot procedure, new hardware will be detected as shown below.

• Select the "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacture" item, and click the "OK" button.
• Windows 95 will then prompt a "Install From Disk" dialog box.
• Insert the Sound Card "Driver Disk #2" into Drive A and click the "Browse..." button to choose "A:\WIN95", then click "OK" button to install the Windows 95 driver.
• After that, the "New Hardware Found" dialog box window will appear for gameport joystick.
• Select the "Windows default driver" item, and click the "OK" button to complete the installation of the game port driver.
• In the same way, you can achieve the installation of the Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller.
• Finally, Windows 95 will ask if you want to restart system for the new driver to take effect, you should click the "YES" button.

Section 3 ~ 3D technology explained

Everyone knows what stereo sound is. But how the brain perceives it, is important in order to better understand 3D sound. For example, if a piano sound is played through just the left speaker then we will perceive the sound as coming from the left side. If the same sound (and same level, or volume, of sound) is also passed through the right speaker then it will create the effect of the piano sound coming from the center of the two speakers - in essence from a "phantom" speaker. By manipulating the levels of the audio signals to the left & right speakers, and then adding 'effects' to them, it is possible to create up to two extra "phantom" speakers - thus giving us 3D Sound. Further to this we must then understand two more '3D terminologies' - Sum and Difference...

Sum describes the information of each monophonic audio signal sent to the left & right speakers (in other words - the sound, and to which speaker). Difference is the information we have when we look at the left & right signals in terms of level, timing/delay and frequency. By subtracting the Difference of the right signal from the Difference of the left signal we come out with the all-important 'spatial' information which characterizes stereo program material - and it is this which can be manipulated to produce 3D sound.

The type of 3D sound used on this sound card was developed by a company called "Binaura" . This 3D technology has been used extensively and successfully by Creative Labs on their range of Sound Blaster sound cards. This type of 3D is not dependent on a specific chipset and software drivers, but more a mixture of sound card layout (the specific design of the routings of the audio signals, which are made when designing the PCB) and some passive components such as resistors and capacitors. This technology 'delays' and 'effects' the audio signals just enough in order to create the 'spatial' information so crucial to achieving good 3D Sound. The ensuing results of the "Binaura" design are an excellent quality of 3D sound which does not require software drivers, and is cheaper through design (not requiring expensive R&D & production investment in to core logic production).

4. Troubleshooting

Problem :	No Sound During Normal Usage.
Solution A:	Audio accessories improperly connected. Check that all audio accessories are plugged into the proper connectors.
Solution B :	Volume control adjustment. Make sure that the volume control is not set too low.

Problem :	No Visual Activity on Volume Meter.
Solution A:	DMA channel conflict. Check that no audio accessories are attempting to use the same DMA channels and change DMA channels.
Solution B :	The Sound Card driver is removed. Run setup to reinstall the driver.

Problem :	No Sound or Receive Error Messages During Windows Starts.
Solution A:	Another sound card driver is installed. If you install more than one sound driver in Windows, a conflict may arise. To solve this problem, you should remove all unnecessary drivers, and reinstall the Sound Card driver.
Solution B :	The Sound Card driver is removed. Run setup to reinstall the driver.

Problem :	No Sound in Windows 95.
Solution A :	Configuration problem, you should check the configuration, use the manual configuration to set the Sound Card's resource.
Solution B :	Either the motherboard does not support PnP function or the PnP option of the motherboard's BIOS is not enabled. To clarify these, please contact your motherboard dealer.

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