Before installing this Model # 2301/2306 ~ ES1868 or ES1868 + ES938 Sound Card, please read this manual carefully and retain it for future reference. Note : ES1868 is the chipset for regular 16-bit Full Duplex Stereo Sound Card (Model # 2301)whereas ES1868 + ES938 is for 16-bit 3D Full Duplex Stereo Sound Card (Model # 2306) Trademark Acknowledgments: · IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. · Sound Blaster PRO and Sound blaster are trademarks of Creative lab Inc. · MS-DOS and WINDOWS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. · ESS, AudioDrive and AudioRack are trademarks of ESS Technology Inc. · Yamaha OPL3 is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation. · Mitsumi is a trademark of Mitsumi Corporation. · Sony is a trademark of Sony Corporation. · Panasonic is a trademark of Panasonic Corporation. 1. Introduction The Model # 2301 ESS ES1868 and Model # 2306 ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) is a 16-bit Full Duplex sound card based on the ESS integrated digital sound controller chip which is compatible with Sound Blaster PRO. This sound card provides an integrated audio solution for business audio, education /entertainment, and multimedia applications. The ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) Sound Card will let you run thousands of Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster PRO compatible games and applications, including a rapidly growing number of Windows business applications that are compatible with the Windows Sound System. Included with full support for these PC popular sound standards, the ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) includes multiple audio cable interface for SONY, Mitsumi and Panasonic CD-ROM drives. Also, it has multiple input and output ports for recording and playback of stereo sound. 1.1 The ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (3D) Sound Card Features The ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) is a fully featured sound card which includes the following : · 16 bit full duplex stereo sound · Record, compress and playback voice, sound and music simultaneously · Integrated 16-bit A/D and D/A converters · Supports on board 3D Spatializer Sound Effect (Model # 2306 only - with ES938) · ADPCM as well as patented ESPCM compression for lower bit rates · Maximum sampling rate up to 44.1KHz for recording and playback · 6 channel mixer · Software volume control for both record and playback (64 steps) · Built in 2 watts per channel stereo power amplifier · Connector for mic in, line in, line out, speaker out and wave table connector · Game port for joystick or MIDI device · Plug and Play Features · Supports ATAPI IDE Interface 1.2 What is in your package ? You should have the following items in your package : · Model # 2301 ESS ES1868 or Model # 2306 ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) Sound Card · MMCD CD-ROM with installation drivers, software utilities and manuals · Hardware Installation, product layout & troubleshooting manual 1.3 System Requirements The ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) Sound Card is manufactured for IBM PC compatible components, software and related computer components : · IBM-compatible computer models and compatibles with PnP BIOS · At least 2MB RAM (4MB RAM for Windows 3.1 Applications) · VGA or SVGA graphics adapter and monitor · 2MB free on hard disk for installing all ESS ES1868 and ES1868 + ES938 (for 3D) software · MS DOS version 3.3 or later · Windows 3.1 for games and applications in Windows · External speakers, microphone and headphones (optional) 2. Installation 2.1 Jumpers and Connectors Description J1 Panasonic Cd-ROM Drive Audio Cable Connector J2 Mitsumi CD-ROM Drive Audio Cable Connector J3 Sony CD-ROM Drive Audio Cable Connector J4 Wave Table Connector J5 IDE CD-ROM Drive Connector J6 Hardware Volume Control Connector P1 MIC IN Connector P2 LINE IN Connector P3 SPEAKER OUT / LINE OUT Connector DB1 Game Port Connector JP1 & JP2 : 1-2 = Enable on board amplifier (P3 = SPEAKER OUT Connector) 2-3 = Disable on board amplifier(P3 = LINE OUT Connector) Note : i) The factory default setting is 1-2 ii) Uses 1-2 setting - when connect the sound card to normal computer speakers iii) Uses 2-3 setting - when connect the sound card to self-power devices (e.g. Hi-Fi system, amplifier) 2.2 Software Driver Installation 2.1 DOS Driver Installation 1. Go to the MSDOS prompt 2. Insert the MMCD in to your CD-ROM drive. Log onto that drive, and change directories to go to the directory app\product\2\ess1868\dos\ Then type setup 3. The DOS driver installation program will appear. 4. 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. 5. If there is more than one parameter you want to change, please repeat the procedure #3 to make all the changing 6. 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. 7. 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. 2.2 Windows 3.1 Driver Installation 1. After running the MMCD program, go to the ESS1868/938 page and click on the button named Windows 3.1x driver under the ‘Install’ Section on the screen. This will automatically load the Windows 3.1 driver installation program. 2. When the Sound Card Windows 3.1 driver installation program appears, click "Continue" and then "Driver Installation" button to start the installation. 3. After that, you can modify the setting to what you want under the "Hardware Setting" dialog box. Click the "OK" button when you finish the modification. 4. Then, click the "Reboot System" button to proceed. 5. 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 1. After entering WINNT (Version 3.51 or higher). Double click on the "Main" ® "Control Panel" ® "Drivers" icons. 2. Click the "Add..." button 3. Select the "Unlisted or Updated Driver" item, and click the "OK" button. 4. Insert the MMCD in to your CD-ROM drive and then type the letter of drive and app\product\2\ess1868\winnt35\ Then click the "OK" button. (Note : If you are using Windows NT Version 3.5 then the directory location of the driver will be named as ‘winnt35’. If you are using Windows NT Version 4.0 the directory will be ‘winnt4’) 5. Click the "OK" button again. 6. Under the "ESS Base I/O Address" dialog box, click the "continue" button. 7. 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. 8. 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.. 1. Install the Sound Card on the motherboard, and power on the system. 2. During the Windows 95 boot procedure, new hardware will be detected 3. Select the "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacture" item, and click the "OK" button. 4. Windows 95 will then prompt a "Install From Disk" dialog box. 5. Insert the MMCD in to your CD-ROM drive and type the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by app\product\2\ess1868\win95\ , then click "OK" button to install the relevant Windows 95 driver. 6. After that, the "New Hardware Found" dialog box window will appear for gameport joystick. 7. Select the "Windows default driver" item, and click the "OK" button to complete the installation of the game port driver. 8. 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. 2.25 ES938 DOS Driver Installation (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Create a directory "938 DOS" on your hard disk. 2. Insert the MMCD in to your CD-ROM drive. Locate the file es938ctl.exe in the directory app\product\2\ess938\938dos\ on the MMCD and copy it to the hard disk directory "938 DOS". 2.26 ES938 Windows 3.1 Driver Installation (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Create a directory "938WIN31" directory in your hard disk. 2. Insert the MMCD to your CD-ROM drive and, using ‘File Manager’, copy all the files under its directory app\product\2\ess938\938win31\ to the hard disk directory "938WIN31". 3. After entering Windows 3.1, choose "New..." from the File Menu of the Program Manager to open the "New Program Object" dialog box. 4. Select "Program Group" and click the "OK" button to open the "Program Group Properties" dialog box. 5. Type "ES1868 + ES938 Control" in the "Description" input box and then click the "OK" button. 6. Select the "New..." from the File Menu of the Program Manager to open the "New Program Object" dialog box again. 7. Select the "Program Item" and then click the "OK" button to open the "Program Item Properties" dialog box. 8. Type "ES1868 + ES938 Control" in the "Description" input box, "TONECTRL.EXE" in the "Command Line" input box; "C:\938WIN31" in the "Working Directory" input box. And then click the "OK" button. 9. Double click the upper left button of the "ES1868 + ES938 Control" windows to complete the Sound Card Driver installation. 2.27 ES1868 + ES938 Windows 95 Driver Installation (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Create a "938WIN95" directory in the hard disk. 2. Insert the MMCD in to your CD-ROM drive and, using ‘Windows Explorer", copy all the files under its directory app\product\2\ess938\938win95\ to the hard disk directory "938WIN95". 3. Boot up Windows ‘95, click the "Start" button on the task bar of the desktop. Then click "Settings" ® "Taskbar..." to open the "Taskbar Properties" dialog box. 4. Click the "Start Menu Programs" folder. 5. Click the "Add..." button to open the "Create Shortcut" dialog box. 6. Type "C:\938WIN95" in the "Command Line:" input box. 7. Click the "Next >" button to open the "Select Program Folder" dialog box. 8. Click the "Next >" button once more to open the "Select a Title for the Program" dialog box. 9. Type "ES1868 + ES938 Control" in the "Select a name for the shortcut:" input box and then click the "Finish" button to go back to the "Taskbar Properties" dialog box. 10.Click the "OK" button to complete the installation of the Sound Card Driver Installation. 3. How to use the ES938 (3D-sound effect) control 3.1 DOS ES1868 + ES938 Control (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Boot up the hard disk and log into the "938DOS" directory. 2. Type "ES1868 + ES938CTL / parameter" at the DOS prompt. The parameter is the optional functions of the ES1868 + ES938 3D-Sound Effect control. The syntax of the complete command is described as below : ES1868 + ES938CTL /S - Set Spatializer Level 0-Off, 1-Low, 2-Medium, 3-High /B - Set Bass Level (0 thru 7) /T - Set Treble Level (0 thru 7) e.g. "ES1868 + ES938CTL /S:3" means enable the highest 3D-Sound Effect. 3.2 Windows 3.1 ES1868 + ES938 Control (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Start up Windows 3.1 and double click the program group icon "ES1868 + ES938 Control". 2. Double click the program item icon "ES1868 + ES938 Control" to launch the ES1868 + ES938 3D-sound control program. 3.3 Windows 95 ES938 Control (only for the 3D model # 2306 - ES1868+ES938) 1. Start up Windows 95 and click the "Start" button of the task bar on the windows desktop. Then select the "Programs" -> "ES1868 + ES938 Control" to launch the ES1868 + ES938 3D-Sound Effect control program.