************************ * * * CRYSTAL CS4237 * * * * AV320 * * * ************************ Notice Ver 1.0 The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve the reliability, design, or function of this product without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of this company. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages arising out of the use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. No part of this reference manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of this company. Trademark Acknowledgments Microsoft, MS and MS-DOS are registered trademarks, and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technology, Ltd. AdLib is a trademark of AdLib Inc. IBM PC is a registered trademark and PC/XT, PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. AudioStation is a product of Voyetra Technologies. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice. FCC Compliance Statement Certified to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device according to Subpart J or Part 15 of FCC rules. See instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected. FCC WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference and, (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: * Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. * Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. * Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. * Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. In order for an installation of this product to maintain compliance with the limits for a Class B device, shielded cables must be used for the connection of any devices external to this product. Hardware/Software Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview 1.2 Product Features 1.3 3D Surround Sound 1.4 Wave-Table Upgrade Board 2. Installation of the Audio Excel PnP 320 2.1 The Audio Excel PnP 320 Jumper Setting Description 2.2 Installation the Windows 3.1X/DOS Utilities 2.3 Configuration File Entries and Modifications 3. DOS Utilities Software 3.1 CS32INTR.EXE 3.2 CSACGUCD.EXE 3.3 CWDIAG.EXE 3.4 CS32MIX.EXE 3.4.1 Using the Sound Mixer 3.4.2 Using the Mixer Utility in Command Line Mode 3.5 CS32HMX.EXEi 4. Windows 3.1 Utilities Software 4.1 Audio Input Control Panel 4.2 Audio Mixer Control Panel 4.3 The Business Audio Transport 4.4 3D Audio Control Applet 5. Installation of Windows 95 5.1 Installing the Windows 95 driver 5.2 Un-installing the Windows 95 driver 5.3 Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode 5.4 Crystal 3D Audio Control Applet 6. AudioStation application software 6.1 Install AudioStation software 6.2 Power Bar 6.4 Mixer Component 6.5 MIDI, Digital Audio, and CD player 7. Questions & Answers Section 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The Audio Excel PnP 320 is a stereo 16 bit sound card. It is compatible with Sound Blaster and Microsoft Windows Sound System. Especially it supports Plug and Play function for all interface. The Audio Excel PnP 320 also supports MPU-401 interface for Wave Table Synthesis upgrade and supports 3D sound on board. What we provide at the side of sound card are line-in jack, microphone jack, audio output jack, and a 15 pin D-SUB multiplexed joystick/MIDI connector. 1.2 Product Features * Compatibility AdLib / Sound Blaster PRO/2.0 Windows Sound System MPU-401 MIDI UART mode Multimedia PC Level 2 Specifications Support Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Support Plug and Play * Digitized Audio 16 bit stereo 44KHz voice playback and recording Full duplex playback and recording * Stereo Mixer Stereo analog mixing from CD-Audio, Line-in Stereo digital mixing from FM, Voice Mono analog mixing from MIC Software adjustable volume * FM Music Synthesizer OPL3 FM synthesizer Up to 15 melody sounds and 5 rhythm sounds (20 voices) * MIDI Interface MPU-401 MIDI UART mode * Game Port Support standard PC joystick External MIDI port for external MIDI keyboard * Wave Table Synthesis Support Wave Table Synthesis Module (optional) * 3D Sound Supports 3D sound on board 1.3 3D Surround Sound Our 3D sound on board sound card takes any ordinary stereo signal as input and produces an output signal with dramatically widened stereo imaging and enhanced realism. And requires no extra speakers or special encoding of input signals. In Windows 3.1(Windows 95), you can press "3D Audio Control"(Crystal SRS 3D Audio) icon or "SRS" button to control 3D sound On/Off. 1.4 Wave-Table Upgrade Board If you have wave-table upgrade board, you want to output by wave-table (MPU-401 MIDI). In Windows 3.1, please click on "MIDI Mapper" icon in "Control Panel" of "Main" group. Select item "MPU-401" in 'Name' and click 'Close' button. In Windows 95 system, please click "Start" button, and then click "Control Panel" at "Settings" Menu. Double click on the "Multimedia" icon and click "MIDI". In "Single instrument", select "Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401 Compatible" item. Section 2. Installation of the Audio Excel PnP 320 2.1 The Audio Excel PnP 320 Jumper Setting Description Table 2.1 The Audio Excel PnP 320 Jumper Setting Description JPx Function Jumper Setting ===== =============== ========================== ßßø Power Amplifier ßßø JP1 Output select -------------------------- øßß Line-out øßß Table 2.2 Connector function Connector Function =========== ================================================ J1 Connect Wave Table Upgrade Board (optional) J2 Connect with joystick or MIDI cable (optional) J3 Connect Panasonic CD-ROM Audio output J4 Connect IDE/Sony CD-ROM Audio output Line-In Connect with the audio output from stereo MIC-In Connect with microphone Speaker Output to speaker or audio-in of stereo 2.2 Installation the Windows 3.1X/DOS Utilities To install the windows 3.1/DOS utilities, follow these steps: 1. Start Windows 3.1. 2. Insert "VIDEO EXCEL UTILITY DRIVERS CD Title into CD-ROM drive X:. 3. From the Windows Program Manager, select the File menu and the Run command. 4. Select drive X (with path "\SOUND\CRYSTAL\4237\WIN31DOS") and type Setup. A greeting screen is displayed. 5. Press [ENTER]. The Windows Path menu is displayed, which allows you to select a path for the software installation or to accept the default installation path. (Default path is C:\CRYSTAL) 6. Click NEXT to accept the default installation path, or type a new path name. The Setup program will install the files onto your hard drive and prompts you for other drivers. press [Enter]. 7. The Setup program will install the files. At the end of copying, you will be prompted to REBOOT the system in order to complete the installation. 2.3 Configuration File Entries and Modifications Configuring the software to ensure that it works properly with the other hardware and software in your system. CONFIG.SYS The following line will be added to the CONFIG.SYS file of the target host system. DEVICE=C:\CRYSTAL\CS4232C.EXE /O AUTOEXEC.BAT The following lines will be added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file of the target host system. SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 C:\CRYSTAL\CS32MIX /M=12 /W=12 /F=12 /C=08 /L=08 The Audio Excel PnP 320 is compatible with Sound Blaster, so you can execute programs which can run with it, but you need to set the DOS environment variables like below : SET BLASTER = A2x0 Iy Dz T4 x = 2 or 4 (This is address number) y = 5, 7, 9,11,12 or 15 (This is IRQ number) z = 0 or 1 or 3 (This is DMA number) About CS32MIX please refer to the manual section 3.4. SECTION 3. DOS Utilities Software In the following paragraphs, Utilities are assumed to be installed in default Drive:\Path directory, which is C:\CRYSTAL. 3.1 CS32INTR.EXE CS32INTR.EXE is a DOS program that integrates the main DOS sound utilities in one location. Buttons to activate the Sound Card Mixer, CD-ROM Player, and Diagnostics programs are listed in one box. Use the mouse to point and click on the desired application or TAB to the application and press [Enter]. 3.2 CSACGUCD.EXE This DOS graphic interface program lets you play the audio portion of a CD in your PC's CD-ROM drive. This utility controls the drive through the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions file (MSCDEX.EXE), which allows the CD-ROM drive to work with MS-DOS. 3.3 CWDIAG.EXE CWDIAG.EXE is a DOS-based diagnostics program which consists of a series of tests that you can use to verify the sound drivers configuration and establish functionality. The Joystick interface test will require a joystick to be attached in order to perform the test. 3.4 CS32MIX.EXE This program is a DOS graphical interface and command line mixer utility that controls the same features as the Windows sound mixer utility (except Mono In/Out). 3.4.1 Using the Sound Mixer The sound parameters may be controlled by using hot keys (Alt+highlighted letter), and the tab and arrow keys to increase/decrease left/right channels for each input. Tab to the Gang option and press the spacebar to toggle off (unchecked); allowing the left and right channels to be adjusted separately. 3.4.2 Using the Mixer Utility in Command Line Mode At the DOS prompt enter CS32MIX /? to display command line option. The following options are available: /M=(left),(right) <0-15> ; Master Volume /W=(left),(right) <0-15> ; Wave Volume /L=(left),(right) <0-15> ; Line Volume /X=(mono) <0-7> ; Microphone Volume /F=(left),(right) <0-15> ; FM/Synth Volume /C=(left),(right) <0-15> ; CD Volume /I=(L, X or C) ; Input Select =Line, Microphone or CD /D ; Use Sound Blaster default values /S ; Show mixer settings For example, to change the master volume by the same amount for both channels enter CS32MIX /M=8,8 or CS32MIX /M=8 at the DOS prompt. Note: The power-on default mixer values cannot be changed. The user can execute CS32MIX.EXE from the AUTOEXEC.BAT with the command line set for the desired level of each mixer channel. Once a mixer has been set, it will remain set, even after CS32MIX.EXE is exited. 3.5 CS32HMX.EXE This Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program is a memory-resident DOS Hot Key Mixer utility. Once this DOS utility has been loaded, you can use the hot-keys to control the volume and muting of the Master, Synthesizer, and Voice outputs. The utility works in either Sound Blaster Pro emulation mode. It works while most game running. NOTE: Some games are not compatible with the DOS Hot Key Mixer. This utility will not operate within Microsoft Windows. To run the DOS level Hot Key Mixer utility, at the DOS prompt, type: CS32HMX [Enter] Voice Loud/Soft = ALT + Gray Ins/Del Synth Loud/Soft = ALT + Gray Home/End Master Loud/Soft = ALT + Gray PgUp/PgDn Mute On/Off = Scroll Lock Crystal Audio Card Hot Key Mixer is installed. Note. If several TSRs are installed on a machine, TSRs must be removed (un-installed) in the reverse order from which they were installed. SECTION 4. Windows 3.1 Utilities Software The Audio Excel PnP 320 installation program creates a Windows Group called Crystal that contains several Sound Utilities. In this chapter we will discuss the four interactive audio control panels through which you control sound within your system: Audio Input Control Panel, Audio Mixer Control panel, Business Audio Transport and 3D Audio Control Applet. 4.1 Audio Input Control Panel The Audio Input Control Panel applet that allows the selection of input channels, setting input gain levels, or selecting special functions for processing the input audio signal. Clicking on the Audio Input icon nested in the Crystal group will present you with the Audio Input Control Panel shown. Buttons and control features of the Audio Input Control Panel are as follows: Mixer - Pressing the Mixer button brings up the Audio Mixer Control Panel. Input Boost - The input boost slider control sets the gain on the input signal to the Audio for the Analog/Digital converter. Each channel of the slider can be controlled separately by clicking on the Gang box beneath the slider. Volume Meter - The volume meter displays the amplitude of the signal being controlled by the input boost slider control when the VU On box beneath the meter is selected. Input Selector - Clicking on any one of the four diamonds below the Input Selector lets you select the source of the input signal to be controlled. The four selections are: Synth - Enables you to select .MID synthesizer control files as input. Line - Clicking on the Line diamond selects Line, if the Line input is connected. If no Line-level input is present, internal CD is selected. Loop - Clicking on the Loop diamond selects the internal loop back as input, feeding the output of the audio mixer back in. Mic - Clicking on the Mic diamond selects the microphone as input. Boost - Adds 20db additional gain to the microphone input. AGC - Clicking on the AGC box adds automatic gain control for the Mic, adjusting its input gain automatically and dynamically. Dither - Clicking on the Dither box toggles dither on/off for 8-bit PCM audio. Dither improves 8-bit recordings. NOTE: To enable AGC and the Volume Meter at the same time, you should first turn the VU On off. Next, turn the AGC on. Then turn the VU On back on. Full Scale - The Full Scale window below the Dither box shows the input signal amplitude which will cause clipping at the Analog/Digital converter. Vrms/db - Clicking on the Vrms/db button toggles the Full Scale window between voltage and decibel modes. 4.2 Audio Mixer Control Panel The Audio Mixer Control Panel applet that allows the control of volume levels, left/right channel balance, and mute for each individual mixer control. Buttons and control features of the Audio Mixer Control Panel are as follows: Inputs - Pressing the Inputs button brings up the Audio Input Control Panel. Master Atten - Controls the master volume for all audio inputs. Monitor Atten - The Input Monitor attenuation slider control sets the monitor path attenuation for the Audio. The Monitor path mixes the path selected by the Input Control Panel into the output path. Clicking on the Mute box sets the monitor path to fully attenuated. Wave Atten - The Wave attenuation sliders set the left and right output attenuation for the digital audio. Clicking on the Gang box allows the left and right output attenuation to be adjusted by the left and right sliders, individually. Clicking on the Mute box mutes the output attenuator. Mono Mix - No use. Synth Mix - The Synth mix sliders set the mixer attenuation for the .MID synthesizer control files. Clicking on the Gang box box allows the left and right slider to be adjusted separately. The Mute box mutes the synth mixer. Line Mix - These sliders set mixer attenuation for the Line input. Clicking on the Gang box allows the left and right channels to be adjusted separately or together. Clicking on the Mute box mutes the mixer for the Line. CD Mix - The CD sliders set the mixer attenuation for the CD input. Clicking on the Gang box allows the left and right channels to be adjusted separately or together. Clicking on the Mute box mutes the mixer for the CD input. Mono Output Mute - No use. 4.3 The Business Audio Transport This subsection describes the buttons, controls, and displays on the Business Audio Transport (BAT) control panel. Open File - Allows you to select the file to play or to open a new audio file. Clicking open file displays a Windows file open dialog box. Access Audio Input Control Panel - Allows you quick access to the Business Audio Input Control panel. Copy To Clipboard - Copies the selected file into the clipboard. Use this option to select audio files to place in other applications. User-defined - Goes to the application or utility of your choice. See "Defining the User-defined BAT Button" later in this chapter for instructions on how to define this button. About BAT - Displays information about BAT. 4.4 3D Audio Control Applet The 3D Audio Control allows you to control the 3D audio features of your audio system. Moving the slider toward the up increases the effect, moving the slider toward the down decreases the effect. You may find that you prefer different settings for different types of music. You can disable your 3D audio by un-checking the Enabled check box . SECTION 5. Installation of Windows 95 ATTENTION: 1. We recommend that you have already installed Microsoft Windows 95 before installing Audio Excel PnP 320. And you didn't install any other sound card device drivers in your current system. 2. If you want to install windows 95 after assembling your PC system, or if you face any unknown or strange problem, please remove all sound- drivers and/or unknown Crystal-device (CS4237). Then after Windows 95 finishes it's installation, start the SETUP.EXE on the Audio Excel PnP 320 driver disk for Windows 95. 3. If you got any problem with installing Windows 95, please contact your local Microsoft's agent. 5.1 Installing the Windows 95 driver Steps of installing Audio Excel PnP 320: 1. Insert the VIDEO EXCEL UTILITY DRIVERS CD Title into CD-ROM drive X:. 2. Turn on the computer, and enter into Microsoft Windows 95. 3. During the Windows 95 boot procedure, new hardware "CS4237 Sound Card" will be detected as shown in the screen. 4. Select "Driver form disk provided by hardware manufacturer", click "OK". 5. System requests for Audio Excel PnP 320's Windows 95 installation disk. Please make sure the path is point to (X:\SOUND\CRYSTAL\4237\WIN31DOS\PNP37), and click "OK". 6. System is installing PnP device drivers automatically. After a while, system finished installation. Then enter Windows 95 main screen. You will hear a wave playing from the system if you have installed speakers. Now, Installation is complete. NOTE: Win95 is a PnP OS. It automatically recognizes new PnP audio hardware and creates a database for the hardware. The following shows the order in which Win95 detects the sound devices: Crystal PnP Audio System Codec Crystal PnP Audio System Joystick Crystal PnP Audio System Control Registers Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401 Compatible If any of the above is not detected, a previous Win95 sound card installation was done. For a clean reinstallation, the user should see the Un-installing the Windows 95 driver section below. 5.2 Un-installing the Windows 95 driver 1. Click "start" key 2. Select "Run" 3. Inserts your VIDEO EXCEL UTILITY DRIVERS CD Title into CD-ROM drive X:. 4. Please Key in the path name as "X:\SOUND\CRYSTAL\4237\WIN95\SETUP.EXE", and Click "OK". 5. Select the "Install Driver" button, the setup will do an automatic cleaning up of the Win95 Audio Excel PnP 320 registry entries. Many problems with reinstallation occur because of existing registry entries from previous installations and because of the \WINDOWS\INF\OEMx.INF files. After running setup, the various CS4237 devices from the Control Panel should disappear. It is recommended that prior to running Setup, remove the device entries in the Sound, Video, and Game Controller of the System Device Manager, and Crystal entries (if any) in the Other detected devices section of the Device Manager. 6. Shutdown and turn off your PC. 7. Turn PC on, Start Win95, Win95 will now detect new hardware, create an information database, and proceed with the installation of Crystal device drivers. 5.3 Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode Restarting the computer in MS-DOS mode. Shutting down to MS-DOS mode from the Shutdown Win95 Menu will automatically run the CWBINIT.EXE /A in dosstart.bat. Therefore, shutting down to MS-DOS mode will automatically have the audio card configured for Dos games. If in MS-DOS mode sound volume is too low, you can add the following line command in the C:\WIN95\DOSSTART.BAT file to set the Mixer volume. C:\Win95\CWBMIX /M=12 /W=12 /F=12 (About CWBMIX please refer to section 3.4 ) 5.4 Crystal 3D Audio Control Applet The 3D audio Accessory allows you to control the 3D audio features of your audio system. The accessory runs each time you start your computer where it appears in the notification area of the task bar. The task bar is where the start button resides. The notification area is where the clock normally appears on the task bar.. The accessory is activated by clicking with the left mouse button on the logo in the notification area. Moving the slider toward the plus sign increases the effect, moving the slider toward the minus sign decreases the effect. You may find that you prefer different settings for different types of music. You can save up to 3 configurations using the present buttons. You can disable your 3D audio by un-checking the Enabled check box at the bottom of the accessory. SECTION 6. AudioStation application software AudioStation application gives you control over your PC's audio functions through a user interface as simple to use as a home stereo system. 6.1 Install AudioStation software To setup the AudioStation software under Windows, follow these steps: 1. Start Windows 3.1(Windows 95). 2. From Program Manager, select File and then Run... from the pull-down menu. (Click Start button when using Windows 95, then click Run.) 3. At the Command Line (Open):, type in X:\SOUND\CRYSTAL\4237\WIN31DOS\SETUP.EXE (X: is the drive you have put the AudioStation software CD Title into). Program will automatic launch Windows and install all of Windows applications and device to hard disk path that you specify. 6.2 Power Bar The Power Bar launches the various AudioStation components. Each component is launched by pressing the appropriate icon button. To close a component, press the icon button again. Components are stacked from the top down, in the order they are launched. Power: Terminates the AudioStation application. Mixer: Launches or closes the Mixer Component. CD : Launches or closes the CD Player Component. DAT : Launches or closes the DAT Component. MIDI : Launches or closes the MIDI Player Component. Help : Launches AudioStation Help. 6.4 Mixer Component The Mixer Component controls the volume and tone levels on your sound card. Because each sound card supports different mixer functions not all AudioStation mixers look the same. Depending on which sound card you have, there may or may not be a mute button beneath each of the slider controls on the mixer component. When the light on the mute button is lit, the channel is muted and will not be heard. Buttons and Controls Power : Closes the component. Lock : Locks the stereo pairs of sliders together so you can quickly adjust their volume while preserving their relative volumes. Master : The master control for all outputs. SRS : Control the 3D Sound On/Off. Wave : Controls digital audio (wave) playback or record levels. Synth : Controls the MIDI music (music synthesis) play level. CD : Controls the CD drive output level, for CD drives configured to play their audio output through the PC's audio hardware. Line : Controls the audio hardware's Line In or Line Out levels. Line levels might be for an externally attached cassette player, e.g. Mic : Controls the microphone input level. Mono In: Controls the monitor path attenuation for the audio. PC Speaker: No use. 6.5 MIDI, Digital Audio, and CD player Rewind : Quickly rewinds the file to the beginning by increments. Stop : Stops playback of the file. Play : Plays the file from the current position. Record : Clicking on record puts the component in and out of Record/Standby mode. To initiate recording press play. Pause : Temporarily stops playing the current selection. Fast Forward : Fast forward quickly moves the cursor position forward. Next/Previous: The Next/Previous buttons jump playback to the next or previous track in the playlist. Holding down the Shift Key and clicking on Next or Previous will bring you to the first or last track. Power : Closes the component. Please refer to help screen for more detail button function description (Click on help "?" button on player) SECTION 7. Questions & Answers Q1: Audio Excel PnP 320 Windows 95 driver has been installed, but there is no sound. A1: It is may be other sound card drivers has not been removed clearly under Dos and Windows 95, You should delete DOS drivers, then enter to Windows 95 "My computer" -"Control Panel" -"System"- "Device Manager" to remove all the drivers of "Sound, Video and game controllers" & of "other device". After that, run "setup.exe"(it is in the directory of Audio Excel PnP 320 Windows 95 driver disk) "uninstall" to clean reinstallation. Then reboot system, follow the instruction of manual section 5.1 to re-install drivers. Q2: Audio Excel PnP 320 work with some motherboards, the system shows "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer" when reboot system after installed Windows 95. A2: This is because of the PnP EPROM Data lost. you may solve it by following steps: (a) Press "F4" or "F8"(Click "5. command prompt only") to boot up from DOS. (b) Run CWBINIT.EXE under the Win95 directory of Audio Excel PnP 320 Windows 95 driver disk. (c) Run PnP37 under the Win95 directory of Audio Excel PnP 320 Windows 95 driver disk. (or Win31/DOS #2 driver disk PnP37 directory) (d) Then follow the instruction of user's manual section 5.1 to re-install Audio Excel PnP 320 drivers. Q3: How to reload my PnP Sound card's EEPROM data into factory setting? A3: Please run "PNP37.BAT" that located on your Win95 driver diskette. (or Win31/DOS #2 driver disk PnP37 directory) Q4: Audio Excel PnP 320 can make sound when running Windows 95, however, the icon of speaker (on the right bottom corner) is gone. A4: You may enter into "My Computer" - "Control Panel" - "Multimedia" - "Audio" then click the" Show volume control on taskbar", finally choose "Apply". Q5: Can we keep the PnP function of Audio Excel PnP 320 even on a Non-PnP motherboard? A5: Yes, but you have to use Win 95 and install the drivers properly. Q6: When Audio Excel PnP 320 and other NON-PnP interface cards are installed on a same motherboard, anything we need to do during the installation? A6: In this case, please install the NON-PnP cards first and make sure that the cards work normally (no matter under DOS or Win 95), then install Audio Excel PnP 320 sound card. Thus, the motherboard can reserve the I/O resources for the NON-PnP cards first and afterwards makes the installation of PnP card easier. Q7: What is "Full-Duplex"? A7: "Full-Duplex" can manage "Recording" and "Playback" (WAV) at the same time. This function makes the two-way dialogue under Internet IPHONE possible. Q8: I've already setup "Full-Duplex" in IPHONE, but why the sound card still works like "Half-Duplex"? A8: Please note that there must be Full Duplex's on both sides of IPHONE users then Full Duplex can work properly.