1 Philips Seismic Edge™ 5.1 Channel PCI Sound Card ____________________________ User’s Manual Philips Sound Solutions
10Hardware Installation Turn off your computer, and disconnect the power cable. Disconnect all devices that are connected to the computer. Remove
11Remove the Seismic Edge Sound Card from the anti-static bag. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slot and firmly push it into the
12 Sound Card Configuration Please note that actual card layout may vary
13Connecting to Your Seismic Edge Sound Card Speakers Your Seismic Edge card can be configured as either a 5.1 channel analog output or 4 channel
14SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows® 95/98/2000/XP Installation Now that the hardware is installed, it is time to install the drivers. Plug and Play u
15To Install The Drivers For Windows® 95/98/2000/XP: 1. Turn on the computer and place the Philips Seismic Edge CD in your CD-ROM drive. Whe
163. If you are installing from the install CD or if you have copied the install to any other location, select Specify a location and browse to y
175. Windows® then copies the files. You may be prompted to insert your Windows® CD or floppy, as the core sound components of the operating sys
18msjstick.drv. It is recommended that you keep your existing files. Click YES on all 3 screens that appear. 8. Next, the software launc
19 17. Next, the software launcher allows you to install Sonic Foundry SIREN Jukebox XPress. This application allows you to play and organize
2 Philips Seismic Edge™ 5.1 Channel PCI Sound Card © Copyright 2001 Seismic Edge™ is a trademark of Philips Consumer Electronics Thunde
20Windows NT® Installation Installation of the drivers for your Philips Seismic Edge™ in a Windows NT® environment are as follows (note: you must
21 Using the Philips Seismic Edge Control Panel for DOS To launch the DOS control panel: 1. Go to C:\Seismic\ (C represents you hard drive) 2. T
222. Select the General tab and click the Add button. You may select any one of the Game Controllers listed, then click OK.
23TECHNICAL SUPPORT Before calling the technical support number please make sure you have the following information available: • Model and seria
24SEISMIC EDGE DSP SPECIAL EFFECTS AND ALGORITHMS EAX™ Game Compatibility (Effects Tab) The Seismic Edge uses QSound Environmental Modeling™ (QEM
25SEISMIC EDGE CONTROL PANEL Help Button Click the yellow “Help” button on any tab and you will have access to comprehensive hyper linked help fil
26Space Junk & Wumpus: 3D audio applications that demonstrate QSound Lab’s 3D audio technology. You must have the Seismic Edge install CD i
27Settings Tab This tab allows you to select your exact speaker configuration and provides you with sliders for adjusting the master volume, left/
28QXpander QXpander widens the sound field of stereo music and provides 3D enhancement to 2D audio games. Using this feature in combination with
29DVD SSM (Small Speaker Mode) Check this box if you will be utilizing Dolby Digital DVD playback mode using small satellite speakers. This will e
3Software End User License Agreement ATTENTION: THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE LICENSE TERMS DESCRIBED BELOW. USE OF THIS SOFTWARE INDICATES ACCE
30S/PDIF Tab This page of the Philips Seismic Edge Control Panel will control the settings for the Digital Audio input and output. S/PDIF is th
31Rear Left and Right Channels In this mode the same content being sent to the rear/surround Line Out speaker jack in analog format will also be se
32 DVD AC3/DTS Use this mode if you wish to play DVD audio using an external AC3 or DTS decoder such as a speaker set, receiver or decoder box conn
33Effects Tab Reverb/QXpander/QMSS to External Input Source Reverb, QXpander (when enabled), and expansion of stereo to 4 or 5.1 channels (QMSS) a
34Environment Using this pull down menu you can select various types of reverbs that simulate various environments. To turn on these environments
35MIDI Tab Your Seismic Edge™ sound card includes a wavetable music synthesis engine. This WaveTable Synth is a pure hardware synthesis engine desi
36H/W Wavetable Voices Use this and the H/W Wavetable Chorus and Reverb Level controls to adjust Seismic Edge WaveTable synth. These adjustments w
37 Speaker Test Tab The speaker test tab is a utility to help verify proper speaker connections to your sound card. The acronyms are
38Use the Master Volume Slider to adjust the overall output level of your speaker system. Adjust speaker connections as required to complete your
39DVD PLAYBACK MODES Using 4 or 5.1 channel surround speakers your Seismic Edge™ sound card can deliver true multi-channel surround sound from a c
4Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION______________________________________________________________ 6 KEY FEATURES _____________________________________
40SIREN XPRESS Transform your PC into the ultimate music entertainment center with SIREN XPress music jukebox. SIREN XPress lets you "rip"
41 Music Files A music file refers to any audio file that Siren will play from your computer. Siren supports the following music file formats: *.
42Recording from a CD 1. Place an audio CD in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. 2. In normal mode, choose Play or Record Music CDs from the View menu
43AUDIO PIX AudioPix™ makes it easy to combine digital images with MP3 sound to get the ultimate multimedia presentation. In just three simple ste
44RECORDING SOURCE CONFIGURATION Philips Seismic Edge™ allows you to record sounds and music from various input sources (i.e. microphone, audio CD,
45RESOLVING I/O CONFLICTS Conflicts between your audio card and another device may occur if they are set to use the same I/O address. To resolve I
46UNINSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS Windows 95/98 Uninstall 1. Select Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and select Philips Seismic Edge Audio Suppo
5Fade Slider _______________________________________________________________ 29 Volume Sliders ___________________________________________________
6INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the Philips Seismic Edge Sound Card! Thank you for enhancing your computer with the Philips Sei
7Key Features • 256 streams of DirectSound acceleration and digital mixing • 96 streams of 3D audio acceleration including positional reverb, ob
8 INSTALLING SEISMIC EDGE What you need for installation Computers come in different shapes and sizes. The installation procedures in this manual
9 Important Notice Uninstall the drivers for any previously installed sound cards. Consult your previous sound card document
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