SF16-FMD. 16-Bit 3-D Sound Board with FM Radio. User Manual

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1 SF16-FMD 16-Bit 3-D Sound Board with FM Radio User Manual

2 SF16-FMD 16-Bit 3-D Sound Board with FM Radio User Manual All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in any retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without written permission. First Edition: March Printed in Singapore. ViBRA, Sound Blaster 2.0, Sound Blaster Pro and Sound Blaster 16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. Microsoft Windows and Windows Sound System are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

3 FCC Notice This product 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 euipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio freuency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this euipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the euipment 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 euipment and receiver. Connect the euipment 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. Caution To comply with the limits for the Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, this card must be installed in computer euipment certified to comply with the Class B limits. All cables used to connect the computer and peripherals must be shielded and grounded. Operation with non-certified computers or non-shielded cables may result in interference to radio or television reception. Modifications Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user's authority to operate the euipment.

4 Contents Read This First Board Layout Connector Pinouts Installation Under Windows 95 Installing Windows Drivers Installing Sound Blaster 16 Software Installing RadioAKTIV Specifications Compatibility... A-1 Music Synthesizer... A-1 Digital Audio... A-1 Analog/Digital Mixer... A-2 Software Volume Control... A-2 Internal Amplifier... A-2 Joystick Interface... A-2 MIDI Interface... A-2 FM Radio Features... A-3 Minimum System Reuirements... A-3 iii

5 1 Read This First This chapter identifies the location and function of each connector on the SF16-FMD board. Board Layout The diagram below shows the layout of the SF16-FMD: MVOL PCSPK CD J3 J5 J J2 CON4 CON1 ANTENNA IN LINE IN Made in Singapore CT2511 JP J4 CON2 CON3 CON5 MICROPHONE IN SPEAKER OUT MIDI PORT Legend: Location of Pin 1 J1 Audio CD input connector J2 Microphone input connector (for MPC casing) J3 Master Volume control connector (for MPC casing) J4 Speaker-Out connector (for MPC casing) J5 PC Speaker input connector JP1 Speaker-Out / Line-Out configuration jumper (factory default setting is for Speaker-Out) Note: The sound board contains a power amplifier capable of delivering 4 watts of audio power per channel to 4-ohm passive speakers. Read This First 1-1

6 If the audio output of the sound board is to be connected to a set of active speakers or an external euipment, the internal power amplifier must be disabled. This produces industry standard audio levels output known as Line-Out. Connector Pinouts JP1 -- Speaker-Out / Line-Out configuration jumper Pin 1-3 and Pin 2-4 shorted Pin 3-5 and Pin 4-6 shorted Output via amplifier (default) Output via Line-Out J1 -- Audio CD input connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Right Ground Ground Left J2 -- Microphone input connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Left Ground Ground Right J3 -- Master Volume control connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Vol - Ground Vol + J4 -- Speaker-Out connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Left Ground Ground Right J5 -- PC Speaker input connector Pin 1 Pin 2 +5V Signal 1-2 SF16-FMD User Manual

7 2 Installation Under Windows 95 The various Windows 95 versions will show different screens during installation. This manual assumes you are using Ver B. Installing Windows Drivers Upon starting the system for the first time after installing the SF16- FMD board: 1. Windows 95 notifies that it has detected a Creative ViBRA16X PnP-based sound board as shown below: 2. Insert the SF16-FMD CD into the CD-ROM drive, wait for the drive to be ready, then click the Next > button. Installation Under Windows

8 3. Windows searches the CD for the reuired drivers and displays the following screen. Click the Finish button. 4. The following message box appears. Click the OK button. 5. Windows next displays the "Copying Files..." dialog box. Type in the CD-ROM drive letter (eg. D:\) at the "Copy files from:" text box and click the OK button to continue. 6. Windows starts copying all necessary files from the CD into the hard disk. It then reports that a joystick has been found. 2-2 SF16-FMD User Manual

9 7. Follow the on-screen instructions, if any, to complete the installation of the joystick hardware. 8. Windows next reports that it has found the FM radio hardware and needs to locate the correct drivers. 9. Click the Next > button. At the next dialog box, click the Other Locations... button. Installation Under Windows

10 10. Type in D:\RADIO at the "Location" text box (where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) and click the OK button. Click the Finish button at the next dialog box. 2-4 SF16-FMD User Manual

11 11. Windows next displays the following message box. Click the OK button to close the message box. 12. In the "Copying Files..." dialog box, type in D:\RADIO at the "Copy files from" text box (where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter). Click the OK button. 13. Windows 95 completes installation of the radio driver. Installing Sound Blaster 16 Software To install the suite of Sound Blaster 16 software, do the following: 1. Insert the SF16-FMD CD into the CD-ROM drive. Wait for the drive to be ready. 2. Click the button at the Windows Taskbar. 3. Select the Run... command, type in D:\SETUP.EXE (where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) at the "Open" text box and click the OK button. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Installation Under Windows

12 Installing RadioAKTIV To install the RadioAKTIV FM Radio Navigator, do the following: 1. Insert the SF16-FMD CD into the CD-ROM drive. Wait for the drive to be ready. 2. Click the button. 3. Select the Run... command, type in D:\RADIO\SETUP.EXE (where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) at the "Open" text box and click the OK button. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. The following shows the interface of the RadioAKTIV navigator: For detailed information on using the RadioAKTIV navigator, use the On-line HELP by clicking the Options button and selecting Help Topics. 2-6 SF16-FMD User Manual

13 A Specifications The SF16-FMD sound board uses Creative Technology's CT2511 ViBRA 16X chipset, and is capable of full-duplex and 3D sound output. This chapter details the specifications of the SF16-FMD sound board: Compatibility Sound Blaster 2.0, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16 Roland MPU401 (UART mode) Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT Plug-and-Play compliance Full MPC level and level 3 compliance Music Synthesizer Enhanced FM synthesis using Creative s CQM 4-operator synthesizer 20-voice using 2 operator FM or 8 voices using 4 operator FM Compatibility with OPL3 FM and OPL2 FM Digital Audio 8-bit and 16-bit digital audio in stereo and mono modes Programmable sampling rates from 5Khz to 48Khz in 228 steps Full duplex DMA 8-bit or 16-bit for record and playback. Dynamic filtering for digital audio recording and playback High uality 90dB, 16-bit Codec chipset Specifications A-1

14 Analog/Digital Mixer 7-channel stereo mixer for mixing Digital Audio, MIDI music Microphone Input, Line In, CD-audio, PC speaker and FM Radio Selectable mixing of input sources for recording Creative 3D stereo enhancement technology, reduces speaker cross-talk and provides a wider, more realistic stereo image Software Volume Control Software volume control for master volume and all channels of stereo mixer 32-level for master volume, digital audio, MIDI, microphone, line-in, CD-audio and PC speaker Full software control for fade-in, fade-out and panning Internal Amplifier 4-watts per channel stereo output into 4-ohm load Support for external amplifier Joystick Interface Standard for external interface MIDI Interface Roland MPU 401 (UART mode) port emulation A-2 SF16-FMD User Manual

15 FM Radio Features Compatible with Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 workstation Built-in high uality stereo FM radio tuner IC Freuency range : VHF Band II (88Mhz to 108Mhz) Dipole antenna to improve reception in PC Antenna impedance : 75 ohms 20-preset stations User-friendly Graphic User Interface provides ease of tuning, on/off, and presetting Auto/manual station scan Fine tuning at 50Khz resolution Precise station setting and excellent reception using PLL freuency synthesizer Alarm and sleep functions to turn on/off to desired radio station at specific time Minimum System Reuirement IBM or 100% compatible PC 486DX2-66Mhz CPU or higher with 16-bit ISA slot 8MB RAM on-board Microsoft Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 workstation (Intel platform only) VGA Monitor Stereo speaker and mouse Specifications A-3