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Navigating Help without a mouse:
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A button can be activated by either a mouse, keyboard
[ENTER] or ALT+button's hotkey.
[F3] Exit to DOS, all changes are discarded.
[TAB] Move to Option.
[ENTER] Accept Button.
Open Combo Box for selecting options,
Accept options from combo Box.
[] Select Options within Combo box
While in help mode...
Alt-D Go to the next page in help
Alt-U Go to the previous page in help
Alt-Q Exit help.
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How to change I/O Address, DMA,IRQ for Windows Sound System:
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First, use the TAB key or mouse to change the current mode
to Windows Sound System. Then TAB or mouse to the desired
setting and press ENTER to open the selection box.
Note: If you have a plug and play system, these options will
be automatic and therefore disabled. If you need to change
them however, you must use your plug and play configuration
utility that came with your system.
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How to change I/O Address, DMA, IRQ for Sound Blaster Mode
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First, use the TAB key or mouse to change the current mode
to Sound Blaster Pro. Then TAB or mouse to the desired
setting and press ENTER to open the selection box.
Note: If you have a plug and play system, these options will
be automatic and therefore disabled. If you need to change
them however, you must use your plug and play configuration
utility that came with your system.
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What mode is best? Sound Blaster or Windows Sound System?
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Sound Blaster Pro.
The SE14SRS/SE34SRS operates both in Windows Sound System
mode and Sound Blaster mode. Regardless of this setting, the
SE14SRS/SE34SRS always switches to Windows Sound System
mode when running Microsoft Windows.
If you set the mode to Windows Sound System, then Windows
Sound System is the mode whether you are in DOS or Windows.
The only reason to set Windows Sound System mode is if you
have a DOS application that requires Windows Sound System
(highly unlikely).
So keep the mode set to Sound Blaster and all your favorite
games and such will run fine.
Which brings us to the next topic...
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How to setup your DOS games and programs for sound.
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1. Make sure your current mode is set to 'Sound Blaster
Pro'.
2. Setup DOOM, Descent, Heretic, or whatever to use a 'Sound
Blaster Pro or compatible' device.
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How to test your settings and SE14SRS / SE34SRS:
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There is a button in SNDINIT titled 'Sound Test'. Use all 3
tests. Don't worry if the FM Synthesis is a bit softer than
the other tests. For 8 Bit you should hear a 'tada' sound.
The 16 Bit test plays a little tune, and the FM Synthesis
test plays 3 notes. If a certain test fails then there is
probably a resource conflict. SNDINIT should point you in
the right direction.
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How to change volume levels:
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There is a button in SNDINIT called Volume. While you can
use this to adjust volumes, *most* applications and games
have built-in volume settings.
You can access this screen directly by typing VOLUME from
the C:\SOUNDEXP directory.
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What is MIDI and MPU401?
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MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MPU401
is a standard interface for musical devices such as
keyboards.
Note: To improve the music produced by the SE14SRS/SE34SRS,
or any sound card, look into attaching a device known as a
WaveTable adapter to the SE14SRS/SE34SRS. This small device
plugs into the pins on top of the SE14SRS/SE34SRS, near the
middle. A WaveTable adapter contains actual samples of
musical sounds.
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How to setup a CD-ROM:
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The SE14SRS/SE34SRS supports IDE type CD-ROM Drives.
If you have a CD-ROM and its already installed, then all you
have to do is attach the audio cable to the SE14SRS/SE34SRS.
The audio cable is a small thin wire coming from your CD-ROM
(not the wide-flat ribbon cable).
If you wish to use the SE14SRS/SE34SRS as the adapter card,
attach the flat ribbon cable from the IDE CD-ROM drive to
the IDE CD-ROM interface connector on the SE14SRS/SE34SRS.
The stripe on the side of the cable (usually red) signifies
pin 1 which needs to match up with pin 1 on the
SE14SRS/SE34SRS, which is designated by a white stripe or
band painted on the board approximately one-eight of an
inch.
Now use SNDINIT to tell the adapter to 'turn on' the IDE
CD-ROM interface. SNDINIT will guide you through all the
details and install drivers into your config.sys and
autoexec.bat (startup) files.
If you wish to use drivers that came with your IDE CD-ROM,
make sure you leave the following line intact in your
config.sys:
Device=C:\soundexp\cdsetup.sys /T:I /P:170 /I:X /D:X
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How to select an input device?
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The 'input' for recording sound, etc. is software selectable
between the 'mic' and the 'line in' jack.
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Whats the *quickest* way to check the current settings?
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Type SNDINIT /b
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What is happening to COM Port Settings for modems?
or
Why can't I just select a COM port for the modem?
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For the most part, Plug and Play no longer really cares
about your COM ports. In the future you may find that this
is beneficial because now you can use 'non standard' COM
Ports at other I/O Address for example, 0x100. If all this
is too technical, then use the chart below to convert COM
port to I/O Address:
COM PORT I/O Address
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COM 1 = 0x3F8
COM 2 = 0x2F8
COM 3 = 0x3E8
COM 4 = 0x2E8
Download Driver Pack
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Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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