1. crystalwin98.zip Driver
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explain.txt Driver File Contents (crystalwin98.zip)

Installing Crystal Audio Drivers under windows 9x

    1.   Open Device Manager.

    2.   PCI Multimedia Device will have a yellow marker the first time
         the operating system is installed.

    3.   Select "Properties" on the yellow marker.

    4.   Select the "Driver" tab.

    5.   Click on "Update Driver"

    6.  Select the following directory:
	D:\driv-all\crystal\window9x\image
	and click OK.	
	You will need the Windows Second Edition to complete the WDM installation.  

    7.   The entry that will show up in the Sound, Video, and Game Controllers
	 is:  Crystal WDM Audio Codec.

    8.   A little Sound Icon appears on the Task Bar upon completing the
	 driver installation.

Uninstalling/Re-Installing Crystal Audio Drivers

    1.  Open Device Manager.

    2.  Remove Crystal WDM Audio Codec entry in the Sound, Video, and Game
	Controllers section.  Crystal is not the owner of the game controller
	on this audio solution.  

    3.  Delete Crystal INF in c:\windows\inf\other  

    4.  Restart your PC for Plug and Play to reinitialize your system.


Known Limitations

1. Clicking the Stop button causes loud pops while playing Midi through Media Player, when Headphone control is used.
2. Playing any wave using the Dsound application causes a loud pop when the Play button is clicked.
3. After Remove/Refresh, no software wavetable audio is available after a reboot.
4. The Play and Stop button cause loud pops while playing wave through the Media player.
5. There may be some feed back noise when Microphone boost is enabled.
6. A reboot may be required to play MIDI audio after the initial installation of the driver.
7. Panning Headphone and Wave balance in the Output mixer while playing a aWave/CD/Line-in signal causes a pop.

 
Design specifications

1. The Headphone does not mute the audio when the headphone slider is adjusted to the minimum value.
2. SW Synth slider jumps to max value, when Synth state is switched from Stop to Play or viceversa.
3. Master Volume levels are quite low when compared to Headphone volume levels.
4. S/P DIF OUT data trasmission is limited to only digital audio.
5. Fastforward and Rewind Controls in the Media Player can not enabled.
6. When resuming from sw wavetable playback, midi is paused.  
7. Digital CD Audio is recorded by loopback mux selection.
8. Mono Mix volume is low.
9. Some Dos games do not run in a Dos Box. This support is provided by the Microsoft legacy Audio emulator.