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User’s Guide

DGX220 Speaker System

with

Philips Sound Agent 2

™

NOTE: Please install Philips Sound Agent 2 software to utilize all the advanced

features of the DGX220 Speaker System.

Philips Sound Solutions

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Summary of Contents for DGX 220

Page 1: ... s Guide DGX220 Speaker System with Philips Sound Agent 2 NOTE Please install Philips Sound Agent 2 software to utilize all the advanced features of the DGX220 Speaker System Philips Sound Solutions PHILIPS ...

Page 2: ...LICENSED SOFTWARE OR ANY COPIES THEREOF WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT TRADEMARK OR OTHER RIGHT OF THIRD PARTIES 4 Updated This license does not grant you the right to any upgrades or updates of the Licensed Software However Philips will be entitled to offer updates and or modifications to the Licensed Software at its discretion 5 Changes of the agreement No changes of this Agreement are v...

Page 3: ...er countries Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation DirectX and DirectSound are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Minimum System Requirements 350 MHz CPU 64 MB RAM One CD ROM drive One available USB port 800 X 600 Screen resolution 1024 X 768 recommended 20 MB of available hard drive space Windows ...

Page 4: ...ffects Tab 11 3 3 2 Equalizer Tab 13 3 3 3 Setup Tab 14 3 3 4 Mixer Tab 15 3 3 4 1 Playback source controls 15 3 3 4 2 Recording source controls 15 3 3 5 Presets Tab 16 3 3 6 Info Tab 17 3 4 Visualization Control Panel 18 4 Uninstalling PSA2 19 5 Technical Support And Warranty 20 5 1 Internet Address 20 5 2 Technical Support Information 20 6 Appendix B USB Hub Considerations 21 6 1 Introduction to...

Page 5: ...store sonic fidelity for highly compressed digital audio files such as MP3s and WMAs Simply put it makes MP3 s sound great UltraBass is a bass enhancement system which uses the way humans perceived sound and signal processing to enhance bass quality of small loudspeakers QInteractive3D technology offers precise 3D sound positioning with headphone and speaker output and is compatible with DirectSou...

Page 6: ...2 must be installed on the PC 2 1 Installation Procedure Insert the Installation CD into the CD ROM drive and run the Setup Follow the directions on the screen to install Philips Sound Agent 2 Please reboot the system to complete the installation After reboot the Sound Agent icon will appear in the system tray See Figure 1 Please note that the number and types of icons in the system tray varies fr...

Page 7: ...f the icon does not have red void mark on it See Figure 3 Figure 3 When you first launch the PSA2 it appears as partially expanded form as shown in Figure 4 To reveal the Main Control Panel click on the Drop down arrow at the bottom side of the Visualization Control Panel The panel contains three distinct sections Compact Control Panel Main Control Panel and Visualization Control Panel To reduce t...

Page 8: ...nel provides a graphic representation of the advanced audio processing features of the PSA2 It also includes controls to enable the environmental effects The Visualization Control Panel only appears in the expanded mode as a sliding cover for the Main Control Panel Compact Control panel Visualization Control Panel ...

Page 9: ...on Reverb This button toggles the QSound Environmental Modeling QEM on or off However some games apply their own environmental effects which are not controlled by this button Environmental modeling uses reverb reflected sound and delay to create the impression that the listener is in a particular environment QEM provides a wide range of high quality environmental modeling effects that are selectab...

Page 10: ...Normalization automatic volume leveling on or off The button label illuminates when Normalization is enabled 3D Effects Toggles 3D Effects on or off This does not affect 3D audio games but does affect non 3D audio games utilizing the 2D to 3D remixing feature The button label illuminates when 3D Effects are enabled To enable automatic audio features such as QSurround and QXpander this feature must...

Page 11: ...se any of the tabs to select the desired set of controls The following is a description of each tab from left to right 3 3 1 Effects Tab The Effects Tab is the first of the Main Control Panel tabs Below is a description of all the features on the Effects tab QSizzle QSizzle is a mid and high frequency treble enhancement algorithm that helps to compensate for the loss of presence punch and signal d...

Page 12: ...ume of the source is too high the playback might sounds wavy This is as designed and can be minimized by turning off the Normalization for that particular song UltraBass UltraBass is a bass enhancement system which uses the way humans perceived sound and signal processing to enhance bass quality of small loudspeakers 3D Effects Three separate 3D audio enhancement algorithms are provided to maximiz...

Page 13: ...en a slider is set to the center position frequencies within this band left flat and the gain is 0dB See Figure 7 Figure 7 To boost the level of a given band move its slider above the centerline To cut the relative level of a given band move its slider below the centerline Maximum boost or cut is 12dB on each frequency level Sliders can be individually centered by right clicking anywhere within th...

Page 14: ... speaker once and moves to the next speaker automatically If the Loop and the Auto buttons are used in conjunction the test signal will loop through the speakers until the Stop button is pressed Preamp Slider The Preamp Level control allows you to boost the input audio signal before it is processed by the PSA2 It has a similar effect as the master volume but should not be used instead of it NOTE I...

Page 15: ...orizontal and vertical slider may vary and a scrollbar may or may not be preset The viewing area on the Mixer Tab displays controls for a maximum of four playback sources at one time Use the Playback Source Scrollbar if present to reveal more source controls See Figure 9 Figure 9 When playing audio CD s using the CD ROM driver of the PC one should enable the digital audio extraction in the system ...

Page 16: ...erience so you can recall settings for any source and playback environment For example if you have been listening to music with predominant drums and bass and have adjusted the controls to suit your taste you can quickly save a preset called Drums n Bass Whenever you listen to this type of music again simply load this preset and all the controls will return to the settings you had in effect when y...

Page 17: ... can overwrite your own unique presets Save As You can load an existing preset factory or one of yours modify it to your taste and save it as a new preset Delete Deletes the selected preset permanently from the list When you select one of your presets and click on this button a confirmation dialog box will appear and when you confirm by clicking the OK button the preset will be removed from the li...

Page 18: ...must be enabled The drop down menu on the left contains all factory and user defined presets for various types of music This menu allows easy preset access via the Visualization Control Panel The top center horizontal slider controls the intensity of the reverb effect that is being applied Adjust as necessary to achieve the right amount of Reverb based on individual content The Visualization Contr...

Page 19: ...aunch the Add Remove Programs utility From the list of programs find PSA2 or Philips Sound Agent 2 and click on it so it is highlighted Click the Change Remove button Or you may choose the uninstall program that comes with PSA2 program For this you click on the Windows Start button click on the Programs All Programs in XP click on the Philips folder then select and execute the Philips Uninstall pr...

Page 20: ...omputer operating system IE Windows 2000 or XP On screen error information 5 1 Internet Address Technical support and driver http www philips com support The web site for Europe is http www philips com pcstuff Philips general web site is http www philips com ce 5 2 Technical Support Information Toll Free telephone numbers Available 6 00 AM 10 00 PM Central Standard Time USA 1 800 835 3506 Elsewher...

Page 21: ...controller card may be added to a computer if it does not have any USB ports at all These cards need to be installed inside the computer in a PCI slot 6 1 1 Power Limitation Hubs like any USB device may be bus powered or self powered A self powered hub has an external power supply which plugs into an electrical outlet and can provide maximum specified power to all its USB ports A bus powered hub d...

Page 22: ...ing on the operating system of the PC This error message also causes no audio to be played Windows XP Windows 2000 Figure 13 This error message is generated due to lack of sufficient bandwidth on the USB hub that the Audio System is plugged into If you have a USB imaging device such as a webcam or a scanner and you have an imaging application open and try to open an audio player application such a...

Page 23: ...rt menu 2 Scroll down to Properties and click on it 3 Click on Hardware tab 4 Click on Device Manager button at the middle of panel 5 Click on the sign next to the DVD CD ROM Drives 6 Right click on the CD ROM drive that appears If there are more than one CD ROM drives click on the one that is being used for audio CD playing 7 Scroll down to Properties and click on it 8 A new panel opens See Figur...

Page 24: ... Windows treats this source like other digital audio sources such as MP3 files Therefore to control the volume and balance use the controls for wave 9 No PSA2 Icon in the System Tray After you have installed PSA2 from the installation CD if the PSA2 icon disappears from the System Tray go to the start menu click on Programs Windows 2000 or Windows XP click on Philips then click on Sound Agent 2 th...

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