7
Hardware Installation
1. Turn off the power to the computer and any device connected to it such as a
monitor, powered speakers, scanner, etc. Disconnect the power cord from the
wall or uninterruptible power supply.
2. Touch a metal surface on the computer to ground yourself and to discharge any
static electricity.
3. Remove the computer's cover.
4. Locate an unused PCI expansion slot.
5. Remove the metal cover from the back of the computer adjacent to the slot to be
used. Do not lose the screw.
6. Align the Stradis MPEG-2 Decoder Card with the PCI slot and press it down into
the connector. The card must be completely seated into the connector.
7. The Stradis MPEG-2 Decoder Card can be connected to play audio through the
PC’s sound card. Unplug your existing sound card cable from your CDROM
drive. Reconnect it to the Stradis card’s “CDROM OUT” connector. Plug another
cable into the Stradis card’s “CDROM IN” connector and plug the other end into
the CDROM drive. See photograph, page 8.
8. On the SDM275, external sync can be feed into JP5 or JP6, located in the upper
left corner of the card. JP3, nearby, selects between 75 ohm and Hi-Z
termination. See photograph, page 8.
9. Secure the Decoder Card into the expansion slot by replacing the screw removed
in step 5.
10. Replace the computer's cover and reconnect the power cables.
11. Proceed to “Installing the Device Drivers.”
