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5. Use the screw removed earlier from the protective backplate to attach the
metal bracket at the back of the Gina card to the computer’s rear panel.
6. Replace the computer’s cover and secure it. Reattach its power supply
cord and reconnect any peripherals that you may have removed prior to
beginning the Gina installation.
7. Locate the Gina audio breakout box and the 25-pin audio connector cable.
Place the breakout box near your computer in a convenient location on a
level surface. Plug one end of the cable into the 25-pin connector on the
Gina card that now protrudes through the back panel of your computer,
and secure the cable using the built-in screws located on both sides of the
connector. Attach the other end of the cable to the rear of the audio
breakout box and fasten the cable securely with the screws.
NOTE: The cable included with your Gina system is a
shielded audio cable that has been custom manufactured to
exacting standards. Use of any other cable, such as a
computer printer cable, will result in unacceptably high
crosstalk and noise, thereby substantially reducing the
system’s overall audio quality. If longer cable lengths are
required, the correct approach is to extend the audio cables
between the Gina breakout box and your mixer/amplifier
rather than the cable between the breakout box and the
PCI card.
8. You can now attach external audio devices to the breakout box. Gina can
accommodate two analog input signals and can generate eight
independent analog output signals. In addition, Gina provides stereo
S/PDIF digital input and output. The S/PDIF jacks are located on the
Gina PCI card itself. The upper (white) jack is used for output, the lower
(red) jack for input. (NOTE: When connecting devices to the S/PDIF
jacks on Gina, do not use standard RCA audio cables. For reliable S/PDIF
operation, 75ohm coaxial video cables are recommended).
All of the analog and digital inputs and outputs on Gina are simultaneously
active, allowing you to record up to four channels of audio (two analog and
two digital) while playing back ten channels (eight analog and two digital).
