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12. General Installation Tips:
The Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum card comes with a quick installation diskette that
will install both the DOS and Windows files necessary to use the sound card. The
process will automatically update the autoexec.bat and config.sys files and alter the
Windows SYSTEM.INI file. The installation process is transparent and seamless.
The process transfers an audio CD program for DOS named 'Musicbox' and an auxiliary
volume control utility 'PAS' (Pro Audio Spectrum). During the process, two CD Rom
packages are transferred to the hard disk drive: Compton's Family Encyclopedia and a
game 'Where in the world is Carmen San diego? - Deluxe Edition. Either package can
be run from the hard disk drive or from the CD ROM itself. Instructions on how to start
either package are displayed prior to ending the installation process.
The other two DOS entertainment packages, Wing Commander II and Ultima
UnderWorld, are not automatically loaded to the hard disk drive with the above process.
The games are transferred by mounting to the CD ROM, d:\, and running an installation
batch file. To install Wing Commander II, type d:\winstall. To install Ultima Underworld,
type d:\uinstall. Upon starting either game, the software prompts the user for hardware
configuration information. You pick the sound card you are going to use (Soundblaster
Compatible), the DMA channel (DMA 5), and whether to use Expanded Memory (Yes if
you want digital voice output). Wing Commander is started by typing WC2. Ultima
Underworld is started by typing UW.
For Windows applications, installation installs Pocket Recorder files to the Windows
sub-directory. Pocket Recorder is available from the Pocket Tools Program Group. To
use the CD ROM as an audio CD player it will be necessary to create a program item in
the Media Player Group. Instructions on how to install it are not forth-coming. The
procedure is available in the Utilities guide.
After the CD player is installed, using the device is as easy as using a standard audio
device. Volume, balance, bass and treble controls are available as well as track usage.
All functions worked flawlessly.
Note: There is a publically known compatibility issue recording a digital file from any
audio input device at a sampling rate of 44Khz. The problem is apparent on
various PC's. This issue is NOT a problem on this system. A large digital file
was created using Pocket Recorder and Pocket Mixer from Windows CD player.
The file was approximately 20Mb large after sampling a dynamic 'ROCK' source.
The conversion of the source signal to digital file is lengthy and should not be
interrupted while the icon is processing the file. Playback of the file rendered no
dropouts of the original material. The process is compatible on this system.
