TRUST SOUND EXPERT DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1
3
GB
1. Introduction
This instruction manual is intended for users of the Trust Sound Expert Digital Surround 5.1. Basic
knowledge of computers is necessary to be able to install this product. Please consult one of the Trust
Customer Care Centers if you have any problems. The last page of this electronic instruction manual, as well
as the back of the printed quick installation manual, contains more information about these Customer Care
Centers.
This PCI Audio Adapter offers a new generation PCI audio solution: it utilises the state-of-the-art CRL® 3D
Audio technology (HRTF 3D positional audio), and supports Microsoft® DirectSound ® 3D and Aureal®’s
A3D® interfaces. Better yet, it supports two / four speakers and DLS based (Downloadable Sound) wave
table music synthesiser, which supports the DirectMusic®. Besides being legacy audio SB pro® compatible
and providing professional SPDIF IN/OUT non-distortion digital interface, it also supports MPU-401 interface,
dual game ports, etc. What we provide at the side of the sound card are line-in/rear speaker jack,
microphone jack, audio output jack, SPDIF/OUT jack, and 15pin D-SUB multiplexed joystick/MIDI connector.
1.1
Conventions used in the manual
The following conventions have been used in the manual to indicate instructions:
<
key
>
here you should press a key. The name of the key is given between brackets.
‘
System
’
this is a specific term used in a program. These are terms used by, for example, Microsoft
Windows 98.
[
DIR
]
Type the text shown between brackets [….].
(term)
The text between the parentheses (….) is the English term, e.g. (File) used in the figure
referred to.
Extra information will be shown as follows:
NOTE
:
The examples assume that the letter "D" has been assigned to your CD-ROM drive. If your system uses a
different letter for your CD-ROM drive, for example "E", you should replace "D" by "E".
1.2
Contents of the box
Check the contents of the box. It should contain the following:
•
Soundcard
•
CD-ROM containing the drivers, applications and instruction manuals
•
Multilanguage quick installation manual
If anything is missing or damaged, please contact one of the Trust Customer Care Centers. You can find
more information at the back of this instruction manual.
1.3
Minimum system requirements
•
Pentium 166 MMX processor
•
32MB
RAM
•
Free 32bits PCI interface slot
•
8MB free HDD space (16MB recommended)
•
4-speed CD-ROM drive
•
DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 or Windows 2000
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Stereo speaker set (preferred 5.1 channel speaker set)
