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DIAMOND DT-688 PCI Sound Card

User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview

Installing the sound card

Appendix A. Hardware Information

FCC and CE Radiation Norm

FCC

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits

for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of Federal

Communication Commission (FCC) rules.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

of the European Council Directive on the approximation of the law of

the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility

(89/336/EEC) according to EN 55022 class B.

FCC and CE Compliance Statement

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

frequency interface in residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not

installed or used in accordance with the instructions, may cause

harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not occur in a television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and

on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by

one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

Increase the separation between the equipment and the

receiver

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

from that to which the receiver is connected to

CAUTION!

The Federal Communication Commission warns the user that changes or

modifications to the unit not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to

operate the equipment.

Overview

Features

Chipset :

. Diamond DT-688 audio chipset

System Interface :

. 32bit PCI Bus Master, PCI 2.1 / PCI 2.2 compliant

Hardware Interface :

. Newest single chip 5.1 channel PCI sound audio solution

. HRTF-base 3D positional audio, supporting DirectSound

3D, EAX™ and

A3D interface

Summary of content (9 pages)

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DIAMOND DT-688 PCI Sound Card User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Installing the sound card Appendix A. Hardware Information FCC and CE Radiation Norm FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules.
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. Karaoke system enabled . Supports multi-speaker output to 2 / 2.1 / 4 / 4.1 / 5.1 speakers . Support EAX™, Karaoke key, Echo… sound effects . High Performance Dual Game Port . MPU401 compatible MIDI interface & GM ® . Comply with Microsoft PC99 specification . DLS-base Wavetable music synthesizer . Fully Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro compatible and Direct Sound compatible Connector : . Front-Out, Rear-Out, Center & LFE, Line-In, MIC-In and Game/MIDI port . CD Audio, AUX Connector System Requirements .
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Layout of the DIAMOND DT-688 PCI Sound Card CD-IN Line-IN Mic-IN Front-Speaker Rear-Speaker Center/Subwoofer GAME/MIDI There are two sets of pins, one for Mitsumi standard and the other for Sony standard LINE-IN Connect to the audio output port of stereo Connect to the Microphone ( Mono ) Output to speakers with the amplifier or earphones or AUDIO-IN of home stereo Connect to the rear speakers while four/six channel speakers mode is enabled Connect to the center speaker and sub-woofer while six channel sp
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2. The message box will show “ Add New Hardware Wizard” and “ T his Wizard searches for new drivers for PCI Multimedia Audio Device” . Click “ C ancel ” . 3. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
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® Uninstalling the Sound card Driver for Windows 95/98/98SE 1. Click “ S tart ” . 2. Select “ Program ” . 3. Find “ U ninstall device drivers and application ” program in PCI audio applications. 4. Run it. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the device drivers or applications. ® Installing the Sound Card Driver under Windows Me 1. After hardware installation has been finished, power up your ® computer and wait for Windows Me to boot up. 2.
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2. The message box will show “ Found New Hardware Wizard ” Click “ C ancel ” . 3. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically.
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4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. ® Uninstalling the Sound card Driver for Windows 2000 1. Click “ S tart ” . 2. Select “ Program ” . 3. Find “ U ninstall device drivers and application ” program in PCI audio applications. 4. Run it. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the device drivers or applications.
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3. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. ® Uninstalling the Sound card Driver for Windows XP 1. Click “ S tart ” . 2. Select “ Program ” . 3. Find “ U ninstall device drivers and application ” program in PCI audio applications. 4. Run it. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the device drivers or applications.
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C. Other Application Setup Installing DIRECTX8.0 1. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM and double-click “ D irectX8.0.exe ” in Drive D. (If Drive D is your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive) 2. Follow the instruction on the screen to install software for PCI sound card. The multi-channel demo and audio rack require DirectX8.0. Installing Sound Application “ G amut 2000 ” 1. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM and double-click “ S etup.exe ” in the directory “ D:\Gamut2000\ ” .