AOpen AW540 User Manual

AW540 Series Audio Card

User's Guide

- 1 -

Copyright/Disclaimer

Copyright

Copyright ? 1999 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language,
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of this company.

Disclaimer

This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or imp lied, with respect to the
contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular
purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove
defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the
entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any
defect in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make
changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or
changes.

All brands or product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective companies.

- 2 -

FCC Statement

FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

Notice 1:

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user's authority to operate the equipment.

Notice 2:

Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

- 3 -

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 FEATURES.........................................................................................................................................................5

1.2 COMPONENTS AND CONNECTING.................................................................................................................7

1.2.1 Components .................................................................................................................................................7

1.2.2 Connecting Peripherals ................................................................................................................................8

1.2.2.1 Audio Card Output Devices........................................................................................................................ 9

1.2.2.2 Audio Card S/PDIF Out Devices............................................................................................................... 10

1.2.2.3 Audio Card Input Devices.........................................................................................................................11

1.2.2.4 Audio Card MIDI/Joystick Devices............................................................................................................ 12

1.2.2.5 System Requirements............................................................................................................................... 12

2. INSTALLATION

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................................13

2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................................13

2.2.1 SETTING UP IN WINDOWS 95/98/ME ......................................................................................................14

2.2.2 SETTING UP IN WINDOWS NT4 0 .............................................................................................................19

2.2.2.1 Install MPU-401/Joystick Driver...........................................................................................................21

2.2.3 SETTING UP IN WINDOWS 2000..............................................................................................................22

3. APPLICATIONS

AOpen Drivers Live Update Wizard.................................................................................................................26

AOpen Digital CD Player..................................................................................................................................28

WinRip- MP3 Player/Encoder/Ripper ...............................................................................................................29

AOpen Music Center........................................................................................................................................29

4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT.........................................................................................................................................30

- 4 -

Features

1.1 Features

AOpen AW540 Series(AW540S-L, AW540, AW540 DELUXE..) with ForteMedia FM801-AU sound chip inside is an
advanced audio controller for the PCI Bus. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft DirectX and Thousands of
games to provide highest hardware compatibility for numerous PC games environment.

AW540 Series with Yamaha SoftwareSynthesizer S-YXG50 allows Software Driver to support 676 instruments
Sondius-XG Capital Synthesizer. The PCI audio engine converts the sampling rate of each audio stream and the streams
are mixed without utilizing the CPU or causing system latency. Its also supports DirectSound , Downloadable Sound (DLS)
and DirectMusic.

Legacy audio block supports FM Synthesizer, Sound Blaster Pro, MPU401 UART mode and Joystick function in order
to provide hardware compatibility on the PCI. In addition, AW540 Series supports consumer ICE958, Audio Digital
Interface(S/PDIF, excluded AW540-L), to connect external audio equipment by digital.

AW540 Series audio card has the following features:

Advanced technology support

?? PCI 2.2 Compliant
?? True Full Duplex Playback and Capture with Different Sampling Rate
?? Support 676 instruments Sondius-XG Capital Synthesizer including GM compatibility
?? Q3D positional audio with EAX technology support
?? DirectSound support
?? Downloadable Sound (DLS) level-1

- 5 -

Features

?? FM Synthesizer
?? Hardware Sound Blaster Pro compatibility
?? Supports Consumer IEC958 Output (S/PDIF OUT) (excluded AW540-L)
?? Supports Consumer IEC958 Input (CD Digital IN) (excluded AW540-L)
?? Supports External Optical/Coaxial S/PDIF IN Connector(For AW540 DELUXE only)

Software-controllable audio

?? Supports various audio devices all controllable through software
?? Adjusts master volume, CD audio, line-in, and microphone inputs

3D Surround Enhancement

?? Adjusts AC97 CODEC to enhance 3D Surround effect

Driver Support

?? Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me VXD driver
?? Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
?? Microsoft Windows 2000 driver
?? MS-DOS

- 6 -

1.2 Components and Connecting

1.2.1 Components

Components and Connecting

AW540

- 7 -

Components and Connecting

1.2.2 Connecting Peripherals

To fully utilize the card functions, it supports various ways to connect AW540 Series to peripheral devices. Figure 1.2
shows the different devices that you can connect to the sound card.

Audio Card Output Devices

1. Front Out

2. Rear Out

3. Center/Subwoofer

4. S/PDIF Out

5. Game/MIDI Port

Audio Card Input Devices

1. Line In

2. Microphone In

3. CD In

4. Auxiliary In

5. TAD In

Figure 1.2 Connecting Peripheral Devices

- 8 -

Components and Connecting

connect four speakers to the

Connect audio card to general

dio card to 2 sets of

.1

AW540 supports WAVE, MIDI,

games which support Microsoft

Positional

1.2.2.1 Audio Card Output Devices

AW540 suppl ies 2 analog output jacks (Front/Rear) that can maximum

sound card at the time. We illustrate three common connection types and display them below.

Type I

stereo speaker.

Type II

Connect au

stereo speakers.

Type III

Connect audio card to 5

speakers.

NOTE:

DirectSound or QSound
3D Technology for maximum 6
channels output.

- 9 -

Components and Connecting

Out port is available for Mini

top box etc. and support

1.2.2.2 Audio Card S/PDIF Out Devices

AW540 with the capabilities to process digital signals (compliant with IEC958).

S/PDIF Out Connector

The S/PDIF­Disk, LD player, set­48KHz sample rate digital signal.

- 10 -