Imagination Technologies SonicFury Installation Guide

Software and Installation Guide

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This manual was written by Bruce Murray. It is a product of VideoLogic Sytems, Imagination Technologies
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Third Edition 19 February 2001

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SonicFury Installation Guide

Contents

Introduction .............................................................................2

Installing SonicFury ...................................................................4

Using the VersaJack ...................................................................7

T echnical details .......................................................................8

T roubleshooting........................................................................ 9

Accessories ........................................................................... 10

Technical support .................................................................... 11

Index................................................................................... 12

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Documentation française sur le CD

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SonicFury Installation Guide

Introduction

Whether you want to create music, listen to MP3s, play games or enjoy home theatre surround
sound, SonicFury is the revolutionary new high-performance six-channel DSP-based sound card
that brings a new level of processing power and audio fidelity to your PC.

SonicFury's advanced DSP-based design provides full hardware acceleration for MP3 playback,
96 stream DirectSound acceleration and 64 hardware voices (1024 voices available in software)
for ultimate audio performance whatever your application. Engineered for the future, SonicFury's
powerful DSP (Digital Signal Processor) accelerator not only allows upgrades via software but
will prioritise its processing power depending on the task your PC is performing, optimizing
system performance by offloading MP3 playback and other audio tasks from your main
processor .

SonicFury can drive two, four or six (5.1) speakers for a sensational Dolby Digital home theatre
experience and comes with Sensaura 3D positional sound, for amazing in-game 3D sound
effects from 2 or 4 speakers or headphones. Its powerful DLS-compliant MIDI engine has a
professional quality 8MB sample set, unlimited voices and a wide range of effects.

The SonicFury CD bundle includes the driver software, the SonicFury control panel, and plenty of
games and demos to show off SonicFury’s 3D sound, including; full versions of Future Beat 3D
for 3D music creation; MusicMatch Jukebox MP3 encoder, player and database; Making W aves
professional sequencing software; Jet-Audio multimedia player; Yamaha Softsynth XG and XG
Studio; Voyetra Digital Orchestrator desktop recording studio; ACID XPress and SIREN XPress;
PCDJ PHAT MP3 mixing desk and Soft Karaoke.

This guide takes you through installing the SonicFury card and software, gives technical details
about the card, and offers troubleshooting advice and technical support. Read the rest of this
introduction, then go through the installation instructions to install the card.

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CD documentation

There is documentation on the CD that combines elements of this installation guide with further
technical details and any late-breaking information, plus a complete step-by-step technical
support guide.

To read it, you can browse to the following folder on the CD and, after you have installed
SonicFury, you can also run the CD to start the SonicFury Home Page, and select the
Documentation menu option.

• Windows 95 or 98 \Readme\Win9x\Read_Me.htm

• Windows NT 4.0 \Readme\WinNT\Read_Me.htm

• Windows 2000 \Readme\Win2K\Read_Me.htm

• Windows Me \Readme\WinME\Read_Me.htm

Minimum system requirements

To use SonicFury you need a Pentium 200 MMX PC or equivalent with 32 MB RAM, running
Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000 or Me which has a spare PCI 2.1 compliant expansion slot.
You also need headphones or powered loudspeakers.

Handling the card

Follow these guidelines to minimize the risk of electrostatic charges damaging the card:

• Keep the card in its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

• Just before handling the card, touch the metal frame of your PC with the back of your hand
to discharge any static electricity which may have built up on you or your clothes.

• Hold the card by the adapter bracket or by its edges; do not touch the circuit board.

• Do not place the card on top of your computer or on any other metal surface.

• Make sure that the card is not accidentally touched by anyone else.

• Handle the card with care to avoid damage to the components on the circuit board.

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