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  • Page 1 ™ Dynamic Edge ™ PSC604 with PSA2 User’s Guide PHILIPS Philips Sound Solutions August 2002...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK OR OTHER RIGHT OF THIRD PARTIES. Updated This license does not grant you the right to any upgrades or updates of the Licensed Software. However, Philips will be entitled to offer updates and/or modifications to the Licensed Software at its discretion.
  • Page 3 © Copyright 2002 Dynamic Edge™ is a trademark of Philips Sound Solutions. Philips Sound Agent2™ is a trademark of Philips Sound Solutions. QSound™, QEM™, QSound Environment Modeling, QSound Multi-Speaker Systems, QMSS™, Q3D™, QSound QXpander™, QInteractive3D™, Audio Pix™, and the Q logo are trademarks of QSound Labs, Inc.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Installing the New Soundcard ... 12 2.2.1. Soundcard External Connection... 13 2.3. Software Installation ... 14 3. Using The Philips Sound Agent 2 (PSA2) ...15 3.1. Basic interface operation ... 15 3.2. Details of Compact Control Panel ... 16 3.2.1.
  • Page 5 Philips Sound Solutions 3.3.2.2. QRumble... 20 3.3.2.3. Normalization ... 20 3.3.2.4. 3D Effects ... 20 3.3.3. Equalizer Tab... 21 3.3.4. Setup Tab ... 21 3.3.4.1. Headphones... 22 3.3.4.2. Stereo Speakers ... 22 3.3.4.3. Quad Speakers mode ... 22 3.3.4.4. Digital Output (S/PDIF)... 22 3.3.4.4.1...
  • Page 6 Philips Sound Solutions 5.1. Internet Address: ... 31 5.2. Technical Support Information: ... 31 5.3. Warranty Statement... 32 6. Appendix A ...34 6.1. Useful Tips For Speaker set-up, And More ... 34 6.1.1. Ideal Listening Scenario (Speakers)... 34 6.2. Ideal Listening Scenario (Headphones) ... 34 6.2.1.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    All controls, effects, and enhancements are bundled into a new unified graphical audio control center, Philips Sound Agent 2. The new Philips Sound Agent 2 includes a full suite of studio quality audio DSP processes that automatically add features, depth, and richness to all audio sources: ★...

  • Page 8: Key Features

    Philips Sound Solutions 1.1. KEY FEATURES Gaming and Music-centric audio components transform your PC into an advanced digital audio processor! QInteractive3D technology offers precise 3D sound positioning with all headphone and speaker output configurations and is compatible with DirectSound3D, EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0/I3D Level 2, A3D enabled games.

  • Page 9: Minimum System Requirements

    Philips Sound Solutions 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 233 MHz CPU 32 MB RAM One CD ROM Drive One open PCI slot 800 X 600 Screen resolution (1024 X 780 recommended) Headphones, or amplified speakers 35 MB of available hard drive space Windows®...

  • Page 10: What Is Included In The Package

    Philips Sound Solutions 1.3. What Is Included In the Package You will find the following items in your Dynamic Edge package: The Dynamic Edge Soundcard The Dynamic Edge installation CD The Dynamic Edge User’s Guide (on the installation CD) Quick Start Guide (QSG)

  • Page 11: Soundcard Installation Procedure

    Philips Sound Solutions 2. Soundcard Installation Procedure Installing your Philips Dynamic Edge soundcard is easy. Please take a moment to read all the steps before proceeding with the installation. The installation Video on this CD can provide you with a quick overview of how to install your new soundcard.

  • Page 12: Identify Your Old Pc Sound System

    Philips Sound Solutions 2.1.1. Identify Your Old PC Sound System Check the back of your computer in the area of PCI slots (usually toward the bottom (on the tower and mini tower cases) or to the right side (on desktop cases). All the connectors line up in one row on a 4-inch end bracket (similar to your Dynamic Edge end bracket).

  • Page 13: Uninstalling The Old Soundcard And Drivers

    Philips Sound Solutions 2.1.3. Uninstalling the Old Soundcard and Drivers Uninstall the drivers for any previously installed soundcards. This is very important and failure to do so may result in your Dynamic Edge soundcard not working properly. You should remove the drivers before you take the old soundcard out of your system.

  • Page 14: Installing The New Soundcard

    Philips Sound Solutions 2.2. Installing the New Soundcard Follow these steps to install the Dynamic Edge card (Figure 4). Remove the Dynamic Edge Soundcard from the anti-static bag. Align your soundcard with the selected PCI bus slot and firmly push it into the slot. Be sure the soundcard is aligned properly and fits snugly into the slot.

  • Page 15: Soundcard External Connection

    Philips Sound Solutions 2.2.1. Soundcard External Connection There are five jacks and one large D-connector (Game/Midi port) on the end bracket (see Figure 6 ). External analog stereo sources with line level output can be connected to light blue 3.5mm stereo jack at the top of the soundcard bracket.

  • Page 16: Software Installation

    CD and automatically bring up the application launch panel (see Figure 7). Click on the “Install Philips Soundcard Drivers” button and follow the directions on your screen. If for any reason the installation program is not launched from the CD, click on the Windows Start menu, and select Run.

  • Page 17: Using The Philips Sound Agent 2 (Psa2)

    Philips Sound Solutions 3. Using The Philips Sound Agent 2 (PSA2) PSA2 is the visual audio interface for the Dynamic Edge soundcard. 3.1. Basic interface operation To launch and setup your Sound Agent control panel, double click on the PSA2 icon in the System Tray (see Figure 8).

  • Page 18: Details Of Compact Control Panel

    Philips Sound Solutions The Main Control Panel is in the center of the expanded mode, and is covered by the Visualization Panel, which slides up and down. The Main Control panel provides access to advanced settings for most PSA2 controls, which are grouped in five separate tabs. To uncover the Main Control Panel, click on the pull down arrow at the bottom of the panel.

  • Page 19: Default

    Philips Sound Solutions 3.2.5. Default Pushing the Default button resets all controls to a predefined state. All effects except 3D & Reverb effects are turned off. Speaker mode selection and 3D effects remain unchanged. All playback mixer sliders except microphone are un-muted. Record sliders remain as set by user. Fader and volume sliders are set to their factory default levels, and Presets go to Neutral.
  • Page 20 Philips Sound Solutions 3.2.12. Toggles the 10-band Equalizer on and off. The button label lights up when the Equalizer is enabled. When the button is not activated the EQ remains inoperative. Dynamic Edge™ Soundcard User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Main Control Panel

    3.3. Main Control Panel 3.3.1. Accessing the Main Control Panel To access the Main Control Panel, first open the Philips Sound Agent 2 by double clicking the Sound Agent 2 icon in the system tray. See Figure 11. If only the bar-shaped Compact Control Panel is visible, you must expand it by clicking on the Resize button on the right hand corner, next to the Close icon.

  • Page 22: Qrumble

    Philips Sound Solutions QSizzle self-adjusts in real time according to frequency response of the input signal. This is different from the Equalizer, which is a fixed frequency processor. The Equalizer does not monitor the input signal or perform self-adjustment. The label QSizzle Active appears in illuminated text when QSizzle is enabled, and QSizzle Off when disabled.

  • Page 23: Equalizer Tab

    Philips Sound Solutions 3.3.3. Equalizer Tab The Equalizer (EQ) controls the frequency response of the system by increasing or decreasing the frequency response of ten independent frequency bands. This Equalizer works very much the same as the equalizers in high quality sound systems. Each slider controls the relative level of a band (range) of frequencies.

  • Page 24: Headphones

    3.3.4.4. Digital Output (S/PDIF) Philips Dynamic Edge soundcard features two digital inputs and one digital output. You can select either one of the inputs to come out either on the analog or digital (S/PDIF-Out) line. See Digital Input Sources under Mixer tab.

  • Page 25: Ac3/Dts Pass-Through

    Philips Sound Solutions 3.3.4.4.1 AC3/DTS Pass-Through Dynamic Edge passes AC3 or DTS digital audio data from a DVD to S/PDIF OUT. This feature allows you to play a DVD on your PC using a soft-DVD player, utilizing an external AC3/DTS decoder.

  • Page 26: Mixer Tab

    Philips Sound Solutions Figure 15 3.3.5. Mixer Tab Mixer Tabs allow you to select and control playback, recording, and S/PDIF input sources. 3.3.5.1. Playback source controls You can individually mute or un-mute as many playback sources as you wish. Volume sliders set the playback level for each source.

  • Page 27: Recording Source Control

    3.3.5.2. Recording Source Control Philips Dynamic Edge allows you to record sounds and music from various input sources. Select the Mixer tab, go to the bottom of the panel and click on “recording”. This panel enables you to select and control recording sources.

  • Page 28: Advanced Tab

    Philips Sound Solutions 3.3.5.3. Advanced Tab Your new soundcard has two digital input lines. They are located on top of the soundcard and can be accessed from inside the computer box. They are designed to be connected to your CD ROM and/ or DVD ROM drives.

  • Page 29: Presets Tab

    The Preset system enables you to save the state of your Philips Sound Agent 2 controls once you have adjusted them for a certain purpose, so you can bring back that entire settings in one click the next time you want to listen to a similar sound stream.

  • Page 30: Delete

    Philips Sound Solutions 3.3.6.4. Delete Deletes the selected preset permanently from the list. When you select one your presets and click on this button, a confirmation dialog box will appear and when you confirm by clicking the OK button, the preset will be removed from the list. This button does not work if you have selected one of the factory presets.

  • Page 31: Visualization Panel

    The Visualization Screen provides graphical representations of the environments that are created by Philips Sound Agent 2. It also contains two menus and one Reverb Intensity Slider. The selection menu on the right contains all the choices for Reverb environmental effects. The menu on the left contains the list of presets for various types of music.

  • Page 32: Uninstalling Software Drivers

    Philips Sound Solutions 4. Uninstalling Software Drivers If it becomes necessary to uninstall your Philips Dynamic Edge drivers, you can choose one of the two methods available. You may go to the system control panel and launch the “Add/Remove Programs” utility as shown in Figure 22 (from Windows XP). From the list of programs find Philips Sound Agent 2 and click on it so it is highlighted.

  • Page 33: Technical Support And Warranty

    Philips Sound Solutions 5. Technical Support And Warranty Before calling the technical support number please make sure you have the following information available: Model number and date of purchase. Computer type, processor speed, and memory available. Computer operating system (IE; Windows® 98SE, ME, etc.).

  • Page 34: Warranty Statement

    • A product used for commercial or institutional purposes. WHERE IS SERVICE AVAILABLE? Warranty service is available in all countries where the product is officially distributed by Philips Consumer Electronics. In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics does not distribute the product, the local Philips service organization will attempt to provide service (although there may be a delay if the appropriate spare parts and technical manual(s) are not readily available).
  • Page 35 Write the RMA number conspicuously on the outside of the product carton. Ship the product in its original carton and packaging material prepaid to the Philips repair center listed below. If you do not have the original carton and packaging material, call the number above. Philips will advise you on proper packaging and shipping procedures.

  • Page 36: Appendix A

    Philips Sound Solutions 6. Appendix A 6.1. Useful Tips For Speaker set-up, And More Following is some suggestions to help you set up your audio hardware for best results. 6.1.1. Ideal Listening Scenario (Speakers) The ideal way to experience proper imaging, whether stereo, surround, or 3D, is to begin by arranging each pair of speakers as symmetrically as possible.
  • Page 37 Philips Sound Solutions If each speaker has separate volume controls, try to set them as equally as possible. You can use the Philips Sound Agent 2 test utility to help you judge the volumes. This practice applies to headphones as well.

  • Page 38: Appendix B

    Philips Sound Solutions Appendix B Uninstalling the Old Drivers and the Soundcard Regardless of which one of the supported operating systems you have, the following general steps are used to remove the old drivers. It is recommended that you remove the drivers before you take the old soundcard out of your computer.

  • Page 39: Appendix C

    Philips Sound Solutions 8. Appendix C Disabling the Integrated Sound To disable the on-board audio you need to enter the system BIOS setup. Most computers only allow you to enter the setup right after power up and just before the operating system starts loading.

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