Philips 5.1 manual Installation of The New Sound Card, Quick Installation Guide, Step

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2. Installation of The New Sound Card

Installing your Philips Ultimate Edge soundcard is easy. Please take a moment to read all the

steps before proceeding with the installation. If you need more details, read through this user’s guide.

Note: Computers come in different shapes and sizes. The installation procedure in this manual is general in nature and you should compare the illustrations shown here with your computer hardware before starting your soundcard installation.

2.1. Quick Installation Guide

This Quick Installation Guide is provided for those who are very familiar with PC hardware and software and do not require detailed information to install new hardware. For more detailed explanation and step-by-step instructions, please refer to the Detailed Installation Guide section following this section.

2.1.1. Step 1

Disconnect the power cord and all the attachments from the PC. Remove any existing soundcard. The existing soundcard may be an add-on, or an on-board audio device. If it is on-board audio device, it must be disabled in BIOS. Remember to uninstall all audio drivers using either the uninstall program associated with the drivers, or use the one in the system Control Panel (Add or Remove Programs).

2.1.2. Step 2

Install the Ultimate Edge in one of the available PCI slots, preferably one that is away from the AGP slot. Installing the soundcard next to the AGP slot may cause resource conflicts in some computers.

2.1.3. Step 3

Install PSA2 HD drivers and user interface from the driver CD. Not installing PSA2 HD will limit the soundcard to stereo output only.

Attach at least a stereo self-powered PC speaker to the appropriate connectors on the

Ultimate Edge soundcard. Run PSA2 HD by double-clicking on the PSA2 HD icon in the system tray, and familiarize yourself with all the features of the control panels. Plenty of tool-tips have been provided to introduce and define various features of this easy to use user interface.

If there is no audio coming out of the speakers, run the speaker test from the “setup” tab in the “main control panel”. For more information refer to the Detailed Installation Section or the Troubleshooting sections of this document.

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