Installing Rhythmic Edge

CONNECTING TO YOUR RHYTHMIC EDGE SOUND CARD

Speakers

Connect your front speakers or headphones into the FRONT OUT stereo jack on the end bracket. Connect your rear/surround speakers to the REAR OUT stereo jack on the end bracket. If you are using a pair of digital (S/PDIF) speakers for your front or rear speakers then plug them into the S/PDIF Out phono jack as indicated below.

S/PDIF

To connect digital speakers, an AC3 or DTS decoder, receiver or other device to to the S/PDIF out of the sound card, plug it into the S/PDIF jack on the end bracket.

Line In, Mic In and MIDI/Joystick

External analog stereo sources with line level output can be connected to light blue 3.5mm stereo jack at the top of the sound card bracket. A microphone can be connected to the pink 3.5mm mono jack. An analog or digital joystick and/or MIDI devices can be connected to the large connector at the bottom of the bracket.

Internal Connections

Connectors for three line level analog inputs (Aux In,TAD, Analog CD In) are provided along the top of the sound card as indicated in the picture on page 16. Use the 4 pin CD audio cable to connect the analog audio output of your internal CD or DVD drive to the sound cards "Analog CD In" connector.

Replace computer cover and reconnect the power cable, monitor and other devices.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

WINDOWS® 95/98/Me/2000 INSTALLATION

Now that the hardware is installed, it is time to configure the drivers. Plug and Play uses your system’s BIOS and the Plug and Play features of Windows® 95/98/2000 to allocate resources for Philips Rhythmic Edge™.

Which version of Windows do you have?

Microsoft issued a maintenance release of Windows® 95 referred to as OSR2. This version shipped as the stock operating system on many PC’s. Newer and recently upgraded PC’s will have the Windows® 98 operating system. Other systems will have the original Windows® 95 or “Gold” version. The following procedure describes installation using Windows® 98/98SE. Windows® 2000 screens are slightly different but the procedure is the same as described. If you have older versions of Windows® 95 then the installation will be slightly different than described below.

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Philips PSC 703 Speakers, Line In, Mic In and MIDI/Joystick, Internal Connections, Windows 95/98/Me/2000 Installation

PSC 703 specifications

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