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- COMMON QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- ==========================
-
- This file contains answers to some commonly-asked questions. Please
- go through all the sections below when you encounter a problem before
- calling Technical Support.
-
- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. Installing Windows 3.1 drivers for Phone Blaster
- 1.1 Setup Windows 3.1 drivers again
- 1.2 Using DRIVER applet in Control Panel (OEMSETUP.INF)
- 1.3 General
-
- 2. "Block Type 9 Not Recognized" error with Voice Editor II
-
- 3. Changing Hardware configuration
- 3.1 DMA conflict with Adaptec 1542 card
-
- 4. DOS drivers (CTSB16.SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS)
- 4.1 Uses of the DOS drivers
- 4.2 Bypass loading the DOS drivers
- 4.3 Loading the DOS drivers
-
- 5. CD-ROM drive
- 5.1 Installing [MCI] CDAudio driver
- 5.2 MSCDEX settings for additional CD-ROM drives using different
- device drivers
-
- 6. General
- 6.1 Eliminating unwanted noises
- 6.2 Audio sources setting
- 6.3 Playback digitized sound smoothly
- 6.4 Error message appears when winsetup.exe runs
-
-
- 1. INSTALLING WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS FOR PHONE BLASTER
-
- 1.1 SETUP WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS AGAIN
-
- Q1. How can I setup my Windows 3.1 drivers again.
-
- A1. You may setup Windows 3.1 drivers again by running INSTALL from
- your Phone Blaster directory at the DOS prompt. Select "Setup
- Windows" and follow the instructions on the screen to complete
- the setup.
-
-
- 1.2 USING DRIVER APPLET IN CONTROL PANEL (OEMSETUP.INF)
-
- Q1. My drivers are not installed when I use the driver applet in
- Control Panel to add the drivers. What do I do?
-
- A1. Before you choose to add any drivers, you should first remove
- all the existing Sound Blaster drivers shown in the "Installed
- Drivers List" and then restart Windows. Chances are existing
- versions of Sound Blaster drivers are installed when you
- start-up Windows and cannot be over-written. You must also
- restart Windows after adding all the drivers for these new
- drivers to take effect. Refer to your Windows User Reference
- Manual for more detail on the Driver applet.
-
-
- 1.3 GENERAL
-
- Q1. No matter what I try, I can't get sound in Windows. What
- should I do to fix it?
-
- A1. Here are some points you can check:
-
- a. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express Installation",
- Windows scanned your hard disk for programs to be installed.
- As a result, older versions of the Sound Blaster applications
- may have been installed if they were on your hard disk at the
- time of installation. Please remove these icons. To do this,
- click on the icon once to select it, then press the delete key.
- Windows will ask you for confirmation. Repeat the above
- procedure for each icon.
-
- b. Open the Driver applet in Control panel. You should at least
- have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list:
-
- Voyetra / Sound Blaster SuperSAPI FM Driver
- Creative Sound Blaster 16 Auxiliary Audio
- Creative Sound Blaster 16 Wave and MIDI
- MIDI Mapper
- Timer
- [MCI] CD Audio ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives
- [MCI] MIDI Sequencer
- [MCI] Sound
-
- If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install the
- driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See your
- Windows manual for more details).
-
- c. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu of the
- Program Manager and typing NOTEPAD SYSTEM.INI in the command
- line box. Examine the [boot], [drivers] and [sndblst.drv]
- sections. They should look something like this:
-
- [boot]
- drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll
-
- [drivers]
- Timer=timer.drv
- Midimapper=midimap.drv
- Aux=sb16aux.drv
- MIDI=sb16fm.drv
- Wave=sb16snd.drv
- MIDI1=sb16snd.drv
- mixer=sb16aux.drv
-
- [sndblst.drv]
- port=220
- int=5
- dmachannel=1
- hdmachannel=5
- MIDIport=330
-
- d. If Windows refuses to install a device driver or if you get the
- error message "Device not found" when playing a Wave or MIDI
- file, or a CD, be sure that you have the following settings in
- the [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI.
-
- [mci]
- WaveAudio=mciwave.drv
- Sequencer=mciseq.drv
- CDAudio=mcicda.drv ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives
-
- If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install the
- driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See your
- Windows manual for instructions). Do not type in the entries
- into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have to be expanded and
- installed into your SYSTEM directory by Windows.
-
-
- 2. "BLOCK TYPE 9 NOT RECOGNIZED" ERROR WITH VOICE EDITOR II
-
- Q1. "Block Type 9 Not Recognized" error is encountered when using
- the program VEDIT2.EXE in Sound Blaster Pro package with the
- Phone Blaster card. DO I have a corrupted file?
-
- A1. VEDIT2.EXE Version 2.10 or earlier does not support 16 bit
- ("block type 9") data when using the Phone Blaster card. You
- can still perform recording provided you select "Record to
- Disk" option instead of "Record to Memory".
-
-
- 3. CHANGING HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
-
- 3.1 DMA CONFLICT WITH ADAPTEC 1542 CARD
-
- Q1. How can I reconfigure my Phone Blaster if I have an Adaptec
- 1542 card using DMA 5?
-
- A1. To avoid DMA conflicts between your Phone Blaster and the
- Adaptec 1542 card which is using DMA 5, you may change the
- Phone Blaster's DMA from 5 to either 6 or 7. Run DIAGNOSE.EXE
- and follow the program's instruction to complete the setup.
-
-
- 4. DOS DRIVERS (CTSB16.SYS AND CTMMSYS.SYS)
-
- 4.1 USES OF THE DOS DRIVERS
-
- Q1. Which Phone Blaster applications require the DOS drivers
- CTSB16.SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS to be loaded?
-
- A1. These apllications require the DOS drivers to be loaded:
-
- PLAY.EXE
- RECORD.EXE
- QSDEMO.EXE (for audio card with Advanced Signal Processor)
- QSALIGN.EXE (for audio card with Advanced Signal Processor)
-
-
- 4.2 BYPASS LOADING THE DOS DRIVERS
-
- Q1. I do not wish to load the DOS drivers CTSB16.SYS and
- CTMMSYS.SYS at system startup. What should I do?
-
- A1. To bypass the loading of the DOS drivers CTSB16.SYS and
- CTMMSYS.SYS, press the ALT key during system starts up.
-
- Or, you can use a text editor to REM the following lines in
- your CONFIG.SYS file. These lines load the DOS drivers at
- system startup.
-
- DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5
-
- DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
-
-
- 4.3 LOADING THE DOS DRIVERS
-
- Q1. I would like load the DOS drivers CTSB16.SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS
- everytime at system startup, What should I do to put the
- entries in my CONFIG.SYS file?
-
- A1. Run the program DIAGNOSE in your Phone Blaster directory with a
- /A parameter. To do that:
-
- 1) Change to your Phone Blaster directory.
- 2) Type "DIAGNOSE /A" and press Enter.
-
-
- 5. CD-ROM DRIVE
-
- 5.1 INSTALLING [MCI] CD AUDIO DRIVER
-
- Q1. How do I install the [MCI] CD Audio driver?
-
- A1. To install the [MCI] CD Audio driver:
-
- 1. Double-click the Control Panel in the Main group window.
- 2. Double-click Drivers in the Control Panel.
- 3. Choose "Add..." from the Drivers dialog box.
- 4. Select [MCI] CD Audio from the Add dialog box.
- 5. Choose "OK".
- 6. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
-
-
- 5.2 MSCDEX SETTINGS FOR ADDITIONAL CD-ROM DRIVES USING DIFFERENT
- DEVICE DRIVERS
-
- Q1. How should I specify the settings for the MSCDEX driver when
- I have more than one CD-ROM drive (each one using different
- device drivers) in my system?
-
- A1. An example of the MSCDEX settings for two CD-ROM drives using
- different device drivers is as follows:
-
- C:\SB16\DRV\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /D:MSCD002 /V /M:15
-
- "MSCD001" and "MSCD002" are the CD-ROM device names. These
- names must be the same as the CD-ROM device driver's names in
- the CONFIG.SYS file for example:
-
- DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\SBCD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220
- DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\SLCD.SYS /D:MSCD002 /B:250 /M:P /V /C
-
- Where: SBCD.SYS is the driver for a Creative CD-ROM drive
- connected to a Sound Blaster audio card at address 220H
- and SLCD.SYS is the driver for a SONY CD-ROM drive
- connected to another CD-ROM interface card at address
- 250H.
-
-
- 6. GENERAL
-
- 6.1 ELIMINATING UNWANTED NOISES
-
- Q1. When I record in either Windows or DOS, it hisses a lot. What
- can I do?
-
- A1. Using the mixer, adjust the recording volume for your input
- source to the optimal level. Bringing the record level close
- to maximum will help to produce noise-free recordings. Also,
- set the record level for other input sources to zero. This
- ensures that the only recording is from sources that you want
- to record.
-
- Q2. I just upgraded from SB Pro to the Phone Blaster and now some
- of my games sound hissy. Do I need to return the Phone Blaster
- for replacement?
-
- A2. The high quality 16-bit CODEC plays back every detail of the
- 8-bit sample including the coarse resolution of the staircase
- waveform. Hearing the "hissing sound" is like seeing all the
- sharp edges of a 320x240 picture on a very sharp 1280x1024
- monitor.
-
-
- 6.2 AUDIO SOURCE SETTINGS
-
- Q1. I can't hear anything from the speakers, but when I run the
- diagnostic program, it sounds okay. What do I do?
-
- A1. Check the mixer settings for the various sources. Use the
- programs SB16SET.EXE in DOS or CTMIXER.EXE in Windows to adjust
- the settings to a higher level.
-
-
- 6.3 ELIMINATING JERKY DIGITIZED SOUND PLAYBACK
-
- Q1. The playback sounds jerky. Is my card defective ?
-
- A1. If you are in Windows, this may be due to your choice of
- Windows swap file. Temporary swap file tends to be fragmented
- causing jerky playback. If possible, use a permanent swap file
- to eliminate this problem. Refer to your Windows manual for
- instructions on creating a permanent swap file.
-
- Loading a disk cache program such as SMARTDRV will also
- eliminate this problem. To load SMARTDRV, refer to your DOS or
- Windows manual for instructions.
-
-
- 6.4 ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN WINSETUP.EXE RUNS
-
- Q1. When I start Windows and WINSETUP runs, it gives me a dialog
- box saying it can't find the environment.
-
- A1. The BLASTER environment is not set or is incorrectly set. This
- program requires that your BLASTER environment is set correctly
- and tallies with your Phone Blaster. You can type "SET" at DOS
- prompt to check the environment settings. To ensure that it
- tallies with your Phone Blaster, run the program DIAGNOSE.EXE
- from your Phone Blaster directory.
-
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