Altec Lansing ADA305 Instruction Manual

Software Requirements:
1. Pentium Processor 100 MHz or higher
2. 16 MB RAM
3. Windows 95 OSR2.0 or OSR2.1 with USB Support Installed, Win98
4. Sound card
5. USB host hub connector
6. 8 MB disk space
System Checks:
1. Verify that you have a USB port. This port will be located on the back of your PC.
a. See Figure 1. Note your PC may have only one USB port
2. If a USB port is not supplied then you can not use the Audio Management Software to control your ADA305
speaker system, although you can still use the ADA305 speaker system to hear exceptional quality sound.
Software Installation:
1. Start Windows.
2. Insert the ADA305 Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3. Connect the “Square” end of the USB Cable to the ADA305 subwoofer.
4. Connect the “Flat” end of the USB Cable to the PC’s USB port.
5. Windows should display “New hardware found” message.
6. If Windows does not display the New hardware found message, please do the following.
a. Type x:\Setup.exe where x: is you CD-ROM drive letter.
i) Right click on “My Computer.”
ii) Select “Properties” from the Popup Menu.
ii) Click the Device Manager Tab
ii) Locate the item “Universal serial bus controller.”
1. If you are using Windows 95 OSR2.0 or higher and can not locate this item, you need to install the
USB supplement. If you do not have the USB supplement, you may be able to obtain it from your system
manuafacturer. If you are unable to obtain the USB supplement, you may upgrade to Windows 98
which includes support for USB peripherals.
2. If you are using Windows 98, then Windows 98 is not installed correctly or you may need to contact
your system manufacturer about enabling the USB ports on your system.
b. Click Ok.
c. Follow the on screen prompts.
d. The PC should restart, upon restarting you should receive the New hardware found message,
then continue with step 7.
USB Port 1
USB Port 2
Figure 1
User Guide Altec Lansing
Computer Speaker System
ADA305 — Version 1.30
GUI (Graphic User Interface)
Installation/User Manual

2
e. If you do not receive the New hardware found message do the following.
i) Click Start | Settings | Control Panel
ii) Double click system.
iii) Look for Other devices in the device list.
iv) If there, click on the + sign to its left.
v) Look for “Universal Serial Bus Controller”, click on this item to select it.
vi) Click remove.
vii) Restart the PC.
viii)Continue with step 7.
7. Windows should display “Update device driver wizard” message.
8. Click Next.
9. If Windows displays the message “Windows was unable to locate a driver for this device” do the following,
otherwise skip to step 10.
a. Click Other Locations.
b. Windows should display “Select other location”.
c. Click Browse.
d. Locate and click on your CD-ROM drive letter.
e. Click Ok.
10. Windows should display the message “Windows found the following updated driver for this device”.
11. Click Finish.
12. Windows may ask for the driver disk to be inserted, if so click browse and select your CD-ROM drive, and click Ok.
13. Click Ok.
14. A Small gray icon representing 2 speakers should appear in the System tray. (see figure 6)
15. Click Start | Run
16. Type x:\Setup where x: is your CD-ROM drive letter.
17. Click Ok.
18. Follow on screen prompts.
GUI Operation:
1. You may start the GUI in one of the following manners.
a. Double click the AMS icon in the system tray. (see figure 6)
b. Click Start | Programs | Audio Management Software.
2. Menu choices.
a. File menu
i) Exit - Exits GUI
b. View menu
i) Toolbar — Toggles tool bar on \ off
ii) Status bar — Toggles status bar on \ off.
Toolbar
Figure 2
Status bar
Figure 3

3
iii) Popup — Toggles popup display on \ off.
— Enabling the popup will display the graphic below (figure 4) when adjusting the master volume on the
satellite speaker.
— Enabling the popup will also display the GUI (figure 7) if any of the function buttons located on the satellite
are pressed.
c. Help menu
i) Help topics — Start the ADA305 online help.
ii) About AMS — Display AMS about box.
3. GUI Controls (see figure 7)
a. Mute button — Toggles mute on \ off.
b. Volume Slider — Sliding to the left reduces master volume, to the right increases master volume.
c. Stereo button — Switches to stereo mode, causing the center and surround speakers in the GUI to disappear.
d. PL button — Switches to ProLogic mode, causing the center and surround speakers in the GUI to appear.
e. Noise button — Switches to noise mode, allowing for speaker level adjustment.
f. Speakers — Each speaker acts as a button to enable a popup slider to adjust the selected speaker volume.
4. Tool bar
5. Status bar - Displays information to the user. (see figure 3)
6. System Tray - Contains GUI Icon as shown below, among other system icons.
Removing the Audio Management Software
1.Click Start | Setting | Control Panel.
2.Click Add / remove programs.
3.Locate and click on the “Audio Management Software” item.
4.Click Add / Remove.
5.Follow on screen prompts.
Figure 4
Recall predefined
sports games preset.
Recall predefined
action games preset. Recall predefined
movies preset. Select preset 1. Select preset 3. Save selected preset.
ADA305
online help.
Recall predefined
music preset. Select preset 2. Select preset 4. Reset to defaults.
Stereo Mode Icon
ProLogic Mode Icon Noise Mode Icon
Figure 5
Figure 6

1-800-ALTEC-88
© 1998 Altec Lansing Technologies, Inc., Milford, PA 18337-0277
Audio Management Software GUI Quick Users Guide
Figure 7
Master Volume Slider, slide left
to decrease master volume, slide
right to increase master volume.
Stereo button,
click to switch
to Stereo mode.
ProLogic button,
click to switch to
ProLogic mode.
Inactive button,
unused.
Noise button,
click to switch
to Noise mode.
Right surround
speaker, click
to adjust
volume level.
Popup slider,
a slider
appears for
each speaker
when clicked
allowing its
volume to
be adjusted.
Right speaker,
click to adjust
volume level.
Close GUI.
Minimize GUI.
Help button,
click for help.
Reset button, click
to reset to defaults.
Save preset button,
click to save current
setting to selected
preset.
Preset button, click
to recall saved settings.
Music preset, click
to recall predefined
music settings.
Movies preset, click
to recall predefined
movie settings.
Sports games preset,
click to recall
predefined sports
game settings.
Action games
preset, click to
recall predefined
action game
settings.
Center speaker,
click to adjust
volume level.
Left speaker,
click to adjust
volume level.
Left surround
speaker, click
to adjust
volume level.
Mute button,
click to toggle
mute on / off.