OPTi 82C929 MAD16 PRO User manual

82C929
MAD16 PRO 16-Bit Audio Card
User's Manual
July, 1994
Version 1.0

82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card
ii 913-0000-000 Revision 1.0 July, 1994
Table of Contents
1. GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................................................1
1.1. ABOUT THE MAD16 PRO AUDIO CARD....................................................................1
1.2. MAD16 PRO FEATURE LIST.....................................................................................1
1.3. WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE?....................................................................................2
1.4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................................2
1.5. DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS.......................................................................................2
1.6. LATEST INFORMATION .............................................................................................3
1.7. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION AND OVERVIEW OF SOUND CARD...................................3
2. INSTALLING THE SOUND CARD AND RELATED SOFTWARE................................5
2.1. INSTALLING THE SOUND CARD.................................................................................5
2.2. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR DOS AND WINDOWS.............................................5
3. TESTING AND CONFIGURING THE SOUND CARD.....................................................8
3.1. OVERVIEW OF SNDINIT TESTING AND CONFIGURATION PROGRAM............................8
3.2. TESTING AND CONFIGURING THE SOUND CARD.........................................................8
3.3. CONFIGURING YOUR SOUND CARD FOR GAMES IN DOS...........................................11
3.4. CONFIGURING YOUR SOUND CARD TO INTERFACE WITH THE CD-ROM DRIVE .......12
4. MEMORY RESIDENT VOLUME CONTROL UTILITY...............................................14
4.1. VOLUME TSR PROGRAM DEFINED..........................................................................14
4.2. MEMORY RESIDENT KARAOKE CONTROL UTILITY .................................................14
5. SETTING UP THE CD-ROM INTERFACE TO YOUR SOUND CARD .......................15
5.1. OVERVIEW OF THE MAD16 PRO CD-ROM INTERFACE..........................................15
5.2. CONNECTING A SONY CD-ROM DRIVE ................................................................16
5.3. CONNECTING A MITSUMI CD-ROM DRIVE TO MAD16 SOUND CARD....................16
5.4. CONNECTING A PANASONIC CD-ROM DRIVE.........................................................17
6. CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES TO YOUR SOUND CARD .............................19
6.1. CONNECTORS ON THE MAD16 PRO AUDIO CARD...................................................19
6.2. CONNECTING A PAIR OF SPEAKERS OR A HEADPHONE SET TO MAD16 PRO..........19
6.3. CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES TO THE LINE-OUT CONNECTOR.........................19
6.4. CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES TO THE LINE-IN CONNECTOR ............................20
6.5. CONNECTING A MICROPHONE................................................................................20
6.6. CONNECTING A JOYSTICK.......................................................................................20
6.7. CONNECTING A MIDI INSTRUMENT........................................................................20
6.8. CONNECTING A WAVETABLE SYNTHESIZER DAUGHTER BOARD .............................20
7. CHANGING SOUND CARD CONFIGURATIONS IN WINDOWS...............................21
7.1. USING THE DRIVERS ICON IN CONTROL PANEL .......................................................21
7.2. ADVNANCE SETTINGS IN WINDOWS .......................................................................23
7.2.1. USE SINGLE MODE DMA........................................................................23
7.2.2. DMA BUFFER SIZE..................................................................................23
8. TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................................................................24
8.1. RESOLVING HARDWARE CONFLICTS.......................................................................24
8.2. COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS .......................................25
9. INDEX.................................................................................................................................30

User’s Manual
July, 1994 913-0000-000 Revision 1.0 1
1. Getting Started
1.1. About the MAD16 Pro Audio Card
The MAD16 (MediaChips 16-Bit Audio Controller) is a 16-bit stereo sound card. It
incorporates the best features of Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound
System, Ad Lib, MPU401 and more. MAD16 Pro is an integrated chip that coordinates
all the interfaces on the card to provide crisp CD quality sound and music.
You can run thousands of Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro compatible games and
applications, plus rapidly growing numbers of Windows business applications that are
compatible to Windows Sound System.
The multiple CD-ROM interface on MAD16 Pro supports SONY, Mitsumi and Panasonic
and IDE CD-ROM drives. Now you can run thousands of exciting multimedia applications
on CDs.
1.2. MAD16 Pro Feature List
The MAD16 Pro Sound card includes the following features:
Wave Audio - Maximum recording and playback sampling rate of up to 44.1 kHz stereo,
16-bit digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converter, 16-bit and 8-bit digitizing in stereo
and mono mode
20 - voice FM Music Synthesizer - Yamaha OPL3 FM Synthesizer technology - Plays up
to 20 instruments simultaneously to deliver a high quality of rich and crisp music
Digital / Analog Mixer - Stereo analog mixing from CD-audio, Line-In, FM music &
Digitized voice, Stereo digital mixing from microphone, line-in, CD-audio and line-out,
Master volume control
Built-in Stereo Power Amplifier - 4-watt per channel stereo power amplifier
MIDI Interface / Joystick Port - Built-in integrated MIDI UART interface with
MPU401, IBM PC joystick / game port
CD-ROM Interfaces - CD-ROM interfaces for Mitsumi LU005 / FX001 /FX001D,
Panasonic 522/523, 562/563, SONY CDU 31A/33A, IDE CD-ROM Drive and CD Audio
In Connectors
Other Interfaces - Wave table synthesizer with Wave Blaster interface, Speakers Out,
Line Out, Line In, and Microphone In.

82C929 MAD16Pro Audio Card
2913-0000-000 Revision 1.0 July, 1994
1.3. What is in your package?
You should have the following items in your package:
• MAD16 Pro Audio Card
• MAD16 Pro Installation Disk
• MAD16 Pro User Reference Guide
1.4. System Requirements
The system requirements for using MAD16 Pro Audio Card are:
• IBM - compatible computer models AT, 286, 386, 486, PS/2 (model 25/30) and
compatibles
• 2MB RAM ( 4MB RAM for Windows 3.1 applications
• VGA or SVGA
• 2 MB of free hard disk space for installing all MAD16 Pro software
• MS DOS or PC DOS 3.1 or later
• Windows 3.1 if you intend to run games and applications in Windows
• External speakers, Microphone and Headphones ( optional )
1.5. Document Conventions
Convention Description
bold Bold type is used to indicate an option.
bold italic Bold italic type is used to indicate a directory name or file name.
BOLD UPPERCASE Bold uppercase type is used to denote text you enter.
IMPORTANT This symbol indicates information that might be important to
some users.
CAUTION This symbol indicates important information the users need to
know to avoid software or hardware damages.
<KEY> This symbol indicates a key to press.
!This symbol indicates a warning message.

User’s Manual
July, 1994 913-0000-000 Revision 1.0 3
1.6. Latest Information
Please read the readme.txt file in the Installation Disk for any changes made after this
manual was written. Insert the Installation Disk into drive A.
Enter TYPE README.TXT|MORE. Press the <ENTER> key. Press the <ENTER>
key again to move to the next page. You can also print the file if you have a printer.
1.7. Default Configuration and Overview of Sound Card
MAD16 Pro sound Card supports both Sound Blaster Pro as well as Windows Sound
System applications. The card is in Sound Blaster Pro mode when the system is booted up.
It switches to Windows Sound System mode when Windows is launched.
The default configuration of MAD16 Pro is as follows:
Mode: Sound Blaster Pro
Interrupt request line: 5
DMA Channel : 1
I/O Port Address: 220H
CD-ROM Interface: None
The Interrupt Request line (IRQ), DMA channel, and I/O port address of the MAD16 Pro
sound card are all software selectable. You can run the configuration program,
sndinit.exe, to change the configuration. The type of CD-ROM drive interface, as well as
the I/O Port Address, IRQ and DMA channel of the CD-ROM drive interface are also
software programmable through sndinit.
!
!Warning. To avoid temporary or permanent hearing loss or impairment due to
unexpected noise or static, always hold your headphones away from your ears before
putting them on.
Please note that there are two sets of DMA channel , IRQ channel,
and I/O Port Address. One set is for the sound card, and another
set is for the CD-ROM interface. The DMA channel, IRQ, and I/O
Port Address of the sound card must be different from those of the
CD-ROM interface or else there will be a hardware conflicts.