Page 2 - SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide ii SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT THIS SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (THIS “AGREEMENT”) IS A LEGAL AND BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY) AND PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, with OF...
Page 4 - Philips Ultimate EdgeTM; Channel Soundcard
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide iv Philips Ultimate Edge™ 5.1 Channel Soundcard © Copyright 2004 PSC724™ and Philips Ultimate Edge™ are trademarks of Philips Sound Solutions. Philips Sound Agent 2 HD™, Sound Agent 2 HD™, and PSA2 HD™ are trademarks of Philips Sound S...
Page 5 - Table Of Contents
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide v Table Of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 1 1.1. KEY FEATURES ...........................................................................................
Page 8 - KEY FEATURES; Sound Agent 2 HDTM 24-bit Audio Control Center:
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 2 1.1. KEY FEATURES Professional grade audio components transform your computer into an advanced digital audio processor! • Front output external speaker jack (Left/Right) – 24-bit / 96KHz • Surround output external speaker jack (Left/...
Page 9 - Minimum System Requirements; Audio Performance
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 3 1.2. Minimum System Requirements Genuine Intel Pentium III 450 MHz or faster 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) One CD-ROM Drive 800 x 600 screen resolution (1024 x 768 recommended) 20 MB of available hard drive space PCI 2.2 compliant s...
Page 10 - Installation of The New Sound Card; Quick Installation Guide; Step 1
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 4 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 gui...
Page 11 - Detailed Installation Guide; Before Installing the New Soundcard
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 5 2.2. Detailed Installation Guide Please have the PC and the old soundcard documents at hand. Refer to them for the removal or disabling the existing soundcard on your PC. 2.2.1. Before Installing the New Soundcard Before starting the...
Page 12 - Disabling the Integrated Sound
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 6 If the sound system is integrated on the motherboard, usually, the connectors are similar to the add-on card, but they are not on a bracket. They might be stacked up in one or two rows. Figure 2 shows examples of on-board audio conne...
Page 15 - Installing the New Soundcard
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 9 2.2.5. Installing the New Soundcard Follow these steps to install the Ultimate Edge soundcard. See Figure 4. • Remove the Ultimate Edge soundcard from the anti-static bag. • Align the soundcard with the selected PCI bus slot and firm...
Page 16 - Speaker Connection; Digital Speakers
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 10 Figure 5 2.2.6. Speaker Connection You need to have a set of self-powered speakers. Self-powered means that the speakers have their own power supply that plugs into an AC outlet or use batteries. It is strongly recommended that you ...
Page 17 - Software Installation
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 11 Figure 6 After connecting the speakers, run the speaker test utility to ensure proper connection. Click on the setup tab in the Main control panel, and then click on the Test button. For more information refer to the Setup tab secti...
Page 18 - The Philips Sound Agent 2 HD; Basic Interface Operation
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 12 3. The Philips Sound Agent 2 HD The Philips Sound Agent 2 is a Graphical User Interface that provides all the unique and powerful features of the Ultimate Edge Soundcard. The PSA2 HD and the soundcard have the intelligence to detect...
Page 20 - Compact Control Panel
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 14 3.2. Compact Control Panel The Compact Control Panel contains the following controls: Mute Button Resize Button Close Button Figure 9 Master Volume Master Volume controls the overall output level of the sound system. This volume con...
Page 21 - QSizzle
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 15 QSizzle Toggles the QSizzle effect. When on, enhances the mid/high frequency range of a digitally compressed audio stream. The button label illuminates when QSizzle is enabled. QRumble Toggles the QRumble effect. When on, it enhance...
Page 22 - Main Control Panel; Effects Tab
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 16 3.3. Main Control Panel The Main Control Panel is in the center of the expanded mode, and it provides access to advanced settings for most PSA2 HD controls, which are grouped in five separate tabs. See Figure 10. If only the Compact...
Page 23 - Normalization
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 17 QRumble responds in real time to the varying nature of the input signal, automatically adjusting itself accordingly. This is very different from the Equalizer, which is a static frequency processor. The Equalizer does not monitor th...
Page 24 - Equalizer Tab
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 18 3.3.2. Equalizer Tab The Equalizer (EQ) controls the frequency response of the system by increasing or decreasing the frequency response of ten independent frequency bands. This Equalizer works very much the same as the equalizers i...
Page 25 - Setup Tab; Speaker Test Utility
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 19 3.3.3. Setup Tab Located under the setup tab is a speaker configuration panel and other critical audio controls. This tab contains the controls to select and configure the speaker mode based on the type and number of speakers you ha...
Page 26 - If you have only two speakers connect to the Front output jack.
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 20 Preamp Slider The Preamp Level control allows you to boost the input audio signal before it is processed by the PSA2 HD. It has a similar effect as the master volume, but should not be used instead of it. The Preamp can be particula...
Page 27 - Mixer Tab; Playback source controls; Recording Source Control
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 21 3.3.4. Mixer Tab Mixer controls allow you to select and control playback and recording input sources. 3.3.4.1. Playback source controls You can individually mute or un-mute as many playback sources as you wish. Volume sliders set th...
Page 28 - Advanced Mixer Sub-Tab
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 22 Figure 15 Before you start recording, you need to configure the recording source. Select a source by clicking the appropriate “Select” button. Each source has its own level and balance controls. To set each slider in its default pos...
Page 29 - Listen To Analog Inputs; this button will also activate the 3D Effects function.
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 23 HI-SR(96KHz) Selecting the HI-SR (High Sample Rate) button will enable 96KHz sample rate for both input and output from the Ultimate Edge. When you enable HI-SR on the Ultimate Edge: - Input streams are sampled at 96kHz and processe...
Page 30 - Presets Tab; Load
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 24 3.3.5. Presets Tab The Preset functions enable you to make snapshots of the state of all Philips Sound Agent 2 controls, so that you can conveniently reload the same settings at any time. Figure 17 The Preset system enables you to s...
Page 31 - Info Tab
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 25 Deletes the selected preset permanently from the list. When you select one your presets and click on this button, a confirmation dialog box will appear and when you confirm by clicking the OK button, the preset will be removed from ...
Page 32 - Visualization Control Panel
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 26 3.4. Visualization Control Panel The Visualization Control Panel provides a graphical representation of the environments and effects that are created by Sound Agent 2. It also contains two drop-down menus and the Reverb Intensity Sl...
Page 33 - Uninstalling PSA2 HD
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 27 4. Uninstalling PSA2 HD If for any reason it becomes necessary to uninstall the PSA2 HD drivers, you can choose one of two available methods. You may go to the system control panel and launch the “Add/Remove Programs” utility as sho...
Page 34 - Technical Support And Warranty; Technical Support Information:
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 28 5. Technical Support And Warranty Before calling the technical support number please make sure you have the following information available: • Model number and date of purchase. • Computer type, processor speed, and available memory...
Page 35 - Useful Tips For Speaker setup
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 29 6. Appendix A Useful Tips For Speaker setup Following is some suggestions to help you set up your speakers for best results. 6.1. Ideal Listening Scenario (Speakers) The ideal way to experience proper imaging, whether stereo, surrou...
Page 36 - Uninstalling the Old Drivers and the Soundcard
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 30 7. Appendix B Uninstalling the Old Drivers and the Soundcard Regardless of which one of the supported operating systems you have, the following general steps are used to remove the old drivers. It is recommended that you remove the ...
Page 38 - Troubleshooting; No Sound is coming out
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 32 9. Appendix D Troubleshooting This appendix covers some of the basic mistakes and pitfalls you might encounter. 9 No Sound is coming out 1. Check the speakers. a. Ensure the speakers are plugged into the back of the soundcard. b. En...
Page 39 - when Playing Audio CD in the CD Drive
Philips Sound Solutions The Ultimate Edge™ Soundcard Users Guide 33 Figure 21 9 CD Player Control in the mixer playback tab does not have any effect on the output when Playing Audio CD in the CD Drive Because the CD player sends the audio streams via the digital data lines, Windows treats this sourc...
