Philips 4-Channel Sound Card User Manual

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Philips Seismic Edge

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Frequently Asked Questions

This section highlights some of the more commonly asked questions

and their possible solutions. Reviewing this chapter can help you

solve many problems and often eliminate the need for telephone

assistance.

Will Philips Seismic Edge

work on all motherboards ?

Philips Seismic Edge

is a PCI based solution for audio acceleration

and requires a Pentium class motherboard with one available PCI

slot for operation. Most chipsets found on commercially available

motherboards and in pre-built systems are compatible with Philips

Seismic Edge

Audio. See Minimum System Requirements in this

manual.

Is Philips Seismic Edge

full-duplex capable?

Full duplex is the ability for a sound card to record and playback

audio at the same time. Philips Seismic Edge

is able to do this

while maintaining full 16-bit 48KHz sound quality.

What wave file types is Philips Seismic Edge

compatible with

(ie. what wave types can it playback)?
Basically all wave file types you are likely to encounter will work fine.

Most of the supported sample rates of audio applications such as
SoundForge or the Windows

Media Player are supported, although

it is possible that in a very rare instance you might encounter a non-

standard file format that may not work.

What version of DirectX should be installed?

For most applications and particularly for games, it is recommended

that you run DirectX 6.0 or higher.

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