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

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

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

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.

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