************************************************************************* Important Hints to the Marc A driver v1.01 for Windows NT 4.0 ************************************************************************* 1. System Requirements 2. What's new ? 3. Installation 4. Attention: Windows System Sounds ------------------------------------------ 1. System Requirements ------------------------------------------ * Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 (Service Pack 3) ------------------------------------------ 2. What's new ? ------------------------------------------ Version 1.01: * Because of legal reasons the name "Prodif" cannot be used anymore. The existing hardware and related drivers are now part of the product "Marc A". Version 1.00: * All ;-) (But 99% of all is tested through all other sound systems developed by MARIAN) ----------------------------------------- 3. Installation ----------------------------------------- * Ensure that you are logged on with administrator rights at Windows NT * First remove an older Marc A driver by use of "Control Panel->Multimedia->Devices" and restart the Windows system. Once again logon at Windows NT as an administrator. * Now install the new Marc A driver by use of "Control Panel->Multimedia->Devices->Add->From Disk". * Change to the root directory of the driver disk, acknowledge this directory and choose a driver version from the subsequent appearing list. * In some cases (update) Windows NT requests you to restart your system. In this case - restart your system really. * After the installation the Marc A Sound System is ready to operate. ------------------------------------------ 4. Attention: Windows System Sounds ------------------------------------------ * After the first installtion of an audio device driver, Windows NT switchs on the Windows System Sounds per default. The system will playback these sound if a message box appears or a windows will be minimized or maxminized. The use of this system sounds may cause some problems in conjuction with running audio applications. * Per default the driver takes care of a synchron start and stop of all devices of the Marc A. This is a really important feature for each multichannel harddiskrecording program but it may cause conflicts with the windows system sounds. If a running playback- or recording session will be interrupted by a system sound (because of a message box or window actions) the playback- or recording session will STOP too and the related audio application will hang (under specific circumstances) in a undefined state. You can solve this behavior by switching off the system sounds (Control Panel->Sounds) or by deactivating the Start/Stop Synchronization Option of the Marc A driver. Leipzig 02-12-02