User manual DIGITAL BLUE PC ANIMATION STATION QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] PC ANIMATION STATION QUICKSTART GUIDE INTRODUCTION Now you can record, download, morph and mix sounds on your computer! Congratulations on your purchase of the Digital BlueTM PC Animation Station. To help you get started quickly, the information that follows is divided into eight sections: Introduction Getting Started References and Troubleshooting What if. . . ?General Troubleshooting Audio Set-up Help Error Messages Sales and Support Please refer to the PC Animation Station Quick Start card that accompanied your product and follow those instructions before reading this file. This file is intended to help you with the basic installation of your PC Animation Station. [. . . ] The Animation Station's set-up program will detect your sound card's duplex capabilities during install, and will alert you to its limitations with a text box. To hear the sounds on a computer without full-duplex audio, you simply need to finish downloading the files, and then play them back. Full duplex audio means that your computer can take sound input through the microphone (or download) and simultaneously play sound through the speakers. Audio cards that cannot record and play sounds simultaneously are called half-duplex audio cards. AUDIO SET-UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING Audio Set-up Wizard The Digital BlueTM Audio Set-up Wizard will run during installation of your PC Animation Station software. Before you start, be sure the toy is connected to the computer through the microphone-in jack on your computer. You can also run the Audio Set-up Wizard from the Windows* start menu at any time that your PC Animation Station software is not running and your Animation Station toy is plugged into your computer. To start the Audio Set-up Wizard, close your PC Animation Station software and from the start menu click on Programs\Digital Blue PC Animation Station\ Audio Set-up Wizard Your PC Animation Station software should not be running when you launch the Audio Set-up Wizard. 9 AUDIO SET-UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING Step 1 Click on the Test button. Use the slider to set the volume for sounds coming out of your speakers. After you test your speaker volume, the "Next" button will be enabled. If you hear a high-pitched noise (feedback), move the slider down until it stops. If the slider is at the highest point and you do not see yellow in the energy bar, select the "Boost Microphone" checkbox and adjust the slider again. After you test your Animation Station toy the "Next" button will be enabled. Click the "Next" button to complete the Audio setup process. 10 ERROR MESSAGES Step 3 When you have finished configuring the audio for your Animation Station, click the "Finish" button. If you need to configure the audio again simply run the Digital Blue Audio Set-up Wizard from the start menu. ERROR MESSAGE INFORMATION We have tried to use simple English for any error messages you may see while using the PC Animation Station software. Our error messages describe the error in general terms and suggest a solution, If any of these errors is recurring and you can't find a solution at our web site, contact Technical Support. Solving problems caused by errors Usually, you won't have to go beyond the suggestion in the error message itself, and you shouldn't see many errors to begin with. However, if you continue to experience problems, try to follow a standard routine to solve them. Call Technical Support. Error Messages The Animation Station application is unable to resume audio. Please close any other applications which may be using audio devices then hit "OK" or "Cancel" to quit. Suggested Actions If you have other applications open while running the PC Animation Station software they could consume audio resources needed for this application. Please exit all other applications before you start the PC Animation Station application. Other applications may consume audio resources needed for this application. [. . . ] The replacement Hardware Product and/or CD-ROM is warranted under this written warranty and is subject to the same limitations and exclusions for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety (90) days, whichever is longer. WARRANTY LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS THESE WARRANTIES REPLACE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PRIME ENTERTAINMENT MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES BEYOND THOSE STATED HERE. PRIME ENTERTAINMENT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ]