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. Now you can mix and morph sounds and sentences to say what you want!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. [. . . ] Please note: Removing batteries will erase any recordings you may have saved on the Animation Station. The Animation Station toy will go to sleep even if it is connected to the computer. Downloading Sounds If your computer's sound card does not have full-duplex audio capability, you will not be able to hear sound files while you are downloading them. In fact, you will not hear anything at all, including user interface sounds, when in the download module. This is because a computer with half duplex audio cannot play through the speakers while receiving input from the Animation Station memory or the microphone. 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. Click the "Next" button to continue. 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. [. . . ] 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. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. [. . . ]