                           TURTLE BEACH TROPEZ
           Installation Utility for Windows95 (Version 4.00.36)
                                08 09 96
         

    SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONTENTS

    The Windows95 Tropez software package contains (2) 3.5" 1.44M diskettes,
    for the installation of DOS mode and Windows95 drivers.


    INSTALLATION PROCESS

    It is recommended that you print this out and have a hard copy in
    front of you while installing the drivers.

    While the installation of the new drivers should remove the older
    drivers, it is highly recommended that you follow these steps to 
    avoid any type of conflicts and speed up installation.

    If this is a fresh installation (the Tropez is not currently installed)
    then proceed to "Section III - Installing Drivers".  If the Tropez is 
    already installed on your Windows95 system, then please continue to 
    uninstall the current Tropez setup before proceeding.  "Section I" is
    for uninistalling the Tropez drivers you received from Turtle Beach.
    "Section II" is for uninstalling previous versions of the beta Tropez 
    drivers from David Gasior.



                                SECTION I
                  UNINSTALLING WINDOWS3/WINDOWS95 DRIVERS
                     (provided by Turtle Beach Systems)

	If the Tropez uninstall feature is available, don't use it as
	it will uninstall all the applets (like Mouse Player) in add-
	ition to all the drivers.  This driver package includes only 
        the drivers.

    1.  Within Windows95, click on the START button, and select RUN.  In
        the filename box, type SYSEDIT.EXE (System Editor).  If you do not
        have this program installed, then you can use Notepad or any other
        text editor to do this.

    2.  Let's attack the SYSTEM.INI file first.  Scroll down to the [386Enh]
        section and remove the line that reads

		device=vsndsys.386

	Then scroll down to the [drivers] section and remove the lines

		midi*=tropmidi.drv
		midi*=opl3.drv
		wave*=tropez.drv
		aux*=tropez.drv
 		mixer=tropez.drv

	The * means that there may be a number after the device.  Then
	scroll down toward the end of the file and entirely remove the
	following sections (both the header and the lines beneath that
	header).

		[sndsys.drv]
		[opl3.drv]
		[tropmidi.drv]

    3. 	Next, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Remove the lines

		SETUPSND.EXE /a??? /i? OSWF.MOT
		SET BLASTER=a??? i?? d? t?

	where the ??? would be numerical settings.  Then remove any lines
	pertaining to the following programs

		TZHKMIX.EXE
		TZACMIX.EXE
		TZMODE.EXE

    4.	And finally, the CONFIG.SYS file.  Remove the line

		device=C:\TZMODE.EXE

    5.  The Tropez is now uninstalled.  Go to the Device Manager, and check
	to see what is listed under 'Sound, Video, and Game Controllers'. 
	If the Tropez is listed, then highlight it, and remove it.  Then 
	proceed to "Section III".
	


                                 SECTION II
                    UNINSTALLING WINDOWS95 BETA DRIVERS
                         (provided by David Gasior)

    1.  In Windows95 (NOT Safe Mode), go to the Device Manager and double
        click on 'Sound, Video, and Game Controllers'.  Highlight the 
        'Turtle Beach Tropez' and remove it.  It should remove the 'Turtle 
        Beach Tropez', the 'Turtle Beach Tropez  Digital Audio' and the 
        'Gameport Joystick' if it was installed.  Once the references to 
        the Tropez are removed, exit the Device Manager.

    2.  Click on the START button, and select RUN.  In the filename box, 
        type SYSEDIT.EXE (System Editor).  If you do not have this program 
        installed, then you can use Notepad or any other text editor to do 
	this.

    3.  In the SYSTEM.INI file, scroll down to the [drivers] section and
	remove the line

		midi*=tropmidi.drv

	where the * may be a number after the device.  Then scroll down the
	file toward the end and remove the section (the header and all lines
	beneath it)

		[tropmidi.drv]

    4. 	Next, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Remove the lines

		SET BLASTER=a??? i?? d? t?
		SET SOUND16=\SOUND16
		SNDINIT /b

	where the ??? would be numerical settings.  Then remove any lines
	pertaining to the following programs

		VOLTSR.EXE

    5.	And finally, the CONFIG.SYS file.  Remove the line

		device=C:\CDSETUP.SYS

    6.  Next, start the Windows Explorer and choose 'View' from the menu,
	then select 'Options' at the bottom of the list.  On the 'View' 
	tab, select 'Show all files' from the 'Hidden Files' section (if
	not already selected) and click OK.

    7.  Now select 'Tools' from the Explorer menu, then 'Find', then
	'Files or Folders'.  A new dialog box will open titled "Find:
	All Files".  On the 'Name & Location' tab, change the box that
	reads 'Look in:' to the hard drive which Windows95 is installed
	on to.

    8.  Next, click on the 'Advanced' tab, and use the drop down list box
	marked 'Of type:' to bring up the setting "Setup Information".
	Then, in the box that reads 'Containing text:', type in "Tropez".
	It should look like ...

		Containing text:     Tropez

	Then click on the 'Find Now' button to begin searching.

	Since Windows95 keeps a record of everything you have ever 
	installed, we want to make sure that it "forgets" about the older
	Tropez installations, so we are going to remove their references.

    9.  One or more OEM?.INF files will appear in the search box below.
	Delete them by clicking on the <DELETE> key on your keyboard, or
	by dragging them into the Recycle Bin.

	If the search finds nothing, be sure that you have the following
	search conditions:

		Of type:            Setup Information
		Containing text:    Tropez

	Also make sure that you are searching the entire drive and not 
	just a single directory (see step 6).

   10.  Once those files are deleted, you can go ahead and continue with
	Section III - Installing the Drivers.



                               SECTION III
                          INSTALLING THE DRIVERS
	   
    1. 	Make sure you have the driver disks handy.  If you downloaded this
	driver package, then you need to copy all the files from the ZIP
	file onto two floppy disks.  The files in the DISK1 directory should
	go on to a floppy disk marked "Disk 1" and the files in the DISK2
	directory should go on to a floppy disk marked "Disk 2".  The 
	driver should not be installed from a hard disk directory.

    2. 	If Windows95 is running, select the START button and select SHUT
	DOWN, then 'Shut Down the Computer'.  When you are clear to do so,
	power off the computer, and plug the Tropez card into a slot.  

	Even if the card is already installed, powering down is still a
	good idea.  Leave the computer off for about a minute.  Turning
	the computer off and then right back on can damage the peripherals
	inside.

    3.  Power on the computer.  While it is booting up, hit the F8 key as
	soon as you see the message "Starting Windows95...".  From the menu,
	select 'Safe Mode'.  It will take a few minutes, but once you've
	entered Safe Mode, go to the Device Manager and double-click on
	'Sound, Video, and Game Controllers'.  Make sure that there is 
	nothing listed there (aside from sound peripherals that you may
	still have in the system).

	Even though you may have uninstalled them before, Windows95 has
	the nasty habit of letting some drivers hang around.

	When you are finished, close the Device Manager.  Click on the 
	START button, then SHUT DOWN.  Select 'Restart the computer' and
	let it reboot.

    4.  Once you enter Windows95 again, double-click on the My Computer
	icon and then on the Control Panel icon.  Then double-click on
	the Add New Hardware icon.

    5. 	When Windows95 asks you to search for new hardware, select 'no'
	and proceed to the next window.

    6. 	Windows 95 will display a list of device categories that you can
       	install from.  Select 'Sound, Video, and Game Controllers', and
	then 'Next' to proceed.

    7. 	Windows 95 will display another list of manufacturers and their
	products.  Place Disk 1 (of this driver package) in your floppy 
	drive, and click on the 'Have Disk...' button.  It may bring up 
	a dialog box asking which drive the disk is in.  Select the drive
	the disk is in.
       	       
    8. 	Once the disk is read, Windows95 will bring up a list of devices
	you can install.  This list will have four options.  Each must be
    	installed individually, though all four do not have to be installed
	for the Tropez to operate.

	Turtle Beach Tropez
	This option is for the digital audio portion of the Tropez.  This
	is what provides the sounds for system events and sound effects in
	games.

	Turtle Beach Tropez CD ROM Controller
	This option is for those who are using the Tropez as the controller
	for their CD ROM drive.  If your CD ROM drive is hooked up to the
	motherboard or another EIDE card, do not install this option.

	Turtle Beach Tropez Joystick Port
	This option is for hooking a joystick up to the Tropez.  This will
	work only once the SNDINIT program has run to enable the joystick
	port.

	Turtle Beach Tropez MPU-401 Port
	This option is for those people who want to activate the internal,
	second MIDI port on the Tropez.  This will work only once the
	SNDINIT program has run to enable the MPU-401 port.  This is not
	needed for wavetable synthesis.

	Turtle Beach Tropez WaveFront Synthesizer
	This option is for the wavetable MIDI chip on the Tropez.  This is
	what provides the realistic instrument sounds when playing MIDI 
	files and games.

    9. 	Click on the Turtle Beach Tropez and then click on 'Next' to install
	the drivers.  Windows95 will allow you to view the settings (via the
	'Details' button) that it has determined will work for your system.
	Don't worry; you can change those later if you want to.  Windows95
	will then copy some files from the floppy disk then prompt you to
	finish.  Click on 'Finish' and you will be asked to restart your
	system.  Select 'yes' and restart.

   10.  When the computer reboots, a new program called SND4DOS will run
	before Windows95 loads.  This is a one time only occurrence.  It
	will ask you if you want to set up the Tropez for Real Mode DOS.
	This is if you have a game or other program requiring sound that 
	refuses to play under Windows95.  Select 'Yes' to install these
	drivers.

   11.  When it comes time to pick the CD ROM attached to your Tropez, you
	have many options.  If your CD ROM drive is listed, you can either 
	select it from the list (and have a driver installed for it) or if
	it is already installed, select 'Other (IDE)' (and have the Tropez
	IDE interface activated, but no specific driver installed).

	Even if you will never use your CD ROM drive in Real Mode DOS, you
	must select 'Other (IDE)' as your choice, or the IDE interface on
	the Tropez will not be activated and therefore, will not work in
	Windows95.  

	If your CD ROM is being controlled by something other than the 
	Tropez (such as a motherboard IDE or an EIDE controller) select
	'None' from the list to disable the IDE interface of the Tropez.

   12.  Once the SND4DOS program completes, it will reboot the computer and
	go back into Windows95.  You can then use the Device Manager to 
	make any changes to the digital audio settings that you need to.

   13.  To install any of the other Tropez options, follow the above steps 
	4 - 8 again.  This time, though, you will highlight whichever option
	you desire and click on 'Next' to install the drivers.  When you are
	prompted to restart (or shut down) the computer, select 'no' and you
	can continue to add the other options.  Once you are done adding,
	select 'yes' to restart the computer.  

	The WaveFront port address is based on the hardware jumper settings
	on the Tropez sound card.  This port address must match what you
	have the Tropez set to in order to work.  Windows95 cannot determine
	the jumper settings and will default to port 330 (if it does not
	conflict with another device).  You can change this after restarting
	the computer to whatever your jumpers are set at.

   

                                 SECTION IV
                           CHANGES TO YOUR SYSTEM

	Once the SND4DOS programs runs and reboots the computer, your
	CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files will be changed.  These are 
	the lines that have been added/modified.

	CONFIG.SYS

        	DEVICE=C:\SOUND16\CDSETUP.SYS /T:I
	  (if the Tropez is acting as the CD ROM controller)
        	DEVICE=C:\SOUND16\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000 
	  (if you selected your CD ROM from the list - file name
	   will be different depending on CD ROM selected)

	You can manually edit the CDSETUP.SYS line if you ever change the
	Tropez's status.  The "/T:I" parameter enables the IDE interface
	on the Tropez.  Changing it to "/T:X" will disable the interface
	If you are using an IDE CD ROM drive attached to another controller,
	make sure the Tropez's interface is disabled or they may conflict.

        AUTOEXEC.BAT:
 
        	PATH=C:\SOUND16 (appended)
        	SET SOUND16=C:\SOUND16
        	C:\SOUND16\SNDINIT /B
        	SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
	           (settings may differ from these)

	SYSTEM.INI

	All changes to Windows will be made in the Registry, and nothing
	will appear in the SYSTEM.INI file.  All previous entries will be
	deleted, hopefully.



                                   SECTION V
                           SNDINIT.EXE - WHAT IT DOES

 	SNDINIT is the new initialization/configuration program.  This
	program runs at bootup to initialize the Tropez.  You can also
	run the program from the command line to change the Tropez's
	settings.

    	You can type the following command at the DOS prompt to get a 
	list of parameters for the SNDINIT program.

     		SNDINIT /?

	SNDINIT replaces TZMODE.  TZMODE (and TZSETUP) should no longer 
	be used.  Your TZACDOS.INI file is also no longer needed.



                                  SECTION VI
                           VOLTSR.EXE - WHAT IT DOES

     	The volume control memory resident program, VOLTSR.EXE, allows
     	you to change volume using hot keys while you are in Real Mode 
	DOS.  The program must be run first for the hot keys to be act-
	ivated.  The hot keys are

        Ctrl-Alt-U      Raises the volume
        Ctrl-Alt-D      Lowers the volume
        Ctrl-Alt-M      Mute



                                 SECTION VII
                        KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS

    1) 	This installation copies a new WFPATCH.INI into your Windows95 
       	directory.  This file lists the locations of the WaveFront banks
	(which you may or may not have all installed).  You may need to use
       	Notepad (or another text editor) to edit the file to change the 
	directory to where the file(s) actually is/are.

    2) 	Full Duplex mode is available using these drivers.  EnchancedFull
       	Duplex mode is not available.  This means that the WAV files you
       	are working with must have the same sample settings (kHz, bit depth,
       	and mono/stereo).

    3) 	If you play a DOS game from within Windows95, and it uses the Tropez
       	as a General MIDI card, there is a good chance that Windows95 will 
       	"lose" the WaveFront synthesizer on return to Windows95.  You must
	restart Windows95 to get it back.



				 SECTION VIII
			     CHANGES AND UPDATES
   
    1) 	The download code configuration file (OSWF.MOT) has been renamed
	to WFTROP.MOT to coincide with the new drivers.  In DOS mode,
	if you run the SETUPSND program, please point it to the new file
	and not the old one.

    2)	The Control Panel now has a Quick Start option to make it load
	faster.  It does so by not reinitializing the synth, which will
	mean that you will not have access to SampleStore features.  You
	must disable the Quick Start if you will be uploading samples to
	the card.

	To do so, launch the Control Panel and select "Synth" from the menu
	and uncheck the 'Quick Start' option.  Close and restart the Control
	Panel.


   
                                  SECTION IX
	         SOUND BLASTER SUPPORT UNDER WINDOWS 95 DOS BOX

	With these drivers, the Tropez can now act as both a Sound Blaster
	and Windows Sound System card under Windows.  When setting up your
	DOS games, be sure that the sound card settings are the same as 
	the settings that Windows95 assigns if this game will be played in
	a DOS window.

	You can have different settings for SB in Windows95 and Real Mode
	DOS if you wish, but games played under Windows95 will use the 
	settings defined in the Device Manager.  These may be configured
	at any time, and maybe changed as often as necessary for games 
	that require different settings.
    
	Many DOS games have a difficult time running under Windows95.  They
	were not designed to do it.  To ensure the most ideal environment
	for these games, it is recommended you modify the Properties of
	the shortcuts that you create for each DOS game.  On the "Misc" tab
	of the properties sheet, you can adjust the Idle Sensitivity 
	property to High, and deselect all other options that may be
	checked.

        You can control the volume of sound in DOS programs running in a 
	window.  These will not work on some games, notably the ones that
	run in protected mode, such as DOOM and Rise of the Triad.  The 
	following are the hot keys to use.

   		<CTRL>+<ALT>+M     = Decrease Master Volume
   		<SHIFT>+<ALT>+M    = Increase Master Volume
    		<CTRL>+<SHIFT>+M   = Mute Master Volume

    		<CTRL>+<ALT>+V     = Decrease Digital Sound Volume
    		<SHIFT>+<ALT>+V    = Increase Digital Sound Volume
    		<CTRL>+<SHIFT>+V   = Mute Digital Sound Volume

    		<CTRL>+<ALT>+F     = Decrease FM Music Volume
    		<SHIFT>+<ALT>+F    = Increase FM Music Volume
    		<CTRL>+<SHIFT>+F   = Mute FM Music Volume



                                  SECTION X
                       WINDOWS95 BASIC CONFIGURATIONS
	
	The Tropez can use one of three different basic configurations for the 
	digital audio.  Basic Configuration 0 is the default and provides both
	native 16bit audio support and Sound Blaster Pro support as well as FM
	synthesis within Windows95.  Basic Configuration 1 provides only native 
	16bit audio support and FM synthesis.  Basic Configuration 2 provides
	only native 16bit audio support.

	Why would you need to change these?  Well, you shouldn't, unless you are
	running into conflicts or need to free up resources.  By removing the 
	SB compatibility, you only free up one port which is not a big deal; your
	computer has hundreds of ports available.  However, theoretically (we 
	have not tested it; please don't call with support questions on it), you
	could install both a SB16 and Tropez in your system if you were to use
	Basic Configuration 2.  By removing the SB compatibility and FM synthesis,
	you remove any chance for conflicts.  This would mean using the Tropez
	for its clean audio playback and recording capabilities, and the SB16
	for native DOS game support.

	But for optimal configuration of the sound card, just leave it at the
	default of Basic Configuration 0.


                                  SECTION XI
                             FULL DUPLEX SUPPORT

	The Tropez is an excellent sound card to use for applications like
	InternetPhone(tm), because of its full duplex capabilities.  To 
	enable Full Duplex mode, go to the Control Panel and select the
	Multimedia icon.  Select the Advanced tab, and click on the Tropez 
	under Audio Devices, and then Properties, then settings.  Be sure 
	that the "Single Mode DMA" option is not checked.  

	You must also make sure that you have selected a configuration that
	has two DMA channels being used.  They must be different and paired
	as follows.
                                  
                Playback DMA:  0    1    3
               Recording DMA:  1    0    0

	This driver also does not allow EnhancedFull duplex mode.  It will
	only work as Full duplex mode.

	The difference between the two is that Full duplex mode allows you
	simultaneous record and playback when the two files in use are set
	to the same sampling rate.  In other words, both files would need
	to be 22kHz/16bit/stereo or both would need to be 44kHz/8bit/mono,
	etc.

	EnhancedFull duplex mode allows you simultaneous record and playback
	with the files being at differing sampling rates.  Since the Tropez
	does not have a DSP, this puts an enormous amount of work on the
	system's CPU.  It has not been implemented in this driver release,
	and may or may not be implemented in an upcoming release.




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