FMBox is a program to control the FM tuner adapters from Reveal, Aims Labs and MediaForte It requires the following hardware: Board Manufacturer -------------------------------------------- Radio Reveal RA300 Reveal RadioTrack Aims Labs * SF16 FMP Creative * When selecting SF16 FMP, FMBox volume can only be controlled through the Line-in channel of Windows Mixer. i.e the option of controlling the radio card volume settings is disabled. (When changing volume, FMBox will control the line-in channel of Windows Mixer) FMBox has an automatic install/uninstall feature - To install the application, run "setup.exe" - To install drivers for WindowsNT, please read the "ntreadme.txt" file The program is shareware ($15) and can be distributed freely in its original package. To register the program, please run "register.exe" or use the online registration form at http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/register1.cgi?YN Author: Aarto Reponen (aarto@writeme.com) Homepage: http://www.algonet.se/~aarto/fmbox ************************************* Windows NT Users ************************************* WindowsNT Users, READ THIS FMBox uses direct access to I/O ports of your system. In WindowsNT, that kind of access to hardware is not alloved without a driver. This is where "giveio.sys" comes in. In order for FMBox to gain access to the radio card under NT, the driver giveio.sys must be loaded before running FMBox! 1) Perform steps 1-3 above. Installing the driver: -------------------- 1) Copy the file "giveio.sys" to the \winnt\System32\drivers\ directory. 2) Use the following command at the system prompt to install the driver: example: instdrv giveio c:\winnt\system32\drivers\giveio.sys Note: The "instdrv" utility is included with FMBox. AFter executing the command you should get 3 "SUCCESS" related load messages. The driver should now be loaded. 3) Open the "Devices" applet inside control panel. Scroll down until you find the givio driver in the list. Change the StartUp mode to "Boot" if you want the driver loaded when your system boots. Else you will have to load it each time you boot your system. 4) Run the "testio.exe" program to test the driver installation. If all goes well, you will hear some tones being played through your system speaker. If you don't hear anything here are a few things to check: 1) Make sure the driver is loaded by performing step 3 above. If the driver isn't in the list, try reloading it using the instdrv.exe program. 2) Make sure your PC speaker works. Verify that your mixer settings are correct, ie you don't have the line-in device muted if you are redirecting the output of the radio card into your sound card. 3) If all else fails, E-Mail me (aarto@algonet.se) for assistance. 5) Execute FMBox. If the driver is loaded, you should here your radio card. If the driver is not loaded, you will get a dialog box with an error message. Recheck your driver installation. If your system hangs, you probably have a conflict with the I/O port address of the Radio card. Try changing it to the other setting and remember to update the radio.ini file accordingly with the I/O port setting. **** Driver Removal ***** The giveio.sys driver can be removed by using the instdrv.exe program. For syntax of the command, type instdrv with no arguments.