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- 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.