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. This file is intended to help you with the basic installation of your PC Animation Station. Complete information on how to use your PC Animation Station is contained in the "On-Line Help." When your software installation is complete, click the ? within the application to see our On-Line Help. It will assist you in understanding how to use and enjoy your new PC Animation Station! Look for these fun features in the Digital Blue PC Animation Station: 1. Go out and record lots of sounds and voices! Record all kinds of sounds to create your own sound library! 2. Create some fun and funky phrases! Add words or sound effects to your recordings! Type anything and the computer will say it! 3. Morph your voice at the computer! Sound like a monster or a robot! 4. Pick a Cartoon Network® character, pick an accessory, pick a phrase! Pick a cartoon character. Add cool animated accessories. Make it say a funny phrase! 5. Share your creations with the world! Show off your creations! Email your sound files to your friends. 1 GETTING STARTED Here's what your PC Animation Station includes: · Animation Station · Software editing CD-ROM · Connecting cable · Headphones · Belt Clip · Quick Start Info Card Here's what you need: System Requirements: · Windows* 98, 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP · Intel ® Pentium ® or Celeron TM processor, 233 MHz recommended, 200 MHz minimum · 32 MB of RAM · Minimum 140 MB free hard disk space required to install, 90 MB of disc space used after installation · 4x CD ROM · SVGA 800x600 display, 16-bit color · 16-bit Windows® compatible sound device · DirectX® 6 (included with install) · Standard mouse and keyboard *Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners Congratulations on your purchase of the Digital Blue PC Animation Station. Please follow the instructions below to install your Animation Station and software. Battery Installation: Your Animation Station requires three "AAA" batteries, which are not included. Before you begin installation, please install the batteries in the battery compartment, located on the back of the Animation Station, as follows: 2 GETTING STARTED Connect the Animation Station to the computer: Plug the microphone labeled end of the Animation Station's connecting cable into the Mic-In port on your computer. The location of this port differs, depending on the type of computer you own. Common Mic-In icons are seen illustrated below. PLEASE NOTE: The Animation Station needs to be connected to the computer to successfully complete the software install. You will not be able to download recorded sounds or make live recordings, unless you have plugged in the connecting cable to both the Animation Station and the computer. When you are using your Animation Station away from the computer, be sure to disconnect the download cable from the Animation Station. THIS TOY IS NOT A USB DEVICE. The cable connects to your computer through the microphone-in jack. Install the software: 1. Place CD in your CD-ROM drive. 2. The program will automatically launch the installation program. 3. Click on the install button to begin installing the application software 4. When you have read and accepted the License Agreement, click "Yes." The installation wizard will guide you through the installation process. If Autoplay does not automatically launch the installer, go to the desktop and double-click on the icon named My Computer. double-click the icon for the CVD-ROM/DVD drive that contains the PC Animation Station software. Sometimes this will cause Autoplay to start. If it doesn't, double click on the setup.exe, and follow the set-up steps on this page. The software program will lead you through the installation process. The software will verify that your computer plays audio. After you have completed the software installation, double-click on the PC Animation Station shortcut icon to launch the software, or go to the start menu to launch the software. Understanding the Animation Station: Connections: Headphones connect to the toy here. Use care when connecting the square end of the cable to the Animation Station. The cable connection on this side of the Animation Station has electrical pins that can be bent, making it difficult or impossible to connect the download cable to it. 3 GETTING STARTED Control Panel: a. Record: Push and hold to record. Or push to start recording and push again to stop. b. Playback: Push to playback your most recent recording. c. Volume Adjust: Turn clockwise to increase the playback volume, turn counterclockwise to decrease playback volume. c. d. a. d. Trash: Push once and hold for one second to delete most recent recording. Push and hold for at least three seconds to delete all recordings. b. e. Download: With the Animation Station connected to the computer, push to download sounds into the computer. The Download button will not work unless you are running the software and connect the toy to your computer with the connecting cable. e. Reactivating your Animation Station: After 20 minutes of inactivity, the Animation Station will go into a sleep mode (the LCD display will go blank). You can reactivate it by pushing any button once. Headphones: You can use the headphones to hear your recorded sounds when you are away from your computer. Plug headphones into the input jack as shown on the previous diagram. If the toy is connected to the computer, sounds you hear through the computer will be muffled. Use your computer's speakers when you are playing with the toy at the computer. Belt Clip: Carry your Animation Station in its convenient belt clip. Recording at the computer with your Animation Station: When recording sounds at your computer, always point your Animation Station away from the speakers to minimize high-pitched audio feedback. Recording sounds with your Animation Station: The Animation Station will record up to 4 minutes of sounds or 99 separate recordings. The minimum length of a recording is one to two seconds. Shorter messages will not be stored on the Animation Station. As more recordings are stored on it, the buttons on the Animation Station may respond more slowly. When the Animation Station is not connected to the computer, your Animation Station can capture sounds up to 15 feet away. When connected to the computer the Animation Station will record sounds six to 12 inches away. Care and maintenance: Always keep your Animation Station away from intense heat and moisture. Cable Take care to avoid damaging the connections. Avoid pulling the cord that connects the Animation Station to the computer. Putting too much strain on the cord can lead to trouble. There are pins that can be bent if the download cable is not properly connected to the toy. Take care when connecting the download cable to the toy. Never force the plug into the socket at the side of the toy. Instead, remove the plug and attempt the connection again. Avoid excessive pulling on the headphone cord that connects to the Animation Station. Putting too much strain on the cord can lead to trouble. 4 REFERENCES AND TROUBLESHOOTING Check our website for the latest information for any product updates. Web address: www.playdigitalblue.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT North America: 1-888-800-0502 Read Me files Any Read Me files copied to your drive during installation may contain important information that was discovered too late to include in either Online Help or the Parent Quick Start Guide. This information may include the solution to your problem, so make sure to look at the Read Me files before calling Technical Support. The Read ME file is located in the Digital BlueTM PC Animation Station program group. TROUBLESHOOTING We've made every effort to ensure that your toy and software will function properly with any computer that meets the minimum system requirements. However, it is impossible to test all possible system configurations or foresee all possible environments in which this product will be used. If you have problems with your Animation Station or software please try the following before contacting Technical Support: · Look for an answer in this document. · Check any Read Me files copied to your hard drive during installation. · Scan through the Online Help file using the index for detailed explanations of software features. · Visit our web site at http://www.playdigitalblue.com · If you are still experiencing problems and are unable to make your Animation Station function properly, call Technical Support. 5 WHAT IF? WHAT IF? You can't hear any sounds? · If you're using your Animation Station away from the computer... 1. Make sure you are using the headphones! At the computer, make sure your computer speakers are turned on and the volume is not turned all the way down. 2. Turn up the volume knob on your Animation Station. · If you are using your Animation Station to make recordings at the computer... 1. Make sure the Animation Station is awake. 2. On the download screen, if your computer's sound card does not support full-duplex audio, wait until all your recordings have been downloaded. Then play them back using the software. 3. Make sure you have the Animation Station connected to the cable, and the cable plugged into the microphone jack. You would like to hear sounds while you are downloading them? · You should hear sounds while they are downloading. If you don't hear them, check these things first: 1. Is your Animation Station awake? 2. Are you looking at the download screen in the software? 3. Are your speakers turned on and/or plugged in? · If you don't hear sounds in the download screen, you might have a half-duplex sound card. You can still use all the features in the Animation Station application. You will hear your sounds after you record them. You will not hear some of the sounds the computer makes. Your downloaded recordings are too quiet or too noisy? · Try using the "Louder" filter in the sound lab to make a sound louder. · Try using the "Remove noise" filter in the sound lab. You don't hear any button sounds when you're on the Live Recording Screen. · You may have a half-duplex sound card. Check with your sound card vendor to see if they have a newer sound card driver you can download from their website to experience full-duplex audio. 6 WHAT IF? You hear a loud screeching sound? · This is caused by feedback that occurs when your microphone is close enough to the speakers to pick up the sounds coming out of your speakers. Feedback can be eliminated by making sure you have set up the microphone facing away from your computer's speakers. If you are experiencing feedback, keep moving your microphone away from the speakers until the feedback stops. Use the Audio Set-up Wizard to adjust your microphone and speaker levels to minimize risk of hearing feedback. When using the Animation Station away from the computer, always point the Animation Station away from the headphones. Pointing the Animation Station toward the headphones can cause feedback. If feedback occurs, use the Volume Adjust dial on the Animation Station to reduce the feedback tone. · If you are using a laptop and having persistent problems with feedback, please use your Animation Station headphones. · You can also set your microphone and speaker-level settings application whenever you want, using the Audio Set-up Wizard located in your PC Animation Station program group. Follow the instructions on screen to improve the sound of your recording and prevent feedback. · Turn down the volume knob on your speakers. · Reposition the speakers on your desktop and/or move the microphone. The volume of my downloaded sounds is too low? · When recording sounds with the toy away from the computer, be sure to disconnect the download connection cable from the toy. · Make sure you have connected the toy to your computer using the mic-in jack (not the line-in jack). · If you are making a recording while connected to the computer, use the live recording screen. If you record into the toy while at the computer and then download them, those sounds will be very quiet . I can't hear anything through my headphones while I'm playing with the toy away from the computer? · Make sure the toy is turned on. · Try turning the green volume knob on the toy. · Disconnect the download cable if you are recording away from the computer. I hear a loud screeching noise when I'm using my toy away from the computer? · If you point the toy toward your earphones it is possible to cause feedback through the headphones. To avoid this, make sure to keep the headphones tight against your ears and point the toy away from your headphones at all times. My recordings to the toy aren't being saved? · Recordings have to be between 1 and 2 seconds long in order for the toy to record them. Try waiting one second after you push the record button. · Make sure you haven't filled the 4 minutes of recording time on the toy. If you have, you need to download your sounds to the computer using the application software. You can also use the delete button to delete sounds from the toy's memory. My toy is slow to respond to button pushes? · You may have recorded a large number of messages. Download your recordings to the PC then delete the sounds from the toy's memory using the delete button on the toy (The delete button has a trash can icon). 7 WHAT IF? I can't record any more sounds even though the display indicates that there is recording time available. · There may be up to a 10-second mismatch between the time displayed on the toy and actual time left on the toy. · Download the sounds from the toy to your PC, delete the recordings on your toy and then try again. In the application software, the download progress seems to be stuck. · Sometimes the progress bar may look like the download has stopped even though the download may still be running. · Wait a few moments for the download to finish and then the application will respond to commands. In the application software, the "remove noise" filter doesn't do anything. · The remove noise filter works only on very noisy recordings. You might have sounds that are not very noisy. Most recordings made while the toy is connected to the PC using the Live Recording Screen will not require the use of the remove noise filter. 8 GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING Sleep mode Your Animation Station has a 20-minute awake limit in order to conserve its batteries. When it goes to sleep, its downloading capability and the live microphone are turned off. The Animation Station notifies you when it goes to sleep with a warning beep. (NOTE: IF YOU ARE WEARING THE HEADPHONES, YOU WILL NOT HEAR THE WARNING BEEP ALERTING YOU THAT YOUR ANIMATION STATION HAS GONE TO SLEEP.) You can also tell if your Animation Station is asleep if the LCD is blank. You can reactivate your Animation Station by pushing the Trash or Play button once. The warning beep is heard only if the live audio is enabled and you're using your computer's speakers. If you are working at the computer and the product goes into its sleep mode, simply push any button once to turn it back on. If you try to wake up the toy and it doesn't respond, try replacing the batteries. 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. What is full-duplex Audio? 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. Step 2 Click on the Test button. Speak into your Animation Station toy. 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. Try the following steps in order until one solves the problem: 1. Follow the instructions in the error message. 2. Check the Read Me and Online Help files. 3. Exit the program and start it again. 4. Reboot the computer. Error message table 5. Reinstall the software. 6. Check the web site for late-breaking news and software updates. 7. 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. Please exit all other applications before you start the PC Animation Station` application. 11 The PC Animation Station application is unable to resume audio. Please close any applications which may be using audio devices then try again. Error Messages Sorry, the sound cannot be pasted because it would make the sound wave longer than 4 minutes. Please delete a portion of your recording before pasting into it. The download has been stopped. Your download will be stopped if you hit the download button on the toy a second time. Suggested Actions When editing your sounds, use the "cut-it-up" button to highlight segments of your sound to delete. Delete part of your sound by dragging a cut up segment to the trash. If you unplug your toy during a download, the download will be stopped when it has reached the end of the recording being downloaded. The download has been stopped. Please make sure the toy is plugged in and try again. If you unplug your toy while a download is in progress, plug the toy into the mic-in on your computer and hit the download button on the toy to start the download again. Download will begin at the beginning of all your recordings stored on your toy. Any sounds you have already downloaded will be downloaded again. Close the application and start again. It may be necessary to restart your computer to make more memory and audio resources available to the PC Animation Station application. Long recordings with many edits will consume more memory than shorter recordings. When the program runs out of memory, exit out of the application and start again. You may need to restart your computer to make more memory available. Sound files consume a large amount of disk space. Save unused recordings to floppy disks using the "Export" button in the Editing Screen. A file name may not contain the following symbols: / \\ : * \ " < > |. Select a new filename that does not contain these characters. If you have removed any component of the PC Animation Station application from your hard disk you may need to reinstall the application from the CD-ROM. First uninstall the application using the uninstall feature located in the Start Menu in the Digital Blue PC Animation Station folder, then reinstall the application using the CD-ROM. Use the Audio Setup Wizard located in your computer's Start Menu to adjust your microphone and speaker volume. Make sure that the toy is not pointed at your computer's speakers. Your recordings can be up to 4 minutes long. Save this sound and open a new recording. You can use the "Cut-it-up" button in the Editing screen to highlight segments of your recording. Drag some segments into the trash to delete them. The application is having problems and will now close. Please quit, then restart the PC Animation Station application. The PC Animation Station has run out of memory. Try closing other applications, then restart the PC Animation Station application. There is not enough room on your hard drive to continue. Please free up some disk space and try again. The file name you typed is not allowed by Windows. Try another name. The PC Animation Station application was unable to locate resources it needs to run. Please reinstall the application. There was feedback detected between your speakers and the toy. The speaker volume has been turned down. To avoid creating feedback, move your toy away from your speakers. The sound has reached the maximum length. Save this sound and start a new recording. 12 Error Messages The audio system got a NULL pointer. The PC Animation Station will now quit. Please restart the application and try again. The audio system ran out of memory. Please restart your computer and try again. The `.wav' audio file is in a format the application doesn't recognize. If the file you are importing is compressed, save the file in an uncompressed format and try again." The audio system has run out of buffers. Please exit and restart the application. PC Animation Station was unable to initialize the audio in your system. You may not have audio support on your system or another application may be using the audio. Shut down other applications that may be using audio and try launching PC Animation Station again. If that fails, run the Audio Set-up Wizard. Suggested Actions Quit, then restart the PC Animation Station application. Quit the PC Animation Station application then restart your computer. Make sure that the file you are importing is a wave file. You can check a file's type in Windows* by using the right mouse button and selecting "properties". Quit, then restart the PC Animation Station application. Other programs may use the same audio resources as the PC Animation Station. Make sure there are no other applications running when you open the PC Animation Station. The audio system had a problem with the Windows configuration. Please reinstall the PC Animation Station application. PC Animation Station is unable to open this file. Please verify that it is not locked. Unable to change screen resolution to 800 X 600, 16 bit color. Please contact your video card driver manufacturer for help updating your video card driver to support this screen resolution. The PC Animation Station may not be able to locate settings in Windows* that it needs to run. Try reinstalling the application. Unlock your .wav files before you import them. Try updating your video card driver. Video card device drivers are generally available for download from the device manufacturer. Check the vendor's web site for device driver updates, which can enable your computer to support the required screen resolution--800 X 600, 16 bit color. Try updating your video card driver. Video card device drivers are generally available for download from the device manufacturer. Check the vendor's web site for device driver updates which can enable your computer to support the required screen resolution--800 X 600, 16 bit color. If you selected "minimum" when you installed the PC Animation Station application, you will need to have the CD-ROM inserted when you run the application. Unable to initialize the required graphics mode. Please review the video requirements for this product. Your computer must be able to support 800 x 600, 16 bit graphics to run the PC Animation Station application. Please insert the PC Animation Station CD-ROM. The application cannot find Windows' Audio Compression Manager. You will be unable import files. If you have removed components of your Windows* directory you may not be able to import sound files. Consult the Windows* documentation that came with your computer for more support. 13 Error Messages Unable to import a file of that type. Save your file as an uncompressed `.wav' file and try again. Windows' Audio Compression Manager had an internal error. Import stopped. Suggested Actions You cannot import MP3 files or files that are not saved as standard uncompressed ".wav" files. If a component of Windows* isn't functioning properly on your computer, you may have trouble importing sounds. The file you are trying to import must be standard uncompressed ".wav" file. Uninstall the application using the Uninstall program located in the Digital Blue PC Animation Station folder in your Start Menu. The file import failed. The file may be corrupt or the file format is not supported. The PC Animation Station application software needs to be re-installed. Please un-install then re-install from the CD-ROM. 14 SALES AND SUPPORT Order the following replacement parts directly from Digital Blue: Connector Cable Belt Clip Headphones CD-ROM PRIME ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED WARRANTY Limited Warranty Prime Entertainment warrants that the Hardware Product if properly used and installed, and the CD-ROM on which the accompanying software is provided, will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year after the date of purchase. 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