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First post, by b_rros

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Hi,

I recently got two sound cards but I can't find anything about them, the first one is what I believe a Media Vision card, but I can't find any info on this model and what those dip switches do. The other is... have... a CRYSTAL chip 😀

Any help?

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Reply 1 of 24, by ElectricMonk

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Media Vision had an incredible financial scandal, and went under. A company called SVT Shiva bought all their remaining stock, and created a new division called Media Vision Innovations, Inc. to sell existing inventory. Maybe it's one of those cards? I'll poke around and see if I can help ID it for you.

Fun fact: The Media Vision engineers left and formed Aureal Semiconductor during all that mess.

Reply 6 of 24, by Stiletto

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Synoptic wrote:

So... sticker is wrong? or FCC database is wrong? or that FCC report is for a different manufacturer? It's not S16FCM, it's S16FC4M.

Still, at least that gives the proper manufacturer: GVC Corporation.

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Reply 7 of 24, by AlphaWing

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Does windows 9x or 2k\XP auto detect it in the add new hardware wizard as anything, and try to install drivers?
That top card looks interesting to me, its probably not PNP with those dip switches too.

Reply 8 of 24, by Synoptic

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Stiletto wrote:
Synoptic wrote:

So... sticker is wrong? or FCC database is wrong? or that FCC report is for a different manufacturer? It's not S16FCM, it's S16FC4M.

Sorry, link corrected. No more info though.

Reply 9 of 24, by Stiletto

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MediaVision: Relevant:
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/als … rch/000211.html
Still, I'd be shocked if Cloudschatze didn't know.

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Reply 11 of 24, by smeezekitty

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b_rros wrote:

So it's a Media Vision Jazz 16 that use to be bundled with some PHILIPS CD drive. Thanks all 😀

Its a mediavision card with a Jazz 16 chipset but obviously it has no cdrom controller on board. Could be computer OEM supplied
The other one looks like something from AZtech from those chips, but usually their boards are brown/orange instread of green

Reply 13 of 24, by bristlehog

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This is a LMSI version of Jazz16-based card. Pins on the left are the LMSI connector.

Hardware comparisons and game system requirements: https://technical.city

Reply 15 of 24, by bristlehog

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That's because of LMSI being rare and unpopular interface. Few supporting soundcards I know of are:

SB Pro 2 CT1690
SB 16 CT1790
Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum 16
Media Vision Pro Audio Studio 16
Media Vision Jazz16

And that's all. It's also hard now to find a corresponding Philips CD drive.

Hardware comparisons and game system requirements: https://technical.city

Reply 16 of 24, by NJRoadfan

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I think the original Tandy Sensation! had a LMSI interface built onto its motherboard. I recall it having that small interface cable with its original CD-ROM drive.

Reply 17 of 24, by sliderider

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The Media Vision isn't a Pro Sonic 16 because it doesn't have a SCSI connector. Here is a Pro Sonic 16 (pic taken from another Vogons thread)

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It's not my pic, but I also have one just like this but not the CD ROM drive that it came bundled with.

Reply 18 of 24, by Nahkri

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Can someome pls help me identify this soundcard,from the main chip i say it's a media vision but not sure what model,has some jumpers on it and i would like to know how to set them.

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Reply 19 of 24, by Stiletto

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Nahkri wrote:
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Can someome pls help me identify this soundcard,from the main chip i say it's a media vision but not sure what model,has some jumpers on it and i would like to know how to set them.

It's a MediaVision ProSonic Jazz 16 clone.
KRN3261 = KTL Research Limited (Hong Kong), KRN3261 is probably also model number.
https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetEas731Report.do?a … &fcc_id=KRN3261

Other Photos:
http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Card-ISA-E132315- … 1/dp/B00B86ZIL6
http://www.soundtec.ru/_ph/2/37874742.jpg
http://acoustiq.ro/vintage/Parts/Card/Sound/K … 16bit%20ISA.jpg
http://s477.photobucket.com/user/Nickolay_I/m … ound16.jpg.html
http://s477.photobucket.com/user/Nickolay_I/m … ound17.jpg.html

Based on all photos, Jumpers look like:
JP1: CD Address Select (Open = 340H, Close = 320H)
JP2: CD ROM IRQ (IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ12, IRQ14, IRQ15)
JP3: Microphone (Open = Dynamic Mic, Close = Condenser Mic)
SW1: Unknown (not user adjustable?)
J4: CD Audio Input
J5: PC Speaker Input
J6: PC Speaker Output

The rest must be software configurable.

Compatible Drivers:
Should in theory work: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=418
Comments say is compatible: http://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=33640

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