This article contains the Read Me file included with the AudioVision 14" Display software version 1.0.2

AudioVision 14 Display

This document contains the latest information about your AudioVision 14 Display. Read this file in addition to the AudioVision 14 Display User's Guide.

Installing the AudioVision Software

If you use the AudioVision 14 Display with other input devices that include software, such as as the Apple Adjustable Keyboard or certain non-Apple keyboards and pointing devices, install the AudioVision software last. If you don't, software for some other devices may overwrite the AudioVision software.

For example, if you install software for the Apple Adjustable Keyboard after installing the AudioVision software, the keyboard's Sound control panel replaces the monitor's Sound control panel, which contains additional sound controls for your monitor.

IMPORTANT If you have the Apple Adjustable Keyboard: After you install the AudioVision software, restart the computer. Then shut down and turn off the computer and the monitor, wait 30 seconds, and turn them back on. Otherwise, the computer will not recognize the monitor.

Removing the AudioVision Software

The AudioVision software replaces your computer's Sound control panel with a larger Sound control panel. If you remove the AudioVision software, you'll need to add a Sound control panel to your computer either by dragging one to the System Folder (with the System Folder closed), or by reinstalling your system software. See the manuals that came with your computer for information on reinstalling system software.

Note: If you drag a Sound control panel to your System Folder, you'll be asked if you want it placed in the Control Panels folder, which is inside the System Folder.  Click Yesall control panels belong in the Control Panels folder.

Energy Saver

Energy Saver is a control panel that lets you save energy by choosing to automatically dim your screen when the screen is not being used. You specify how long you want Energy Saver to wait (up to an hour) before turning off the screen. The computer is not turned off, so it only takes a few seconds after you start using your keyboard or mouse for the screen to become fully active.

If your model of Macintosh can support Energy Saver, then it is automatically installed when you install the AudioVision software.

What models support Energy Saver?

You can use Energy Saver if you have the following:

a Power Macintosh computer, or a Macintosh Quadra, Centris, or LC III computer

2 MB of available RAM

system software version 7.1 or later

IMPORTANT The AudioVision 14 Display complies with Energy Star guidelines.  A monitor that does not comply with Energy Star guidelines, or one that is plugged into an expansion card, will not be harmed by the Energy Saver control panel but will not save energy (even if the screen goes black). In some cases, you will not be able to open and use the Energy Saver control panel if your monitor does not comply with Energy Star guidelines.

Setting Up the AudioVision 14 Display for Speech Recognition on the
Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Macintosh Centris 660AV

If you use the AudioVision 14 Display with the Quadra 840AV or Centris 660AV for speech recognition, follow these steps when you set up your AudioVision display:

1. When connecting the AudioVision adapter cable, connect the sound-in plug to the external sound input port on the back of the computer.

2. Make sure the AudioVision monitor's built-in microphone is turned on.

Alert and Beep Sound Problems

Missing alert sound

If you turn the AudioVision monitor's speakers all the way down, you may accidentally turn off your computer's alert sound (the beep you hear when the system needs to get your attention). There are three ways to turn the speakers completely down:

dragging the AudioVision Speakers slider all the way down in the Volumes portion of the Sound control panel
turning the volume all the way down on the monitor itself (using the monitor's Volume key)
turning on the monitor's Mute option

If you have the Apple Adjustable keyboard, there is a fourth way to turn the sound down:

using the keyboard's volume key

If you use any of these methods to turn the sound all the way down, any adjustments you make to the Alert slider in the Sound control panel will have no effect. You will hear no alert sounds. If the Alert slider is also turned all the way down, the system will alert you by flashing the menu bar. If, however, the Alert slider is turned up, but the speakers are turned all the way down, your system will not recognize that the alert sound cannot be heard, and won't flash the menu bar.

Inaudible startup beep

If you use the AudioVision 14 Display with the Macintosh IIvx, IIvi, IIvm, Quadra 700, 800, 900, or 950, you may not hear the startup ("boot") beep when you turn on the computer. To hear the startup beep, plug the monitor into a wall outlet (not into the computer) and turn on the monitor before turning on the computer.

If you have a Power Macintosh computer, plug the AudioVision Display into the back of the computer, not into a wall outlet.

Recording With External Microphones

The Apple Microphone does not work with the AudioVision 14 Display. If you wish to use an external microphone, use the Apple PlainTalk microphone.

Video Slider Behavior With Keypad Control Combinations

Pressing the Volume key, Mute button, or Microphone-On button in combination with the Brightness key or the Contrast key makes the slider behave erratically. For example, if you press and hold the top of the Contrast key to move the slider control upward and press the Mute button at the same time, the slider control continues upward to the endeven after you release the keys.


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