Table of Contents
Audio / Photo CD Tool

This tool consists of three major components, Controller, Audio CD Player, and Photo CD Viewer. They are laid out from top to down as shown below.  To acquire information about any object on each layer, position the mouse pointer on the object and click the mouse button. You may also use the Tab kays to hightlight the object then press Enter.


Power button

This button is used to toggle the controller on and off.   When the Controller is turned off, both the Audio CD Player and the Photo CD Viewer will be turned off , too.


Left Chanel button
Left Channel button

This button is used to toggle the left audio channel on and off.


Right Channel button

This button is used to toggle the right audio channel on and off.


Mute button

This button is used to toggle both the left and right audio channels on and off.


Audio CD button

Click this button to turn the Audio CD Player on and off.


Photo CD button

Click this button to turn the Photo CD Viewer on and off.


Config button

This button is used to configure the CD-ROM drives for the Audio CD Player and the Photo CD Viewer. The CD-ROM Drives Setting dialog will pop up.

The first CD-ROM drive detected on the system will always be used as the drive for the Audio CD Player.  Choosing any other CD-ROM drive for playing audio CD is not supported in this version.

You may select any installed CD-ROM drive for viewing Photo CDs. All available CD-ROM drives will be listed out for your selection.


CD Indicator

Shows "CD" on the LED panel of the controller during power on mode.


Audio Indicator

Shows "Audio" while the Audio CD Player is on.


Photo Indicator

Shows "Photo" while the Photo CD Viewer is on.


Audio Channel Indicator

Shows "Mute" while both left and right audio channels are off.

is shown to indicate the left audio channel is on.

is shown to indicate the right audio channel is on.

is shown if the left audio channel is off.

is shown if the right audio channel is off.


Audio CD Information Display

Displays the total tracks and the total length of the CD.


Eject button

Ejects the disc if the CD-ROM drive can do so.


Pause button

Press this button to pause during play mode.
Press again to resume playing.
Pressing  the Play button can also resume playing.


Play button

Starts playing the first track or the selected track.
If in pause mode, pressing this button will resume playing.


Stop button

Click this button to stop playing.


Search backward button

Skips backward through the track in 15-second jumps.


Search Forward button

Skips forward through the track in 15-second jumps.


Previous Track button

Returns back to the previous track on the CD.


Next Track button

Advances to the next track on the CD.


Search Control button

Shows up the Search Control dialog as follows to allow you to select certain track to play and search any part of disc to play.

Type in the number of track you want to play.  Use the scroll bar to move to any point within the track.

The box under the scroll shows the track number and the elapsed/remain time of the current playing.

Click the Play button to begin playing the track you type in starting from the point you place the scroll bar.

Press the Close button to end the dialog.


View button

This button is used to toggle the display of the time information for the whole disc and for the current track.  Either "Disc" or "Track" will be shown on the LED panel of the Audio CD Player to indicate the current view mode.


Sequential button

Click this button to set the current play order to sequential order.
(The other two play orders are "program" and "shuffle".)


Shuffle button

Clicks this button to setup the "shuffle" play order.  The CD Shuffle dialog will pop up.

Click the Shuffle button to produce the shuffled order which will be displayed in the list box.  You may keep shuffling until you satisfy the shuffled result.

Click Ok to set the play order to the shuffled order shown in the list.

Click Cancel if you do not want to change the current play order.

Click Reset to get the sequentail order.

denotes an audio track.

denotes a data track.


Program button

Clicks this button to setup the "program" play order.  The CD Programming dialog will pop up.

denotes an audio track.  Only audio tracks can be put in the program.

denotes a data track which is not allowed in the program.

Position the mouse pointer on an audio track in the available track list and double-click the mouse button to add that track to the programmed track list.

To remove a track from the programmed track list, position the mouse pointer on that track and double-click the mouse button.

Click Ok to set the current play order to the order you put in the program.

Click Cancel if you do not want to change the current play order,

Click Reset to clear the programmed track list.

Note that the maximum total time of a program is 100 minutes, and the maximum number of tracks in a program is 99 tracks.  The list will be automatically truncated if it exceeds the maximum.


Repeat button

This button is used to set the repeat mode of CD playing.
First press...,  repeat disc.
Second press..., repeat track.
Third press..., no repeat.


Track Display

Shows the number of the current playing track in play mode, otherwise shows the number of the selected track.


Mode Display

Shows the current status of Audio CD player, including:
     "PLAY",  "STOP",  "No CD",  "PAUSE",  "ERROR",   "Not Ready"


View Disc/Track Time Indicator

Shows "Disc" or "Track" to indicate whether the Elpased time and Remain time displayed on the LED panel are for the whole disc or for the current track.  Whenever user clicks the View button, this indicator changes accordingly.


Elpased Time Display
Elapsed Time Display

Displays the elapsed time of the disc or the current track in MM:SS format, where M is a digit of minutes and S is a digit of seconds.


Remain Time Display

Displays the remain time of the disc or the current track in MM:SS format, where M is a digit of minutes and S is a digit of seconds.


Play Order Indicator

Inidcates the current play order:  "Sequential", "Program" or "Shuffle".


Repeat Indicator

Indicates the current repeat mode: "Repeat disc", "Repeat track", or none.


Photo CD Information Display

Shows the number of photos in the photo CD.


Contact Sheet button

Displays the contact sheet of the photo CD.  All the thumbnail views of photos in the disc will be loaded and displayed on the contact sheet which provides you a pictorial directory of the contents of the Photo CD disc.   A Photo CD Viewing tool will be activated to provide a set of PhotoCD/Image functions.


Run Slide Show button

Click this button to start a slide show on full screen.  The sequence of slides are arranged via the Setup Slide Show button.  During the slide show, you may  click the left mouse button to advance one slide, and click the right mouse button to retrun back to the previous slide; you may also set timer to automatically advance each slide.  Press Esc key whenever you want to quit the show before it runs to the end.


Setup Slide Show button

Click this button to show up the Slide Show Setup dialog.

Use Append button to append the selected slide number to the slide show sequence.
Use Insert button to insert the selected slide number before the highlighted slide in the sequence.
Use Delete button to delete the highlighted slide in the slide show sequence.
Clicking Insert All button will insert all the slides in sequentail order before the highlighted slide in the sequence.
Clicking Clear All button will clear the slide show sequence.
Clicking Shuffle button will shuffle the slide show sequence.
Select the size of image and the format in the show.
Check the method you want to flip slides:  Mouse or Time-out or both.


Select Thumbnail button

Click this button to pop up the Thumbnail Display dialog.

Type in the number of photo you want to view.  Its thumbnail will be displayed on the panel.


Previous Photo button

Shows the thumbnail of the previous photo.


Next Photo button

Shows the thumbnail of the next photo.


Load button

This button is used to load the image of the selected photo and display it. A Photo CD Viewing tool will be activated to provide a set of PhotoCD/Image functions.


Resolution button

This button is used to set the resolution of the image of the selected photo to load and display. Clicking this button each time circulates among four different sizes:  "Wallet",  "Snapshot",  "Standard",  and "Large".


Format button

This button is used to set the format of the image of the selected photo to load and display. Clicking this button each time circulates among four different formats: "16 colors",  "256 colors",  "gray scale", and "true color".


Photo Display

Shows the index of photo which thumbnail is currently displayed.


Thumbnail Display

Displays the thumbnail of the selected photo.


Resolution Indicator

Indicates which size is currently selected for loading image.  The selected size is shown in light yellow, while other three are dimmed.


Format Indicator

Indicates which format is currently selected for loading image.  The selected format is shown in light yellow, while other three are dimmed.