[新知]超棒的PowerMate

[yjalex]

哈，yj是用內建的音效晶片，沒有音效卡，努力買中

[吉米丘]

取材至官方網站的內容
http://www.griffintechnology.com/sup...PM-PC-004.html


PowerMate Support for PCs

How do I install the PowerMate in Windows 2000/XP?

1. Attach the PowerMate to a USB port and insert the enclosed CD. Double-click on setup.exe located at the root of the CD. If you have AutoPlay enabled, the setup program will run automatically when you insert the CD. Follow the instructions onscreen to install the PowerMate software. After restarting your PC, you should be ready to go.

If the automatic Windows installation appears to have not worked (i.e. - PowerMate will only move the screen cursor left and right and does nothing else), please continue to the manual installation at Step 2.

(Manual Installation)
2. Go to Settings > Control Panels > System, click on Hardware, and click on Device Manager. Check View devices by type. Under Human Interface Device, you will have a listing for the HID devices that Windows considers to be currently attached. One of these will be the PowerMate, and you can confirm that by double clicking on the device entry and verifying the listing Griffin PowerMate next to Location.

3. Once you've selected the correct entry for the PowerMate, click on Driver, Update Driver, and select Install from a list of specific location.

4. Select “Don't Search. I will choose the driver to install.” Click on Have Disk then click on Browse and point it to the location of the Griffin Technology PowerMate Driver folder (typically C:Program FilesGriffin TechnologyPowermateDriver). Select PowrMate.inf and click OK to install the driver. If this is a Windows XP installation, you should be done.

Additional Instructions for Windows 2000
If this is a Windows 2000 installation you must have Service Pack 3 applied, and then follow the instructions in Step 4. When you get to the step of selecting the PowrMate.inf file you will receive an error message stating, "the specified location does not contain information about your hardware" (or some similar wording). Click on "OK" to clear the error message, then try to load the PowrMate.inf - Again, exactly from the point you are at after closing the error message (which should be the file requester showing the PowrMate.inf file). Now the PowrMate.inf should load correctly. Follow the rest of the manual installation instructions to conclude the installation. You may be asked to reboot. At that point the Powermate driver should load at startup normally and operate correctly.

4. After all that, you deserve some fun. Twirl the knob and gaze in wonder as the light brightens and dims as you turn it right and left (this is the default behavior for controlling the system master volume).

[吉米丘]

吉米為了他從W2K換去XP，現在因為XP速度拖太慢，又換回W2K...

搞了三天研究上面那些英文說明，今天終於領悟出來了

安裝前請注意，你的W2K至少要是SP3以後的版本，而XP也要是SP1以後的版本喔～


首先，先安裝POWERMATE的安裝程式，目前為止最新的是1.52版，每次安裝時他都會問你要不要檢查更新，有新的版本他會跟你說...


接著選擇安裝目錄，請注意，這裡很重要，因為等一下會用到，請記住你安裝的位置為<font color=red>crogram FilesGriffin TechnologyPowerMate</font id=red>這個目錄下面


在批裡啪啦之後軟體安裝完成啦～[img]non-asp/emot/008.gif[/img]


接著將滑鼠移到「我的電腦」上面，按下滑鼠右鍵選擇「內容」，接著選擇「硬體」，在選擇「裝置管理員」那顆按鈕，就會出現這個畫面（或是你在控制台裡面按下「系統」，然後選擇「硬體」，在選擇「裝置管理員」是一樣的道理），因為我們還沒有把POWERMATE安裝上去，所以這裡什麼都沒有


這時候插上POWERMATE，會出現一個「暫時」讓人高興的畫面，以為電腦認識他了...


好景不長，無知的電腦又把他當作人性化的介面裝置...[img]non-asp/emot/011.gif[/img]

這時候你可以轉動POWERMATE，你會發現他像滑鼠一樣，只會左右移動，這表示尚未安裝正確


還記得裝置管理員的畫面嗎？這時候會多出兩樣東西來，一個是「USB人性化介面裝置」另一個是「HID-COMPLIANT MOUSE」，這裡請注意，接著下來要更換DRIVER的不是下面這個，而是上面這個「USB人性化介面裝置」才對喔～


滑鼠移到這個東西上面按右鍵，選擇「內容」...


這就是內容，看到沒，滑鼠指標這邊有寫GRIFFIN的POWERMATE才對喔～


接著點選上面的「驅動程式」，然後按右下角的「更新驅動程式」


請按下一步


請選擇「搜尋適當的裝置驅動程式檔案」


選擇指定位置


還記得吉米剛剛要你記起來的那個安裝位置嗎？在那個安裝位置裡面的DRIVER目錄，就有你要的POWERMATE.INF的驅動程式檔案，然後按下一步


接著請確認滑鼠這個地方是否指向著剛剛你給的那個POWERMATE.INF檔，例如吉米的安裝目錄不同，所以是指向這裡，沒錯的話就按下一步


終於完成了....[img]non-asp/emot/010.gif[/img]


在檢查一下，真的可以了～


讚啦～[img]non-asp/emot/014.gif[/img]

就這樣，在W2K下面還挺複雜的，在XP下面也沒輕鬆到哪裡去，不過關鍵找到了，是要換人性化介面裝置，而不是HID那個東西...[img]non-asp/emot/018.gif[/img]

[吉米丘]

現在坊間出現另一種，要算他是類似呢？還是怎樣的產品？


Hercules Audio - Muse Pocket USB External Soundcard

簡單的說，他就是一個USB的外接式5.1聲道的音效卡，讓你原本的NB或是桌上型電腦升級到這個等級


而且上面的音源插孔真的很方便...


INSTANT AUDIO AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Instant audio on your PC

External USB sound box
Instant installation with plug-and-play USB install
USB bus-powered device, no need of external power supply

Sound at your fingertips

Set the volume by turning the top button
Mute on and off by pushing the top button
ASet the volume of your speakers in situ
Plug in your headphone, without unplugging your speakers

Easy upgrade for laptop and desktop For Laptop Users

Lightweight and compact for portable use
Solid metal device designed for globe-trotters
No need of power cable, easy for mobile computing


For Desktop Users

As space saving on the desktop as a remote control
Instant USB plug and drivers installation
Easy access to all audio plugs on the desktop


Surround audio for your PC

Stereo, quadraphonic audio and 5.1 playback
Multi-channel audio in music and games
Music (static audio positioning) Windows WMA multichannel Internet Radio streaming

Games (dynamic audio positioning) DirectSound games audio track Other audio positioning formats


High compatibility

DirectSound, EAX, and other audio positioning performed by Sensaura positioning engine
Compatible with USB 1 and USB 2.0 ports
Also compatible with Mac computer (stereo only, no surround in Mac environment)


Who is Gamesurround Muse Pocket USB typical user?

The owner of a PC (desktop and laptop) with no sound card
The PC user who wants to improve the audio quality of his PC
The PC user looking for surround sound
The PC user interested in setting smoothly the PC audio volume without having to call the mixer panel

原廠連結
http://us.hercules.com/products/show...p?p=84&b=1&f=1

他們另一個產品

DJ Console

http://us.hercules.com/products/show...p?p=87&b=0&f=1

有人不想要願意割愛的嗎???
小弟很想買說...但是新的2300我買不下去說....
更何況我比較喜歡黑的

看了丘大寫的文章才搞定...^^
真是太感謝了:P
..........................SO NICE!!

Hercules Audio - Muse Pocket USB External Soundcard
請問丘大台灣哪裡有在賣啊~~!?!?!^^
還有要多少張啊呀!?

[吉米丘]

不知道耶～你可以去他們官方網站問問看

或是去什麼都賣的地方找囉

[楊小邪]

在我的電腦裡按右鍵選內容-進階-效能-設定->調整成最佳效能

哇Win2000出現囉~~QQ

這是我中文化POWERMATE的中文化程式.版本是1.52版的你只要先安裝好1.52版的英文版的倚後在執行我的中文化程式以後,即可使用,希望不嫌棄啦!


FOR 98
http://jesse.com.tw/cpowermate98.exe

FOR 2000
http://jesse.com.tw/cpowermate2K.exe

FOR XP
http://jesse.com.tw/cpowermateXP.exe

如有翻譯不正確請告知感激不盡