PlayCDG SP now let you plays Super CD+G discs(Commercial & Home-made) and let you enqueue songs from the disc's songlist. PlayCDG SP is the next generation CD+G player bringing together the custom background images with karaoke singing. Your favorite pictures can now be shown in still frames or slide shows, as background or foreground to the CD+G graphics. Surprise your friends and guests with captured moments that can be exhilarating, inspirational, embarrassing, and advertising. Also enjoy in PlayCDG SP the latest features of Equalizer, Key Control, Tempo Control, Drag-in Play, Hot Key Controls, Enhanced Play List, etc. for the best of karaoke.

Contents

• Features
• PC Requirements
• User's Manual
• Hot Key Controls
• Changing Email Address
• Troubleshooting
• Purchase/Upgrade

Features

• Play CD+G songs from CD+G discs*
• Play commercial and home-made Super CD+G discs
• Play CD+G songs from
  • MP3 / MCG files.
    • Made by Encoder MCG program or downloaded from Download CD+G songs.
  • MP3 / CDG (RW) files (for Winamp or other CD+G playing software).
    • Made by MP3+G Toolz or CDG Ripper.
• Play Audio CDs and MP3 files.
• Background Image Display.
  • Use your own digital pictures (jpg, bmp).
  • Load up to 20 background images.
  • Edit the Image List (Add, Delete, Re-order, Random, Import, Export).
  • Control display time per image.
  • Select an image by Stop, Next, and Previous commands.
  • Set Random image changes.
• Key Control, Tempo Control, and Speed Control for both CD+G disc and MCG/CDG file playing.
• Equalizer with 8-Frequency blocks and Auto-Adjustment pre-amplifier.
• Voice Cancel (L, R, Stereo Channels).
• Enhanced Play List.
  • Add individual songs or folders of songs.
  • Remove selected songs or all songs.
  • Quick Add (Search from selected folders to Quick Add songs to Play List).
  • Load / Save a Play List.
  • Print Play List.
  • Select Continuous / Stop Per Song Play Mode.
• Repeat Play.
• Drag and Drop Play.
• Direct Key Controls (Hot Keys).
• Enhanced Status Display (Indicators, Play Time, Song Title).
• Enhanced CPU usage rate.
• Detailed option settings.

*See the list of compatible CDR drives in Requirements Section below.

PC Requirements

• Pentium II or higher
• Minimum 128MB RAM
• Sound card or On-board Sound Chipset
• Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
• Microsoft DirectX 7.0 or higher (download page) for Win 98 or ME.
• DVD-ROM drive* (DVD-ROM is required when playing SuperCD+G disc)

*CD+G Compatible DVD Drive required.

User's Manual

Main Body

1. Show Equalizer window.
2. Browse and select songs (files).
3. Show Play List window.
4. Play the songs from CD or CD+G disc in the CD-ROM drive.
5. Show INX(SDC+G song list) window.
6. Read INX(SCD+G song list) from SCD+G disc.
7. Display track, time, status, song title information.
8. Indicate the play position.
9. Go to previous song or previous track.
10. Begin play or pause. Press twice to release pause.
11. Stop play.
12. Go to next song or next track.
13. Voice Cancel: Select Stereo / Right / Left channels (In Multiplex CD+G songs, vocal recording is found in the right channel, and by selecting the left channel, vocal recording can be turned off).
14. Repeat the songs in the Play List sequentially. When it is on, the Repeat sign will be lit in the Display.
15. Show Preference Dialog window.
16. Go to previous background image
17. Enable/Disable background image display.
18. Enable/Disable CD+G graphics display.
19. Pause background image slide show.
20. Go to next background image.
21. Slide right / left to increase / decrease music volume level.
22. Display About, Help, OpenURL, and Preference buttons
23. Minimize the program.
24. Exit the program.

Equalizer

1. Reset Equalizer settings to default values.
2. Enable / Disable Equalizer.
3. Lit when the Eqaulizer is enabled.
4. Predefined equalizer settings (PC Speakers, Large Hall, Club, Party).
5. Equalizer sliders.
6. Display Pre-amplifier Level.
7. Save current Equalizer settings.
8. Load saved Equalizer settings.
9. Reset Tempo, Pitch, and Speed control settings to default values.
10. Enable / Disable Tempo, Pitch, and Speed controls.
11. Lit when Tempo, Pitch, and Speed controls are enabled.
12. Tempo slider.
13. Pitch slider.
14. Speed slider.
15. Minimize Equalizer window.
16. Close Equalizer window.

Play List

1. Sort the songs by alphabetically ascending order.
2. Sort the songs by alphabetically descending order.
3. Display the song list.
4. Print the song list.
5. Select / De-select all songs in Play List.
6. Scroll up Play List.
7. Slide Play List.
8. Scroll down Play List.
9. Add a folder to Play List.
10. Add songs (files) to Play List.
11. Quick Add (Search specified folders and add songs to Play List).
12. Clear all songs in Play List.
13. Remove selected songs from Play List.
14. Save current Play List as a file.
15. Load Play List from a file.
16. Close Play List window.
17. Minimize Play List window.

Preference Dialog - General

1. Select a file type to be at top when using Open (file) command.
2. Set the default Left position of the CD+G screen.
3. Set the default Top position of the CD+G screen.
4. Restore default screen size (216p x 300p) and default position (216p, 0p).
5. Left point of CD+G screen.
6. Top point of CD+G screen.
7. Height of CD+G screen.
8. Width of CD+G screen.
9. Enable/Disable Gap-killer

Preference Dialog - Display

1. Select the display style of song title (song file name) in the Display window
2. Select between Elapsed time / Remaining time in the Display window.

Preference Dialog - Equalizer

1. Save Equalizer settings when closing Equalizer window.
2. Load Equalizer settings when opening Equalizer window.
3. Reset Equalizer settings after playing a song.
4. Reset Tempo, Pitch, and Speed settings after playing a song.
5. Enable Preamplifier Self-Adjusting.
6. Select the duration time for value display in Equalizer window.

Preference Dialog - Play List

1. Do not add duplicate files to Play List.
2. Do not add CD+G graphic files (MCG, CDG, RW) without corresponding MP3 files.
3. Pause after each song is played in the Play List.  Resume playing the next song by pressing Play button.
4. Display selected folders within which Quick Add will search for a song.
5. Add a folder to Search Folder List.
6. Delete selected folders from the Search Folder List.
7. Clear the Search Folder List.
8. Add an Auto Extension to a song (file) name being searched in Quick Add.
9. Allow MCG files to be added to Play List.
10. Allow CDG files to be added to Play List.
11. Allow RW files to be added to Play List.
12. Clear file type selections (No graphic file will be added to Play List).
13. Select all file type selections (All compatible graphic files will be added to Play List).

Preference Dialog - Background

1. Display Background Image List.
2. Move the selected image up.
3. Move the selected image down.
4. Move the selected image to the top.
5. Move the selected image down to bottom.
6. Shuffle the order of Images randomly.
7. Add image files(jpg, bmp) to Image List.
8. Remove the selected images from Image List.
9. Clear Image List.
10. Refresh Image List.
11. Import a Image List.
12. Export current Image List to a file.
13. Fit each image to the whole screen.
14. Display images randomly from the Image List.
15. Duration time for display per image.
16. Image Preview window.

Hot Key Controls

1. R Repeat
2. E Active / Deactive Equalizer
3. [  Show / Hide Equalizer
4. L Active / Deactive Play List
5. X Show / Hide INX(SCD+G song list)
6. ] Show / Hide Play List
7. Q Quick Add to Play List
8. C CD
9. D SCD+G disc
10. O Open
11. V Vocal Mode
12. S Stop
13. P Play / Pause
14. < Prev
15. > Next
16. F CD+G Graphics On / Off
17. B Background Images On / Off
18. + Next Background Image
19. - Previous Background Image
20. ? Open Preference Dialog window
21. ` Pause Background Image
22. D Load SuperCD+G disc
23. X Open/Close SuperCD+G song list

Changing Email Address

• To change the Email address that is registered for your PlayCDG SP, please go to http://www.cavsusa.com/playcdg_home/change_email.htm.
• Follow the instruction to change your old Email address to a new Email address.

Helpful Hints

This section shows helpful hints discovered by KJs and DJs using PlayCDG Pe for the shows.

1. How to play a regular song (audio only) between karaoke songs

• While a karaoke song is in play, open the Play List and drag and drop a mp3 file of your choice.  When the karaoke song is completed, the mp3 file will begin playing.  Open for the next karaoke song and press enter when ready.  The next karaoke songs will begin playing and again when it is finished, the mp3 file will begin playing.  
  --Trubbleguy --

Trouble Shooting

• PlayCDG SP will not run after installation.

  • Make sure that your Windows platform is supported by PlayCDG SP.
  • For Windows 98, run a diagnostic test of DirectX by starting DxDiag.exe located in C:\Program Files\DirectX\Setup\.
  • For problems with Windows Vista, please click here.

• Graphic display of lyrics will not come up, although the audio is playing.

  • Be sure to have a CD+G disc not a audio CD in the CD-ROM drive.
  • To play a regular CD+G disc with PlayCDG SP, be sure to have a CDR drive that is listed in the PC Requirements.

• An error message "3rd MFC ..." or "CD-ROM drive not found" comes up even though a CD-ROM drive is installed.

  • Go to "C:/Windows/System32/" directory and check for a program "wnaspi32.dll".
  • If the file "wnaspi32.dll" exists, then go to the PlayCDG SP directory and delete the file with the same name "wnaspi32.dll".
  • If the file "wnaspi32.dll" does not exist in "C:/Windows/System32/", then download "COMPELASPI.EXE" into your PC and double click on it to install. After the installation is complete, go to the PlayCDG SP directory and delete the file "wnaspi32.dll".
  • Restart the program PlayCDG SP.
  • Having installed "COMPELASPI.EXE", you must also delete the file "wnaspi32.dll" from each of the PlayCDG, PlayCDG Pro, Encoder MCG, and JBManager program directories to run the respective programs properly.
  • Having installed "COMPELASPI.EXE", if the program PlayCDG SP still gives out the error message "CD-ROM drive not found", then go www.goldenhawk.com/download_body.htm or www.adaptec.com/ for the latest WINASPI driver.

Download

To download the full version of PlayCDG SP, please complete your purchase with payment at the checkout counter. You will then automatically receive an email receipt with an access link to download the program.

Note: All sales of software products are final without refund.  We recommend that before purchasing the full version you download a Free Demo Version of PlayCDG SP for your trial.

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Program	Size	Price
PlayCDG SP Ver 1.350 Demo	10.8Mb	Free	Download
PlayCDG SP Ver 1.350 ( Single License )	11.5Mb	$ 49.99
PlayCDG SP ( 3 Pc License )	11.5Mb	$ 79.99
Upgrade PlayCDG SP single to 3 PC License (Single license User Only)	11.5Mb	$ 49.99
Special Combo Pack 2 (PlayCDG SP(Single License) + Encorder MCG + Deocorder CDG)	16.0Mb	$89.99
Special Combo Pack 5 (PlayCDG SP(3 Pc License) + Encorder MCG + Deocorder CDG)	16.0Mb	$109.99

Download Sample Song: Jingle Bell (2.23M)

Upgrade

Upgrade to PlayCDG SP from PlayCDG, PlayCDG Pro or PlayCDG Pe.

Note: All sales of software products are final without refund.  We recommend that before purchasing the full version you download a Free Demo Version of PlayCDG SP for your trial.

* You need to have previous version of PlayCDG SP installed on your computer to use upgrade.

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Program	Size	Price
Upgrade your previous version or PlayCDG SP* to Ver 1.350	10.8Mb	Free	Download
Upgrade your PlayCDG, PlayCDG Pro or PlayCDG Pe to PlayCDG SP	11.4Mb	$ 29.99

Download Sample Song: Jingle Bell (2.23M)