KOHLER K600 Design Manual
Release v2.3
January 15, 2000
This file contains last minute information and
notes to the user...
The KOHLER K600 Design Manual CD-ROM is best viewed when your display is setup for
"high color" or "true color". To increase the number of visible colors
on your display and significantly improve the quality of most images and video viewed on
your computer, follow these steps:
1. right-click on your Windows desktop
2. pick Properties from the menu
3. pick the Settings tab
4. change the color palette to show more colors than 256
5. reboot, if necessary
Table of Contents
| 1. |
Installation Notes |
| 2. |
Installing Adobe
Acrobat |
| 3. |
Minimum Requirements
and Recommendations |
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a. Microsoft
Windows versions 95, 98, NT 3.51 or NT 4.0 |
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b. CPU (Pentium
90, or faster Intel®) |
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c. Colors (256 colors
min.) |
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d. Double-speed CD-ROM |
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e. 16MB physical
memory minimum (more is better) |
| 4. |
Video Support |
| 5. |
Microsoft Windows®
95, 98 or NT 4.0 Support |
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a. Taskbar and full-screen
programs |
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b. AutoPlay support |
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c. Installation |
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d. Printing problems |
| 6. |
Changing Program
Settings |
| 7. |
Changing your proxy
settings |
| 8.
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Hyperlink
colors |
| 9. |
Troubleshooting |
| 10. |
Uninstall (removing
the program) |
| 11. |
Known issues. |
| 12. |
Reporting Problems |
Contents
1. Installation Notes
Please make sure to exit all other Windows and DOS applications
before installing the KOHLER K600 Design Manual. There might
be conflicts between Windows Setup tools and other applications if
they continue running while you are installing any new application.
This is a good practice to follow whenever you install a new program.
Installation instructions for Windows® 95, 98 or NT 4.0:
If your CD-ROM drive supports the AutoPlay feature, you will be presented with a screen
asking you to either Run or Quit the KOHLER K600 Design Manual program when the
CD-ROM is inserted into the drive. If you have not already installed the program, pick the
Run button and you'll begin the setup process. Follow the instructions and you're ready to
begin.
| Or, if AutoPlay isn't
supported by your PC, you may install the program manually: |
| 1. |
Pick the Start button on the Taskbar. |
| 2. |
Choose Run from the Start menu. |
| 3. |
In the Command Line box, type d:\setup, where
d is the letter representing your CD-ROM drive, and press ENTER. |
| 4. |
Follow the instructions that appear on your
screen. |
Remove
the program:
If you wish to remove this program from your hard disk, please click
the "Remove" icon provided in the program group.
Problems
updating files on a network:
Note: If you are using MSOffice on a Local Area Network and do
not have the rights to write to the disk drive with MSAPPS, an access
violation will occur during installation of this CD-ROM. Select Ignore
and continue on with the installation. If the CD-ROM does not operate
after installation, have your network administrator install the CD-ROM
and it will automatically update the appropriate DLL file on the drive
with MSAPPS.
Note
on Internet Explorer 4.0 installation
Under Windows 95 and NT, the program will search for an existing
version of Internet Explorer 4.0 (IE4.). If IE4.0 is not already installed,
it will automatically go through the installation process for it.
Please note that installation of IE4.0 requires rebooting of your
computer. There are options for modifying the desktop that the users
may not select if not interested.
Note
on running the program – Single click vs multiple clicks
This program operates in a browser-type mode. Meaning that a single
click of the mouse button on the commands and hyper-links would suffice.
Please note that multiple clicking or rapid clicks on a single button
or hyperlink could cause unexpected results.
2.
Installing Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat Reader is not automatically installed during the installation.
If you do not already have a version of Acrobat Reader installed,
the first time you open a technical document (PDF) a dialogue message
will prompt you to install Acrobat v4.05.
If you already have an earlier version of Acrobat Reader, you will
be given the option to install v4.05.
It is preferable to manually uninstall earlier versions before installing
v4.05.
To do so, go to
Start/Program Files/Adobe Acrobat and Select [Uninstall Adobe Acrobat
version 'n'], where 'n' is any version number preceding v4.05.
If you would like to manually prompt installation of Adobe Acrobat
Reader v4.05, go to the ‘Contact Us’ page from the main
menu and select the ‘To load Adobe Acrobat 4.05’ link.
| 3.
Requirements and Recommendations |
| a. |
This program requires
a PC running Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0. |
| b. |
A minimum of a Pentium
90 processor is required for acceptable performance. A faster
PC is highly recommended for viewing animation and video as
well as quickly paging through color schemes. |
| c. |
Your PC must be able
to display at least 256 simultaneous colors. However, a display
capable of displaying 16,000 or more colors is highly recommended
to avoid "palette shifting" which is a side effect
of using only 256 colors. |
| d. |
This program was
optimized for use with at least a 2X speed CD-ROM drive. A faster
drive may also speed up the use of this program. |
| e. |
16 MB physical memory
minimum and a large Windows swap file. More physical memory
will improve the speed of the program substantially, especially
in Windows 95, 98 and NT versions. |
4.
Video Support
Microsoft Windows 95, 98 (NT 4.0) ships with its own video playback
support. If you did not install video support when Windows 95, 98
(NT 4.0) was installed, you must add video support through the Windows
Control Panel. If video support is not yet available in your Windows
95, 98 (or NT 4.0) system, setup will automatically bring you to the
Add/Remove Programs feature so you can add video support. Please note
you must reboot the computer after making this change for it to take
effect.
5.
Compatibility with Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT 4.0®
Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT 4.0 Taskbar and full-screen programs:
This program takes advantage of the entire available screen area and
will display a black background on screens with higher that 640x480
resolution to provide better contrast when doing presentations, etc.
To display the Taskbar, press Ctrl+Esc or the Windows key.
6.
User Registration
If you filled out your Registration during setup, it will be kept
by the program and used appropriately to fill in forms when necessary.
7.
Changing your proxy settings
If you need to change your proxy settings for Kohler K600, you
can do so by changing them in Internet Explorer 4.0. Please refer
to Internet Explorer Help or your network administrator.
8.
Hyperlink Colors
Please note that the hyperlinks inside the program follow the
same settings that you have for Internet explorer. The hyperlinks
that have not been clicked on before appear in their respective color
(blue as the default) and they change to the visited hyperlink colors
(default red). By removing temporary Internet files through your Internet
Explorer, you will be able to change color of all visited hyperlinks
to the default (not visited) colors.
| 9.
Troubleshooting |
| a. |
Under Windows 95
or 98, if your sound or video plays back poorly from the CD-ROM,
you should make sure that you are not using MSCDEX.EXE (the
older DOS CD-ROM extension). This older driver may slow down
your CD-ROM and give less than optimal performance, while only
providing DOS CD-ROM support for some older DOS programs. If
you are having trouble with playback from your CD-ROM, check
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and comment out the line for MSCDEX and
reboot. This may fix the problem.
|
| b. |
If you get an out
of memory error message, try unloading your other applications
and restarting KOHLER K600 Design Manual. If the problem still
persists, make sure you have at least 16MB of physical memory
installed in your computer and a large swap file. Go to Program
Manager, pick Help/About from the menu and see that you have
at least 20MB of memory (combined RAM and swap file). If the
problem still persists, please contact VISCOMM.
|
| c. |
If you have installed
the program on your hard disk and the videos are jumpy, you
probably have a heavily fragmented hard disk. In such a case
you will need to "defrag" your hard drive. Another
possibility is that you have a very slow hard drive. To find
out about the defragmentation (defrag) process, please consult
your Windows manuals.
|
| d. |
If you are running
from the CD-ROM and videos are jumpy, you either have a slow
(1x) CD-ROM drive or there is a problem with the communication
between the CD-ROM drive and the computer. Try another CD-ROM
with similar level of videos and see if the problem persists.
If it does, contact a system specialist to check out your computer's
settings and components. Otherwise, contact VISCOMM. |
10.
Remove Program
To remove this CD-ROM, select the Remove icon from your Start
menu. You can also remove by picking KOHLER K600 Design Manual
in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs feature.
Please
note: Some DLLs will not uninstall because they are required for use
by other programs. This behavior is expected because the setup program
upgrades some components of Windows. Once upgraded, components cannot
be downgraded. This is common for ALL application programs. Remove
programs can only safely uninstall files which are unique to the main
application, not files already on the computer before running setup.
Remove
programs may fail to complete if errors are encountered, thus leaving
behind menu icons. If uninstall fails to remove program icons from
the Start Menu, they can be manually removed. To remove the menu icons,
right-click on the Start button, pick Explore, find the menu item
in the Programs folder and simply delete it.
| 11. Known Issues |
| a. |
In the Product Selector
areas, the program may crash or lock up if the user rapidly
clicks all possible selections back to "All" after
having made other selections. This can be avoided by simply
clicking on the "Clear Choices" buttons. |
| b. |
Users may encounter
errors when using the KOHLER K600 Design Manual
with Internet Explorer 5.0 installed on their computer. This
product was developed using Internet Explorer 4.0 and was fully
tested using version 4.0. As version 5.0 was not available for
full testing during development, user may encounter some problems
using version 5.0 and the KOHLER K600 Design Manual.
The only known issue is that users should install the Visual
Basic Scripting options during Installation of Internet Explorer
5.0. Problems will occur in the area of the Quick Finder if
all these options are not installed. |
| c. |
Users should not
remove the KOHLER K600 Design Manual CD from
the CD ROM drive while using the CD. Doing so will cause the
program to crash. |
12.
Reporting Problems
How
to Report a Problem or Send in Comments:
If
you encounter anything unexpected as you run this program please document
your actual steps that caused the "event" and report it
to VISCOMM.
Please feel free to send in your comments on the program, how it works,
and any ideas on its improvement and enhancements as described above.
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VISCOMM
60 Leveroni Court
Novato, CA 94949
415.884.5678
FAX 415.884.4545
techsupport@viscomm.com
www.VISCOMM.com
www.visualibrary.com
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