Getting Started

If you are using a recent browser, there's a good chance you have all you need to view the CD-ROM. Below is a table of helper applications used by this CD-ROM. Visit the sites to be sure you are running the most current versions of each application.

SP FIRST has been tested on Internet Explorer 6.0^® (it should work on others). You can download the current version by clicking on the icon.

You will also need to load Apple's QuickTime^® to view most of the movies.
You can get it here.

The labs, homeworks, examples, and exercises are all in pdf format. Here's is where you can get Acrobat Reader^® to read them.

Many of the labs have MATLAB files that go with them. They have been zipped and placed under a link called MATLAB Files There are many ways to unzip them. Here are some you can try.

A couple of the tutorials use RealMedia^®.

That's all you need to view the CD-ROM. However, you'll need MATLAB^® to do the labs.

MATLAB

Many MATLAB m-files and demos have been developed and placed in the spfirst toolbox. To install the spfirst toolbox, click on this link and unzip the file. You will find the directory spfirst. Copy this to your MATLAB toolbox folder (C:/MATLAB6p5/toolbox is the default location.). Start MATLAB and go to File:Set Path.... Click Add Folder... and select spfirst. Click Save. In the MATLAB command window type spfirst. This will add all of the demos to your current path. Test your installation by entering con2dis. If a GUI appears, you are all set.
Current versions of the demos can be found here.

Linux and Macintosh users click here.

McClellan, Schafer, and Yoder, Signal Processing First, ISBN 0-13-065562-7.
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc.

	SP FIRST has been tested on Internet Explorer 6.0^® (it should work on others). You can download the current version by clicking on the icon.
	You will also need to load Apple's QuickTime^® to view most of the movies. You can get it here.
	The labs, homeworks, examples, and exercises are all in pdf format. Here's is where you can get Acrobat Reader^® to read them.
	Many of the labs have MATLAB files that go with them. They have been zipped and placed under a link called MATLAB Files There are many ways to unzip them. Here are some you can try.
	A couple of the tutorials use RealMedia^®.
That's all you need to view the CD-ROM. However, you'll need MATLAB^® to do the labs.
	MATLAB
	Many MATLAB m-files and demos have been developed and placed in the spfirst toolbox. To install the spfirst toolbox, click on this link and unzip the file. You will find the directory spfirst. Copy this to your MATLAB toolbox folder (C:/MATLAB6p5/toolbox is the default location.). Start MATLAB and go to File:Set Path.... Click Add Folder... and select spfirst. Click Save. In the MATLAB command window type spfirst. This will add all of the demos to your current path. Test your installation by entering con2dis. If a GUI appears, you are all set. Current versions of the demos can be found here.