Installation
System Requirements
Troubleshooting
Warranties
Rights and Trademarks

INSTALLATION

NONE! The software runs from the copy protected CD-ROM. No parts are permanently copied to your system. If you have Autostart enabled, it should start automatically. If not, hit [START], then [RUN] and [BROWSE] to your CD-ROM drive. There you select the file GAIA****.EXE and run it. On each startup there are 3 sections:

• series introduction,
• country introduction (accessible also from the main screen)
• and navigation description.

If you don't like our button sounds, please just turn down sound volume - yes, the knob on your speakers will do just fine!

Space and marketing considerations forced us to use limited video with Indeo 3.2 compression only. If you either have Intel Indeo(R) Video 5.11 codec or newer installed, or if you want to bother to install it from the INDEO5 folder on this CD-ROM complying with Intel's licensing requirements, you can watch better copies and a couple of extra videos recorded with DV format. The 32xxxx files are original Intel Indeo(R) 3.2 compressed versions, you will want to try the others. The Wedge is awsome! All video files are the copyrighted property of Gaia InterMedia.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The guides require at least the following PC-compatible computer to run:

• 100Mhz Pentium(R) class CPU
• 16MB of RAM (3 largest panoramas may not appear)
• 4x speed CD-ROM drive
• SVGA video card capable of 16bit High color (thousands of colors) at 640*480 bits or higher resolution
• Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me or newer.
• It will NOT run on Microsoft Windows 3.1 or older, or on other operating systems!

• 200Mhz Pentium(R) class CPU or faster
• 32MB of RAM
• 16x speed CD-ROM drive
• SVGA video card capable of 16bit High color (thousands of colors) at 640*480 bits or higher resolution

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TROUBLESHOOTING

GUIDE DOES NOT START: please check that Autostart is enabled. It is 'conveniently' hiding probably under START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL - SYSTEM - CDROM - Auto insert notification. If that does not help, use START - RUN - BROWSE and navigate to your CD-ROM drive to find the .exe file.

SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE
or WEIRD COLORS (unless you like the "painterly effect" ;-)
There are several possible causes:

• your PC does not meet the minimum requirements
• video card is not set to 16bit High Color (thousands of colors.) Please exit the Guide, reset the color depth, restart your computer if required, and then restart the Guide.
• notebook / laptop PCs often have underperforming CD-ROM drives, video cards and their drivers, whatever the specs may say.
• another software with high system requirements is running
• you bought a pirated copy

SOUND CLICKS: sorry, that is between MS Windows, Direct Sound, Macromedia Director and your sound card drivers. One day they'll learn to cooperate better. We used professional recording facility and the sounds themselves are very clean.

SYSTEM CRASH: CRASH?!? Well, yes, it does happen. We did test the guides on 3 continents on over a hundred PCs from 60MHz Pentiums with 16MB of RAM on to 800MHz Athlons. Only 1 computer crashed (repeatedly - an old Fujitsu notebook) due to system overload caused by inexplicable multiple starts of the guides. Please e-mail us: for instructions if it happens to you!

I CAN'T MAKE A COPY: sorry, the guide is copy protected. If you damage your guide, please mail the damaged copy to us for prompt replacement. If your dog ate it, DO NOT repeat: DO NOT! send us the dog! ;-)

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WARRANTIES

We did our best to give you correct information as of the date of publication of each guide. As things do change, please do verify prices, availability etc. yourself. And yes, due to the propensity of some of our fellow Americans to lawsuits, our lawyer insists on including the following, to protect ourselves from those of our immature countrymen unable to fend for themself or trying to make money out of their own carelesness:

Gaia InterMedia warrants the GUIDE to be free from defects in material and workmanship for 90 days from delivery. Your sole and exclusive remedy for a breach of this warranty is the replacement of the GUIDE or refund of the purchase price, at Gaia InterMedia's option. Gaia InterMedia MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR CORRECTNESS OF DATA INCLUDING PRICES. Some states do not permit the exclusion of implied warranties, and you may have other rights which may vary from state to state. NEITHER Gaia InterMedia NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE LICENSE OR USE OF THE GUIDE OR OTHERWISE.

The guides and their packaging materials are known to cause severe internal injuries or death if ingested, inhaled or otherwise internally applied to unprotected human body ;)

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RIGHTS and TRADEMARKS

All rights to the GUIDE are owned by Gaia InterMedia and its contractors and are protected by United States copyright laws, international treaty provisions and other applicable laws. Gaia InterMedia and its contractors retain all rights not expressly granted by this agreement. The GUIDE is licensed only to you and may not be transferred without the prior written consent of Gaia InterMedia. The license contained in this agreement will terminate automatically without notice from Gaia InterMedia if you fail to comply with any provision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must immediately (i) stop using the GUIDE, (ii) delete the GUIDE and all copies from all magnetic media and destroy all other copies of the GUIDE, or upon request of Gaia InterMedia, return all such copies to Gaia InterMedia. Your use of the GUIDE must be in compliance with all applicable law, including, but not limited to, laws and regulations relating to currency and the law of moral rights. This disc and the GUIDE are "Restricted Computer Software." Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in this agreement and as provided in DFARS 227.7202-1(a), and 227.7202-3(a) (1995), DFARS 252.227.7013 (OCT 1988), FAR 12.212(a) (1995), FAR 52.227-19, or FAR 52-227-14, as applicable.

GaiaGuides and GIM logo are trademarks of Gaia InterMedia. Intel Pentium and Indeo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation in The United States and/or other countries. Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in The United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.