Securities and Exchange Commission
                                   Washington, D.C.

     Litigation Release No.15624 / January 22, 1998
     Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1006

     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. RUSSELL C. FAUST, United States
     District Court for the Northern District of California, Civil Action No.
     98-0197-CAL; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. RUSSELL C. FAUST

          The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the filing on
     January 20, 1998 of both criminal and civil actions against Russell Faust,
     formerly Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Media Vision Technology,
     Inc. of Fremont, California, for his involvement in the fraudulent
     reporting of Media Vision's 1993 financial results to the public.

          Faust has settled both the criminal and civil actions, which were
     filed today in the Northern District of California.  As part of the
     settlements, he has agreed to cooperate with authorities in their
     continuing investigations into securities fraud by senior management at
     Media Vision in 1993 and 1994.   Pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S.
     Attorney's office, Faust has agreed to plead guilty to one count of mail
     fraud, which carries a potential prison sentence of five (5) years, a
     $250,000 fine, and restitution to the victims of the fraud.  In the SEC
     case, Faust, without admitting or denying the allegations of the SEC
     complaint, has consented to the entry of a Final Judgment requiring him to
     pay $555,932, consisting of disgorgement of insider trading profits and
     prejudgment interest in the amount of $197,285, an insider trading penalty
     in the amount of $158,647 and an additional $200,000 in civil penalties,
     barring him from serving as an officer or director of any public company,
     and enjoining him from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities
     Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934, and Rules 10b-5 and 13b2-2 thereunder.

          The criminal information and the SEC complaint charge that Faust
     participated in fraud at Media Vision by directing the falsification of
     documents to make it appear that product had shipped in one quarter, when
     in fact it had not shipped until the following quarter, for the purpose of
     inflating revenues.  The SEC complaint also charges that Faust
     misrepresented to auditors that Media Vision had no unrecognized product
     returns and that Faust sold Media Vision stock while in possession of
     material nonpublic information about fraud at the company.











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