Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Montego DDL del fabbricante Turtle Beach
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User’s Guide ii Notices Montego DDL Users G uide Version 6 Software and do cumentation copy right © 2005 - 200 9 Voyetra Tur tle Beach, Inc. A ll rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in an y form without prior written con sent from Voye tra Turtle Beach, In c.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL iii Contents I NTRODUC ING M ONTEGO DDL _________________________________________ 5 I NSTALLATION CD __________________________________________________ 6 Control Panel .............................................
User’s Guide iv M IXER T AB ______________________________________________________ 31 Playback Settings ................................................................................................ ............................ 31 Record Settings .
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 5 I NTR ODUCING M ONTEGO DDL Montego DDL r epresents the latest generation in mult i -channel P C audio. Key features include: Dolby Digital Live (DDL) real -time encoder c onverts PC audio (e.g. game s, MP3, WMA, WA V, etc.
User’s Guide 6 I NST ALLA TION CD The Montego DDL CD includes the followi ng components: Montego DDL Drivers Audio drivers for Windows 2000/X P/Media Center Edition/V ista/Window s 7. Montego DDL Control Panel Software A convenient utility for controlling the Montego DDL audio fea tures.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 7 C ONNECT ORS Connector Function Front Out (Channels 1 & 2) Surround Out (Channels 3 & 4) Center/ LFE (Chan nels 5 & 6) Rear Out (Channels 7 & 8) Stereo, 4, 6 and 8 channel spea ker configurations are se lected from the Montego Contro l Panel Speakers T ab.
User’s Guide 8 I NST ALLA TION S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS Before proceeding with the in stallation, please make sure that your system meets the following minimum specifications for use with t he Montego .
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 9 5. With a gentle back-and-fort h rocking m otion, press t he gold-striped edge connector on the Montego DDL sou nd card firmly into the PCI slot until it sn aps into place. Secu re its rear metal bracket to the chassis with the screw you re moved in the previous step.
User’s Guide 10 I NSTALLING THE D RIVERS AND S OFTW ARE 1. Connect your powered speaker s, microphone, and any ot her audio peripherals t o the appropriate inputs and outputs on the Mo ntego DDL 2. Power-on your PC. After Windows bo ots, i f the ― Found New Har dware Wizard ‖ is displaye d, click on the Cancel but ton to end this proce ss.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 11 I NSTALLING THE W INDOWS XP M EDIA C ENTER C ONTROL P ANEL You may skip thi s section if you’ re not installing Mon tego DDL in a Wi ndows XP Media Center PC. 1. From the Montego DDL i nstallation menu, select Ins tall Montego DDL Applications .
User’s Guide 12 C HECKING M ONTEGO DDL A FTE R I NST ALLA TION L AUNCHING THE M ONTEGO DDL C ONTROL P ANEL After run ning the software insta llation procedure from the Montego DDL CD , the Turtle Beac h palm tree icon should appear in the Wind ows Systray at the bottom right of y our PC screen.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 13 The Master Volume on the Speake rs Tab should be at least ha lf-way up and the Mute butto n should be off, so the sound is not muted . The individual spea ker volumes to the right of the Master Volu me should be set t o about 75% towards the right.
User’s Guide 14 U SING THE M ONTEGO DDL P LAYING DIGITAL MUSI C WITH W INDOWS M E DIA P LAYER Once you‘ve confirmed that the speakers are operating properly, launch Windows Med ia Player and play some music files from your digital song library.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 15 S OUND FX Whenever a Sound Effect has bee n Enabled, the Setting s Summa ry in the Speakers Tab ind icates which effect ha s been turned on. This lets you easily see if the sound is being mo dified by the effects, without having to sear ch the Control Panel tabs.
User’s Guide 16 Check that the ― Enable digital CD audio for this CD -ROM D evice ‖ option is enabled in the CD drive‘s Properties setting s (using Window s XP or 2000 ).
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 17 Another example: if you are using stere o headphones and wa nt to hear all channels of an 8 channel au dio source in a more ―spatially correct‖ manner than.
User’s Guide 18 DVD player installed on your PC. Typically, these programs provide an aud io option tab that le ts you set the audio playback forma t. From this tab, you should set the audio playback format to 5.1 surrou nd so that the DVD audio will play on all 6 channels of y our multi -channel sy stem.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 19 L ISTENING TO 3D G AME A UDIO When playing games that us e Dir ectSound3D ™ , the Montego DDL surround sound processor convert s the 3D positional sounds into HRTF positional a udio so that the 3D e ffects of the game can be heard in headphones or stereo speaker s.
User’s Guide 20 U SING E AR F OR CE ® S URR OUND S OUND H EADPHONES Turtle Beach Ear For ce headphon es are a perfec t add-on for the Montego DDL. Be sure to che ck them out at www.Turt leBeach.com . The optional Turtle Beach Ear Force surround- sound headphones le t you experience surround-sou nd without having to set-u p a 5.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 21 M ONTEGO DDL C ONTROL P ANEL The Control Panel le ts you access all of the Montego DDL aud io features. You ca n launch the control panel from the Turtle Beac .
User’s Guide 22 S PEAKERS T AB The Speakers Tab is d ivided into the foll owing sections: Speaker Configurat ion lets you test speaker operation and select speaker c onfiguration modes. Volume sets the master volume a nd individual speaker volumes.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 23 S PEAKER C ONFIGURATION S The Speaker Configuration pull -d own menu sets the followi ng speaker mode s: Headphones (2-sp eakers) 2 Speakers ( Stereo) 4 speake.
User’s Guide 24 5.1 Speakers (5.1 Surroun d) 5.1 Headphones (5.1 Surrou nd) 7.1 speakers ( 7.1 Surround).
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 25 T ESTING THE S PEAKE R C ONFIGURATION After selecting the speaker configuration to match your speaker system, you can check if the speake rs are properly connected by clicking on the speaker icon to play a test sig nal on that spea ker.
User’s Guide 26 Voice Changer: Indicates that the Voice Cha nger effect in the Effects Tab is ena bled, therefo re the mic input mig ht be altered.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 27 Reverse S/PDIF -In Format : Check this option when the transmitting device is sending S/PDIF da ta with an inverted phase, which sometimes ca n cause the S/PDIF input to incorrectly sense the digital sign al .
User’s Guide 28 G RAPHIC E QU ALIZE R T AB The Graphic Equalizer provid es 10 fre quency bands that can be boost or cut to tailor the system frequency response, or tone. T wo rows of buttons at the top of t he slider bank provide s quick acce ss t o eight equalizer presets.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 29 E FFECTS T AB S PEAKER P OSITION This section lets you change th e position of speake rs configured in the Speake rs Tab by clicking and moving the blue ―virtual speaker‖ ico ns in the ill ustration.
User’s Guide 30 S OUND FX V OICE C HANGER When activated by pre ssing the Enable button, this eff ect alters the microp hone input signal b y adding an echo/reverb eff ect or by changing the pitch up or down . Note that these e ffects only operate on t he microphone input.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 31 M IXER T AB Mixer Tab in Win dows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Win dows Vista/Windows 7 P LAYBACK S ETTINGS The Playback mixer provid es an array of volume , mute and pan controls for balancing the so und sources when listening with hea dphones or speakers .
User’s Guide 32 Microphone Options Butt on , labeled ―…‖, a c tivates a dialog box with a n option to boost th e microphone volume by +20dB. CD Player: Sets the volume for the CD ROM audio. Line In : Se ts the volume of the signal plug ged into t he Line input ja ck.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 33 R ECORD S ETTINGS Audio recording can be a ccomplished with a program suc h as Windows Re corder (in the Accessories secti on of the Start All Programs list), or o ther digital audio recording s oftware.
User’s Guide 34 The following diagram illu strates the signal flow f or the recording input pat h in Wind ows 2000/XP . Note that the volume sliders in the Playback Mixer d o not aff ect the r ecord.
WWW .T URTLE B EACH . COM Montego DDL 35 L IMITED W ARRANTY Voyetra Turtle Beac h, Inc. ("VTB") warrants to the origi nal end -user pur chaser ("Purchaser") that the re tail Turtle.
User’s Guide 36 FCC D ECLARA TION OF C ONFORMITY PRODUCT NAME Turtle Beach Montego DDL MODEL NUMBER TB400-3300- 01 FCC RULES TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC PART 15, CLASS B OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules.
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