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...the Windows XP Media Center Control Panel 11 Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP 11 Uninstalling Montego DDL...11 CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION 12 Launching the Montego DDL Control Panel 12 Checking the Speaker Configuration 12 No Speaker Sound ...12 Sound Playing on the Wrong Speakers...Surround Sound 17 Using the Digital Output in Vista/Windows 7 18 Listening to Multi-Channel Audio with Dolby® Digital Live 18 Listening to 3D Game Audio ...19 USING EAR FORCE® SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES 20 MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL 21 Using the Control Panel Presets...
...the Windows XP Media Center Control Panel 11 Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP 11 Uninstalling Montego DDL...11 CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION 12 Launching the Montego DDL Control Panel 12 Checking the Speaker Configuration 12 No Speaker Sound ...12 Sound Playing on the Wrong Speakers...Surround Sound 17 Using the Digital Output in Vista/Windows 7 18 Listening to Multi-Channel Audio with Dolby® Digital Live 18 Listening to 3D Game Audio ...19 USING EAR FORCE® SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES 20 MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL 21 Using the Control Panel Presets...
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MIXER TAB 31 Playback Settings...31 Record Settings...33 Note on Selecting Record Source in Windows Vista/Windows 7 33 LIMITED WARRANTY 35 iv User's Guide
MIXER TAB 31 Playback Settings...31 Record Settings...33 Note on Selecting Record Source in Windows Vista/Windows 7 33 LIMITED WARRANTY 35 iv User's Guide
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... to music or even recording your own, the Turtle Beach Montego DDL handles it all. Key features include: Dolby Digital Live (DDL) real-time encoder converts PC audio (e.g. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM INTRODUCING MONTEGO DDL Montego DDL represents the latest generation in Windows XP (16 bit/48kHz playback and recording for Windows Vista/Windows 7). S/PDIF output allows for pass...
... to music or even recording your own, the Turtle Beach Montego DDL handles it all. Key features include: Dolby Digital Live (DDL) real-time encoder converts PC audio (e.g. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM INTRODUCING MONTEGO DDL Montego DDL represents the latest generation in Windows XP (16 bit/48kHz playback and recording for Windows Vista/Windows 7). S/PDIF output allows for pass...
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.... Drivers Montego DDL Control Panel Software Software Suite A convenient utility for Windows 2000/XP/Media Center Edition/Vista/Windows 7. Adobe® Acrobat® A limited version for use with Manuals the Adobe Acrobat program included on the CD. Reader PDF Reference PDF versions of music software, described in the next section. Clicking the Turtle Beach icon...
.... Drivers Montego DDL Control Panel Software Software Suite A convenient utility for Windows 2000/XP/Media Center Edition/Vista/Windows 7. Adobe® Acrobat® A limited version for use with Manuals the Adobe Acrobat program included on the CD. Reader PDF Reference PDF versions of music software, described in the next section. Clicking the Turtle Beach icon...
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... receivers or digital speaker systems. Accepts condenser or dynamic microphones. Ground (black) Pin 3 - Pin 1 - Right (red) Montego DDL 7 Use Front Out for pass-through of digital audio. Center/LFE(Chan Use Center/LFE Out for playback of Dolby ...5.1 and 7.1 channel analog playback modes. Right (red) Accepts internal analog audio from the Montego Control Panel Speakers Tab. Ground (black) Pin 4 - Optical S/PDIF input for rear channel powered speakers in Vista/Windows 7). WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM CONNECTORS Connector Front Out (Channels 1 & 2) Function Stereo, ...
... receivers or digital speaker systems. Accepts condenser or dynamic microphones. Ground (black) Pin 3 - Pin 1 - Right (red) Montego DDL 7 Use Front Out for pass-through of digital audio. Center/LFE(Chan Use Center/LFE Out for playback of Dolby ...5.1 and 7.1 channel analog playback modes. Right (red) Accepts internal analog audio from the Montego Control Panel Speakers Tab. Ground (black) Pin 4 - Optical S/PDIF input for rear channel powered speakers in Vista/Windows 7). WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM CONNECTORS Connector Front Out (Channels 1 & 2) Function Stereo, ...
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...required for software installation. Display 800x600 High Color (16-bit) Operating Systems Windows® 2000 Professional, XP or Media Center Edition, Vista/Windows 7 CD-ROM Drive Quad-Speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for software applications installation. The Dolby Digital Live output... for playing back Dolby® Digital (AC-3) audio from the video card and power supply. INSTALLING THE MONTEGO DDL SOUND CARD 1. Always turn off your PC. Turtle Beach cannot be disabled by unscrewing its case to Sound, Video and Game Controllers Right click on your...
...required for software installation. Display 800x600 High Color (16-bit) Operating Systems Windows® 2000 Professional, XP or Media Center Edition, Vista/Windows 7 CD-ROM Drive Quad-Speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for software applications installation. The Dolby Digital Live output... for playing back Dolby® Digital (AC-3) audio from the video card and power supply. INSTALLING THE MONTEGO DDL SOUND CARD 1. Always turn off your PC. Turtle Beach cannot be disabled by unscrewing its case to Sound, Video and Game Controllers Right click on your...
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... option labeled Enable Digital CD Audio for digital CD audio operation: 1. then the other end of it snaps into the appropriate connector on the Montego DDL. Open the Device Manager by default. Click Properties Hardware Tab Device Manager. 3. Click OK. Connect the MPC-2 connector to...connect the analog CD audio output, refer to the CD Audio header on the Montego DDL sound card. Select the Properties Tab and put a check mark in a PC running Windows XP or Media Center Edition or Vista/Windows 7, please skip this CD ROM Device. 5. Remove the rear bracket ...
... option labeled Enable Digital CD Audio for digital CD audio operation: 1. then the other end of it snaps into the appropriate connector on the Montego DDL. Open the Device Manager by default. Click Properties Hardware Tab Device Manager. 3. Click OK. Connect the MPC-2 connector to...connect the analog CD audio output, refer to the CD Audio header on the Montego DDL sound card. Select the Properties Tab and put a check mark in a PC running Windows XP or Media Center Edition or Vista/Windows 7, please skip this CD ROM Device. 5. Remove the rear bracket ...
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...30 seconds, click on the ―My Computer‖ icon, double-click on Cancel to properly install your PC. Windows XP Windows Vista/Windows 7 Please wait for reboot, the PC may appear to install the Voyetra demo programs, if you may again run the setup... Anyway" or "Yes" (depending on your sound card drivers! 3. Connect your PC. 10 User's Guide When the Montego DDL installation menu appears, select Montego DDL Driver Setup. Insert the Montego DDL CD into the CD ROM drive. Power-on the operating system). While preparing for the system to reboot to complete. ...
...30 seconds, click on the ―My Computer‖ icon, double-click on Cancel to properly install your PC. Windows XP Windows Vista/Windows 7 Please wait for reboot, the PC may appear to install the Voyetra demo programs, if you may again run the setup... Anyway" or "Yes" (depending on your sound card drivers! 3. Connect your PC. 10 User's Guide When the Montego DDL installation menu appears, select Montego DDL Driver Setup. Insert the Montego DDL CD into the CD ROM drive. Power-on the operating system). While preparing for the system to reboot to complete. ...
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... or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Montego DDL Run Montego DDL Control Panel. Before continuing with this manual for the ―Turtle Beach Audio Configuration Tool‖ - When Vista/Windows 7's User Account Control is playing the test sound. CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION LAUNCHING THE MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL After running the software installation procedure from...
... or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Montego DDL Run Montego DDL Control Panel. Before continuing with this manual for the ―Turtle Beach Audio Configuration Tool‖ - When Vista/Windows 7's User Account Control is playing the test sound. CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION LAUNCHING THE MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL After running the software installation procedure from...
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... from the drop down menu and check the ―Center/Bass Output Swap‖ option. If not, select Montego DDL from different speakers if the blue speaker icons are set to Turtle Beach Montego DDL Device, as shown in the illustration. This feature lets you are using a mini to RCA adapter to connect...correct the problem. If the Center/LFE speakers are connected properly. If the Montego DDL does not appear in the list, the drivers were not installed properly from the CD. In Windows Vista/Windows 7: If you change the position of the Master Volume should be set to the...
... from the drop down menu and check the ―Center/Bass Output Swap‖ option. If not, select Montego DDL from different speakers if the blue speaker icons are set to Turtle Beach Montego DDL Device, as shown in the illustration. This feature lets you are using a mini to RCA adapter to connect...correct the problem. If the Center/LFE speakers are connected properly. If the Montego DDL does not appear in the list, the drivers were not installed properly from the CD. In Windows Vista/Windows 7: If you change the position of the Master Volume should be set to the...
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... panned to modify the digital audio stream from the original. IF THERE'S NO SOUND WHEN PLAYING A CD IN THE PC'S CD ROM DRIVE: Montego DDL 15 To try this effect may vary drastically. Then notice how moving the slider shifts the pitch down . The Voice Changer effect lets you speak... effect. When you easily see if the sound is cancelled. The amount of echo can hear your CD ROM drive is using Windows XP or Vista/Windows 7, then the CD audio will be controlled by the Equalizer, Environments or other effects settings. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM SOUND FX Whenever a...
... panned to modify the digital audio stream from the original. IF THERE'S NO SOUND WHEN PLAYING A CD IN THE PC'S CD ROM DRIVE: Montego DDL 15 To try this effect may vary drastically. Then notice how moving the slider shifts the pitch down . The Voice Changer effect lets you speak... effect. When you easily see if the sound is cancelled. The amount of echo can hear your CD ROM drive is using Windows XP or Vista/Windows 7, then the CD audio will be controlled by the Equalizer, Environments or other effects settings. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM SOUND FX Whenever a...
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...down menu (shown below). You can then easily return to any setting by reverb to adjust the overall volume of each of the Montego DDL Control Panel function a little differently. If you 've found some settings that is best explained with the Surround speaker volume controls in... Effects tab and choose ―Stereo Sources‖ from the Front Left and Right speakers). SPEAKER POSITIONING & MULTI-SPEAKER SETTINGS UNDER VISTA/WINDOWS 7 Under Vista/Windows 7, the settings on the Speaker Position feature to position the surround and front speakers. Use the Equalizer to alter...
...down menu (shown below). You can then easily return to any setting by reverb to adjust the overall volume of each of the Montego DDL Control Panel function a little differently. If you 've found some settings that is best explained with the Surround speaker volume controls in... Effects tab and choose ―Stereo Sources‖ from the Front Left and Right speakers). SPEAKER POSITIONING & MULTI-SPEAKER SETTINGS UNDER VISTA/WINDOWS 7 Under Vista/Windows 7, the settings on the Speaker Position feature to position the surround and front speakers. Use the Equalizer to alter...
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... SOUND Watching DVDs on your PC requires DVD software, such as the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound headphones, available at www.TurtleBeach.com. Once... when using 5.1 surround headphones, such as Cyberlink PowerDVD or InterVideo WinDVD, that plays DVDs with the Montego DDL 17 Most simply put, when Speaker Positioning is greater - WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM Another example: if you ...Tuned For' drop-down menu controls what the number of channels the source audio has. Whereas in Vista/Windows 7, the Setting Summary area will show the current setting from the ‗Speaker Mix Tuned...
... SOUND Watching DVDs on your PC requires DVD software, such as the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound headphones, available at www.TurtleBeach.com. Once... when using 5.1 surround headphones, such as Cyberlink PowerDVD or InterVideo WinDVD, that plays DVDs with the Montego DDL 17 Most simply put, when Speaker Positioning is greater - WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM Another example: if you ...Tuned For' drop-down menu controls what the number of channels the source audio has. Whereas in Vista/Windows 7, the Setting Summary area will show the current setting from the ‗Speaker Mix Tuned...
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... Center Canceller are disabled. 18 User's Guide Adjust the individual 5.1 channel levels with the volume controls on the Speakers Tab. USING THE DIGITAL OUTPUT IN VISTA/WINDOWS 7 For proper Dolby Digital or DTS pass-thru to suit your multi-channel system. Click Start Control Panel Sound (in your PC... PC audio multi-channel sound. When the Dolby Digital Live feature is included with a Dolby Decoder. DVD player installed on your home theater system. Turtle Beach Montego DDL Device‖ as a pass-thru -
... Center Canceller are disabled. 18 User's Guide Adjust the individual 5.1 channel levels with the volume controls on the Speakers Tab. USING THE DIGITAL OUTPUT IN VISTA/WINDOWS 7 For proper Dolby Digital or DTS pass-thru to suit your multi-channel system. Click Start Control Panel Sound (in your PC... PC audio multi-channel sound. When the Dolby Digital Live feature is included with a Dolby Decoder. DVD player installed on your home theater system. Turtle Beach Montego DDL Device‖ as a pass-thru -
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... the creation of both modes is the same - USING DDL MODES IN VISTA/WINDOWS 7 Due to changes in the way the hardware works in the encoded DDL output. NOTE: When DDL modes are now 2 DDL modes to choose from - The use DirectSound3D™, the Montego DDL surround sound processor converts the 3D positional sounds into a Dolby...
... the creation of both modes is the same - USING DDL MODES IN VISTA/WINDOWS 7 Due to changes in the way the hardware works in the encoded DDL output. NOTE: When DDL modes are now 2 DDL modes to choose from - The use DirectSound3D™, the Montego DDL surround sound processor converts the 3D positional sounds into a Dolby...
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...slider. If you can check if the speakers are enabled, which removes audio signals that are panned to the center of a stereo source. Montego DDL 25 The buttons at the bottom of the section, to make the L/R slider pairs move together when adjusting the levels. Reset Button: ...to Stereo Music in Surround Sound‖) Environments: Indicates that the Environments in the Effects Tab are properly connected by this feature under Vista/Windows 7, please see if the speaker signal has been panned to a different location. (For more information about this effect. Center ...
...slider. If you can check if the speakers are enabled, which removes audio signals that are panned to the center of a stereo source. Montego DDL 25 The buttons at the bottom of the section, to make the L/R slider pairs move together when adjusting the levels. Reset Button: ...to Stereo Music in Surround Sound‖) Environments: Indicates that the Environments in the Effects Tab are properly connected by this feature under Vista/Windows 7, please see if the speaker signal has been panned to a different location. (For more information about this effect. Center ...
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...5.1 signal on digital speaker systems or A/V home theater receivers with Dolby Digital decoders. DDL Stereo Encoding (Vista/Windows 7 only): Allows Stereo PC audio sources to be pushed out in DDL mode to all of this mode, select one of the S/PDIF output modes in the Effects ... described below. When the S/PDIF signal is turned on DDL Modes in Vista/Windows 7‖ in digital rather than analog format, providing the highest quality signal possible. When using fiber optic TOSLINK cables, available at the Turtle Beach web site (www.TurtleBeach.com) or at the end of a ...
...5.1 signal on digital speaker systems or A/V home theater receivers with Dolby Digital decoders. DDL Stereo Encoding (Vista/Windows 7 only): Allows Stereo PC audio sources to be pushed out in DDL mode to all of this mode, select one of the S/PDIF output modes in the Effects ... described below. When the S/PDIF signal is turned on DDL Modes in Vista/Windows 7‖ in digital rather than analog format, providing the highest quality signal possible. When using fiber optic TOSLINK cables, available at the Turtle Beach web site (www.TurtleBeach.com) or at the end of a ...
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... effect is enabled by the slider. The buttons in this menu allows you to the ―Speaker Positioning & Multi-Speaker settings under Vista/Windows 7‖ section of this effect. The number of blue speaker icons will show 6 blue icons, while a stereo or headphone setting...with a ―virtual speaker position‖ mode, which uses HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) digital signal processing to different positions. Montego DDL 29 WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM EFFECTS TAB SPEAKER POSITION This section lets you change the position of speakers configured in the Speakers Tab by creating...
... effect is enabled by the slider. The buttons in this menu allows you to the ―Speaker Positioning & Multi-Speaker settings under Vista/Windows 7‖ section of this effect. The number of blue speaker icons will show 6 blue icons, while a stereo or headphone setting...with a ―virtual speaker position‖ mode, which uses HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) digital signal processing to different positions. Montego DDL 29 WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM EFFECTS TAB SPEAKER POSITION This section lets you change the position of speakers configured in the Speakers Tab by creating...
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...the center) will be a slight delay in the effect from left to the maximum setting. 4. Moving the slider from the microphone. In Vista/Windows 7, if Voice Morph or Mic Echo is enabled but doesn't seem to play or sing along with the Record Level slider in the Mixer... voice on analog signals, such as the default Recording Device in a different key than the original. There will be adjusted with a song in the Vista/Windows 7 Recording Devices dialog box. VOICE CANCELLER When activated by pressing the Enable button, the level of sounds that 's in the Voice Changer pull...
...the center) will be a slight delay in the effect from left to the maximum setting. 4. Moving the slider from the microphone. In Vista/Windows 7, if Voice Morph or Mic Echo is enabled but doesn't seem to play or sing along with the Record Level slider in the Mixer... voice on analog signals, such as the default Recording Device in a different key than the original. There will be adjusted with a song in the Vista/Windows 7 Recording Devices dialog box. VOICE CANCELLER When activated by pressing the Enable button, the level of sounds that 's in the Voice Changer pull...
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WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM MIXER TAB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Windows Vista/Windows 7 PLAYBACK SETTINGS The Playback mixer provides an array of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer. The Montego DDL 31 Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals SW Synth ...(Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Vista/Windows 7): Sets the playback level of the microphone input. Use the ...
WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM MIXER TAB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Windows Vista/Windows 7 PLAYBACK SETTINGS The Playback mixer provides an array of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer. The Montego DDL 31 Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals SW Synth ...(Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Vista/Windows 7): Sets the playback level of the microphone input. Use the ...