M-Audio Revolution 7.1, User Manual

Page 1: ...er Connections 13 Line and Mic In 14 Explanation of Surround Formats 14 Revolution 7 1 Control Panel 16 QuickSwitch Settings 18 Save As Button 18 Speaker Setup Tab 18 Output Mixer Tab 20 Surround Soun...

Page 2: ...onnectors for powered speakers or stereo receiver Supports Dolby Digital 5 1 AC3 DTS and other encoded multi channel formats Advanced Circle Surround II technology creates true multi channel surround...

Page 3: ...9 0b included Apple Macintosh Requires available PCI card slot Minimum Required for stereo operation Apple Macintosh G4 CD ROM Drive Mac OS 9 2 2 or later Mac OS X version 10 2 6 or later 256 MB RAM M...

Page 4: ...hen unplug the power cable 2 Open the case to expose the PCI slots 3 Touch the metal cage surrounding the power supply This grounds you to prevent any static electricity from accidentally damaging the...

Page 5: ...stall the DVD playback software provided on the additional included CDs DirectX Note If installing under Windows the driver for this PCI Card requires that your system is running under at least Direct...

Page 6: ...to install your Revolution 7 1 card Click Exit to continue 6 Please refer to Hardware Installation Guide preceding this section for steps on installing the Revolution 7 1 card into your computer 7 Aft...

Page 7: ...allation Windows 2000 Setup 1 Place the Revolution 7 1 Software CD in your CD ROM Drive 2 Launch the Revolution 7 1 Installer exe program 3 The Revolution 7 1 install screen will appear Click Next to...

Page 8: ...lick Exit to continue 7 Please refer to Hardware Installation Guide preceding this section for steps on installing the Revolution 7 1 card into your computer 8 When the computer restarts you will be p...

Page 9: ...CD in your CD ROM Drive 2 Launch the Revolution 7 1 Installer exe program 3 The Revolution 7 1 install screen will appear Click Next to continue 4 A screen appears that displays DMA and Digital Music...

Page 10: ...ows Sound System The Revolution s Windows Multimedia drivers will allow you to use the Revolution 7 1 as your Windows system sound device If the Revolution 7 1 is the only audio device installed in yo...

Page 11: ...ormation Mac OS X Setup 1 After installing the Revolution 7 1 PCI card start your computer and place the Revolution 7 1 Drivers CD ROM into your computer s CD ROM tray 2 Double click on Mac OS X 3 Dou...

Page 12: ...jack should connect to the powered Left and Right speakers located to the left and right of your computer monitor If you have just a two speaker stereo setup this is the jack to use You can also plug...

Page 13: ...Left speaker and the red jack connects to the Right speaker Note that the outputs of the Revolution 7 1 are line level You can connect these outputs directly to the inputs of powered speakers However...

Page 14: ...nect a small microphone for recording sound effects voice recognition and video conference applications You can set the Input level of the Line and Mic inputs on the Input Other tab of the Revolution...

Page 15: ...e subwoofer in all of the following formats called 1 because it only uses up 1 10th of the data of the other channels 5 0 is signal is the same as 5 1 only without the LFE channel 5 1 This is how most...

Page 16: ...he M Audio website Revolution 7 1 Control Panel Once setup is complete you can control most aspects of the Revolution 7 1 via its control panel To launch the control panel Windows Following the driver...

Page 17: ...n t sending audio to non existent speakers For example if you set this to 5 1 when you only have two speakers connected you won t hear any of the dialog when you play a DVD movie The Master Volume sli...

Page 18: ...vious paragraph 3 Click and hold on the blue Current Set icon and drag it up into the QuickSwitch settings area Save As Button Additionally to the right of the Current Set field there is a Save As but...

Page 19: ...rs in the diagram on the left side of the window in order to set the sizes for each of your speakers Crossover The Crossover control selects how much bass goes from the Main speakers to the subwoofer...

Page 20: ...e 1 LFE signal going to the subwoofer The subwoofer gets its signal from two places from the LFE 1 signal on a DVD and through bass management sending bass frequencies below a crossover frequencies to...

Page 21: ...1 surround playback of the game s soundtrack with Sensaura mode enabled Only EAX compatible games can be used with Sensaura surround playback If you have a non EAX game that you would like to play in...

Page 22: ...tching films or television programs Select Music to listen to stereo music sources in surround Choose Mono to spread out a mono source such as an old movie or some internet radio stations SRS TruBass...

Page 23: ...eft and right outputs If both a mic and a line signal are plugged in these will be mixed together and sent to the outputs This setting defeats normal sound playback When you want to playback audio fro...

Page 24: ...your DVD player software Generally DVD player software provides a series of audio setup options or preferences The exact location of these audio options may vary so check your DVD player s documentati...

Page 25: ...of algorithms based on the physics of spatial hearing to mimic the acoustic processes that are involved in replicating a 3D sound space in computer software The result is a realistic simulation of th...

Page 26: ...drivers FAQ s and extensive how to guides Here are some quick troubleshooting tricks to try if you re having problems with your Revolution 7 1 When things don t seem to be working properly try restar...

Page 27: ...P2 7BJ England Sales Information phone 44 0 1442 416590 Sales Information fax 44 0 1442 246832 Sales Information email info maudio co uk Technical Support PC 44 0 1309 671301 Technical Support Mac 44...

Page 28: ...nz 3 0dB 22Hz 80kHz Crosstalk 118 9dB Mic In Dynamic Range 98dB A weighted Signal to Noise Ratio 96 8dB A weighted THD N 0 00360 88 9dB Maximum Input Level 6 1dBu 0 384 Vrms Line In Dynamic Range 99 5...

Page 29: ...After entering this information click the Next button 5 The Choose Destination Location dialog box will pop up asking you to choose where you want to install WinDVD Usually the default locations are...

Page 30: ...ct Analog If you have the digital output connected to a home theater digital input then select S PDIF 5 Set the Audio Speaker Configuration according to how many speakers you are connecting to the Rev...