Turtle Beach DDL, User Manual

Page 1: ...MontegoTM DDL Eight Channel Surround Sound Card Featuring Dolby Digital Live www TurtleBeach com ...

Page 2: ... Center are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged Use of this software is subject to the terms and conditions of the End User Software License Agreement Montego DDL is a product of Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc 150 Clearbrook Road Ste 162 Elms...

Page 3: ...ic with Windows Media Player 17 Listening to Digital Music 17 Using the Equalizer 17 Using Environment Effects 17 Changing Speaker Positions 17 Sound FX 18 Key Shifter 18 Center Canceller 18 Voice Changer 18 Listening to Music from CDs 18 Listening to Stereo Music in Surround Sound 2000 XP Only 19 Listening to DVDs in Surround Sound 21 Using the Digital Output in Vista 21 Listening to Multi Channe...

Page 4: ... 34 Playback Settings 34 Record Settings 37 Note on Selecting Record Source in Windows Vista 37 WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER CONTROL INTERFACE ____________________________ 39 Using the Media Center Control Interface 39 Mixer Screen 40 Speakers Screen 40 LIMITED WARRANTY _____________________________________________________ 41 ...

Page 5: ...eceivers and digital speaker systems Selectable 2 4 6 or 8 analog line output channels for a wide variety of multi channel options supporting up to 7 1 speaker configurations Converts stereo sound sources to multi channel format for listening to 2 channel digital music or movies on Quad 5 1 and 7 1 speaker systems Supports Game Surround Sound APIs such as HRTF based 3D positional audio DirectSound...

Page 6: ...in a later section of this manual Clicking the Turtle Beach icon in the System tray activates a menu from where you can launch the Montego Control Panel You can also launch the Montego Control Panel by clicking Start Æ All Programs Æ Turtle Beach Æ Montego DDL Æ Run Montego DDL Control Panel WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER CONTROL PANEL Use the Montego Control Panel to control the Montego DDL s functions whe...

Page 7: ...c and Sound Effect menu items to hear music and sounds that show the HRTF audio effects Press Stop to end the demos Press HRTF to launch the Helicopter Battle Game demo described below HELICOPTER BATTLE GAME Use this program to hear HRTF 3D sound effects by navigating the helicopter flight pattern and firing missiles Launch this program by clicking on the HRTF menu item in the Multi channel Audio ...

Page 8: ...d back with ease With Songwriter you can keep your focus on what s important your music This demo version will run for 30 days after which time you may purchase the licensed version from our web site www voyetra com To purchase a USB MIDI interface for connecting your MIDI music keyboard visit www TurtleBeach com RECORD PRODUCER DEMO Compose and edit music with your MIDI keyboard This demo version...

Page 9: ...lows for pass through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi channel DVD sound to external A V receivers or digital speaker systems Microphone Input Monaural Accepts condenser or dynamic microphones To activate an additional 20dB boost on the mic gain access the Mixer tab in the Control Panel Press the button under the Mic volume slider and check the Microphone Boost option Line In L R Accepts line level ...

Page 10: ...oceeding with any work inside the case If you re replacing a sound card that s already installed in your PC or if your motherboard includes a sound chip first disable the drivers for the old sound card or sound chip on your motherboard before installing your Montego DDL sound card This will help avoid any possible conflicts between the Montego DDL sound card drivers and the older drivers Generally...

Page 11: ...Media Center Edition or Vista please skip this section The analog CD connector is not used in Windows XP or Media Center Edition because the digital CD audio signal is sent directly through the PCI bus in digital format by default In Windows 2000 the CD signal may also be set to digital mode making the analog CD connector unnecessary if this option is selected To configure Windows 2000 for digital...

Page 12: ... double click SETUP EXE to run the setup program from the CD 4 When the Montego DDL installation menu appears select Montego DDL Driver Setup Then select Montego DDL Drivers Setup from the next menu list 5 This installation procedure will install the Montego DDL drivers Control Panel and surround sound programs When the install is completed you will be prompted to reboot the PC 6 After rebooting y...

Page 13: ...or instructions on how to use the Montego DDL control panel for Windows XP Media Center please see the later section in this manual entitled Windows XP Media Center Control Interface OPTIMIZING PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS 2000 AND XP For optimum performance adjust the System Hardware Acceleration and Sample Rate Conversion Quality to Full and Best in the Advanced Audio Properties Window by cli...

Page 14: ...b click on the Speaker Configuration pull down menu and select the type of speakers you re using 3 Click on each speaker icon to play a test signal and make sure that the correct speaker is playing the test sound For example if you click the front left speaker icon you should hear the test signal say Front Left in the front left speaker 4 In Windows Vista when changing the Speaker Configuration a ...

Page 15: ...d properly from the CD so try uninstalling and reinstalling from the CD In Windows Vista If you are using standard PC speaker or headphones click Start Control Panel Sound and check that Speakers Audio Advantage Montego DDL Device is set as the Default Playback Device as shown in the illustration If you are using a TOSLINK cable to connect Montego DDL to an external digital decoder such as your ho...

Page 16: ... Each source presents a different type of sound to demonstrate positional audio Clicking the first button in the Moving Path section lets you move the sound manually while clicking the other buttons in this group lets you hear the sound move automatically When listening with 5 1 speakers try moving the sound manually from speaker to speaker to hear the surround effect This is especially effective ...

Page 17: ...s you ve set up with the Montego DDL then adjust the Master Volume and Wave volume in 2000 XP you can use the Mixer Tab to a comfortable listening level Now try the following USING THE EQUALIZER Click on the Equalizer Tab click the Enable EQ button then click the Equalizer Presets to hear the effect of each one When you re done click the Flat setting or Enable EQ to restore an unaltered tone USING...

Page 18: ...ffect or by changing the pitch up or down To try this insert a microphone into the mic input jack and turn up the Microphone volume in the Mixer Tab so that you can hear your voice on the speakers when you speak into the mic Then select Microphone as a recording source in the Record Settings in the Mixer Tab and turn up the recording level slider to the maximum setting Now click the Enable button ...

Page 19: ...ofer output so you can hear deeper bass and control the level with the sub woofer volume in the Speakers Tab Enable the Environments in the Effects Tab and select an Environment from the pull down menu This sends the stereo signal processed by reverb to the surround speakers You can adjust the amount of this effect with the Surround speaker volume controls in the Speaker Tab Turn on the Speaker Po...

Page 20: ...lly be produced in stereo headphones enable Headphones on the Speakers tab then enable the Speaker Positioning on the Effects tab and choose 7 1 Sources from the Speaker Mix Tuned For drop down menu Once 7 1 Sources has been enabled adjust the speaker icons to create a better sense of space i e move the front channels closer move the surround channels further away etc Most simply put when Speaker ...

Page 21: ...under the volume sliders to set the levels to about 75 If the Settings Summary indicates that the Graphic Equalizer Speaker Position Environments Key Shifter or Center Canceller are enabled disable all of them Once you hear the DVD in unaltered 5 1 surround sound you can go back and use these enhancements to suit your taste Adjust the individual 5 1 channel levels with the volume controls on the S...

Page 22: ...ds into HRTF positional audio so that the 3D effects of the game can be heard in headphones or stereo speakers When using Dolby Digital Live to drive digital speakers via the S PDIF output the 3D positional audio from the game will be converted to 5 1 positional audio on the speakers to create a realistic and immersive gaming experience USING DDL MODES IN VISTA Due to changes in the way the hardwa...

Page 23: ...to a portable unit Each model includes a removable microphone compatible with the Montego DDL microphone input Ear Force HPA2 with Amplifier Ear Force X 52 portable multi speaker headphones Each model includes four speakers in each ear cup for reproducing Front Surround Center and Sub audio signals from the Montego DDL 5 1 analog outputs providing a realistic surround sound experience without the ...

Page 24: ...s you set the volume for all of the playback and recording sources USING THE CONTROL PANEL PRESETS SAVING AND RESTORING PRESETS The Control Panel lets you save the Tab settings as presets for easy recall Once you ve set the controls for a particular configuration click on the Preset button then click Save to call up the Save Preset dialog Select a category from the Preset Category menu type in a n...

Page 25: ...g this button activates the Speaker Options dialog with the following settings Multi channel to Subwoofer When this option is checked a sub mix of all channels is sent to the Sub woofer output This feature should be enabled when listening to a stereo source with multi speakers so the bass signals from the stereo source will be routed to the LFE output When playing a DVD with 5 1 channel output thi...

Page 26: ...User s Guide 26 SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONS The Speaker Configuration pull down menu sets the following speaker modes Headphones 2 speakers 2 Speakers Stereo 4 speakers Quad ...

Page 27: ...WWW TURTLEBEACH COM Montego DDL 27 5 1 Speakers 5 1 Surround 5 1 Headphones 5 1 Surround 7 1 speakers 7 1 Surround ...

Page 28: ...Reset button to return all of the speaker levels to their default settings SETTINGS SUMMARY This section summarizes the major control panel settings into a convenient list Stereo to Multi Speaker Indicates that a stereo source will be routed to all of the speakers when the Speaker Configuration is set to either 4 5 1 or 7 1 speaker modes This will occur whenever the Speaker Position or Environment...

Page 29: ...of the PC s audio signals are transmitted in digital rather than analog format providing the highest quality signal possible This configuration may be used for listening to stereo multi channel 3 D games multi channel audio and playback of Dolby Digital 5 1 audio from DVDs The S PDIF Pull down menu lets you select the following S PDIF output modes S PDIF Out Off S PDIF output is turned off so ther...

Page 30: ...ion when the transmitting device is sending S PDIF data with an inverted phase which sometimes can cause the S PDIF input to incorrectly sense the digital signal Validity Check When this option is checked the S PDIF input will ignore the Validity Bit on the incoming S PDIF signal When the Validity bit is set by the transmitting device the Montego DDL will not play the S PDIF audio stream if this o...

Page 31: ...TS Once you ve set your own arrangement of sliders the setting can be saved as a User Defined Preset by clicking the Add button entering a name for the preset then clicking OK The name will then be added to the list in the pull down menu To retrieve a preset from the list click the User Defined button then select a preset from the pull down menu To delete a preset from the list Select the preset f...

Page 32: ...tons in this section function as follows Enable The speaker positioning effect is enabled by clicking on this button Rotate Clicking either of these two buttons will cause the virtual speaker positions to move in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation with a rotation speed set by the slider Click the Manual button to stop the rotation Manual Clicking this button allows you to move the virtual sp...

Page 33: ... is moved towards the right There will be a slight delay in the effect from when you speak due to the time it takes for the signal processor to modify the digital audio stream from the microphone In Vista if Voice Morph or Mic Echo is enabled but doesn t seem to be working make sure that the Microphone is set as the default Recording Device in the Vista Recording Devices dialog box KEY SHIFTER Whe...

Page 34: ...e PC including Wave not available in Vista Sets the playback level of the PC s digital audio sources such as MP3 files Windows sounds etc The combination of the WAVE slider setting and the Master Volume slider setting will determine the overall volume of these sounds Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals SW Synth Software MIDI Synthesizer not available in Vista Sets the volume ...

Page 35: ...ialog box with an option to boost the microphone volume by 20dB CD Player Sets the volume for the CD ROM audio Line In Sets the volume of the signal plugged into the Line input jack Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals Master Volume Sets the volume of all playback sources This slider along with the associated Pan and Mute controls is identical to the Master Volume in the Speak...

Page 36: ... how these inputs are connected in the playback mixer in Windows 2000 XP Note that the mixer output is routed to both the Front output for monitoring the input signals and the Record input for recording a mix of the input signals as described in the next section ...

Page 37: ... as a record source If the microphone recording level is too low boost the volume by clicking the options button below the microphone volume slider in the playback mixer to set the Microphone Boost option CD Player Selects the internal analog CD player input as a record source Aux not available in Vista Selects the Aux internal analog connection as a record source Line In not available in Vista Se...

Page 38: ...for the recording input path in Windows 2000 XP Note that the volume sliders in the Playback Mixer do not affect the recording level of the source selected as a Record Source unless they are recorded from the Stereo Mix source which is the output of the Playback Mixer ...

Page 39: ... Navigate the Montego DDL Windows XP Media Center Interface the same as you would any page found in Windows XP Media Center Use the Up Down Left and Right navigational buttons on your remote control to move the green highlighting to any of the selectable options TO PRESS A BUTTON Navigate the green highlighting to the desired button and press the Enter button on your remote control to make your se...

Page 40: ...DDL Control Panel allowing you to set the volume levels of different sound sources with the Media Center remote control SPEAKERS SCREEN This screen emulates the Speakers Tab in the Montego DDL Control Panel allowing you to set the speaker configurations and set the speaker volumes ...

Page 41: ...l Warranty Period is not extended however VTB warrants that repaired or replacement parts will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of repair or replacement or for the remainder of the Warranty Period whichever is greater This warranty does not apply to any Product that has had its serial number altered removed or defaced or any Product dama...

Page 42: ...ent has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interferenc...