Turtle Beach DDL, User Manual

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NTRODUCING 

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ONTEGO 

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NSTALLATION 

CD _______________________________________________________ 6

Program Suite ................................................................................................................................6

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ONNECTORS

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NSTALLATION

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System Requirements ................................................................................................................ 10

Installing the Montego DDL Sound Card.............................................................................. 10

Installing the Drivers and Software......................................................................................... 12

Installing the Windows XP Media Center Control Panel..................................................... 13

Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP............................................ 13

Uninstalling Montego DDL ..................................................................................................... 13

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Launching the Montego DDL Control Panel........................................................................ 14

Checking the Speaker Configuration....................................................................................... 14

No Speaker Sound ..................................................................................................................... 14

Sound Playing on the Wrong Speakers ................................................................................... 15

Turtle Beach Play3D Demo ..................................................................................................... 16

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Playing digital music 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-Channel Audio with Dolby® Digital Live............................................. 22

Listening to 3D Game Audio................................................................................................... 22

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Using the Control Panel Presets .............................................................................................. 24

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PEAKERS 

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Speaker Options Button (…) ................................................................................................... 25

Speaker Configurations ............................................................................................................. 26

Testing the Speaker Configuration .......................................................................................... 28

Volume Section .......................................................................................................................... 28

Individual Speaker Volumes..................................................................................................... 28

Settings Summary....................................................................................................................... 28

S/PDIF Settings......................................................................................................................... 29

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QUALIZER 

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User Defined Presets................................................................................................................. 31

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FFECTS 

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Speaker Position......................................................................................................................... 32

Environments............................................................................................................................. 33

Sound FX.................................................................................................................................... 33

Voice Changer ............................................................................................................................ 33