Cambridge SoundWorks user manual I525 Remote Control

Creative’s X-Fi audio processing technology

Using the X-Fi features of the i525

X-Fi technology on the i525 allows you to combine four different audio enhancements, creating better sound than possible “linear” audio circuitry. The four different X-Fi enhancement choices are:

Crystalizer

Creative Multi-Speaker Surround Virtual - Speakers (SURROUND on remote control)

Creative Multi-Speaker Surround Virtual - Headphones (SURROUND on remote control, when heaphones are connected)

Smart Volume Management (SMART VOL on the remote control)

i525 Remote Control

Combined

Creative Multi-Speaker X-Fi processing On/Off Surround-Virtual On/Off

SMART VOL S U R R O U N D C R Y S TA L I Z E R

Creative Smart Volume	Creative Crystalizer
Management On/Off	On/Off

Crystalizer restores the crisp treble and bass punch erased by audio compressor processing employed to create MP3, AAC, and other similar files from the original, higher quality audio file. FM radio and any compressed audio files sound more life-like when Crystalizer is used.

Creative Multi-Speaker Surround Virtual analyzes the audio signal and restores the sonic cues inherent in the original material’s wide soundstage. When X-Fi SURROUND is chosen on the i525, music seems to fill the width of the room. The i525 disappears as the source of the sound.

Creative Multi-Speaker Surround Virtual- Heaphones improves your headphone experience. Use it whenever the i525 is available and you would normally listen to you iPod on headphones.

Select X-Fi SURROUND while headphones are connected to the i525 to employ this powerful digital algorithm designed specifically for headphones. With Creative Multi-Speaker Surround Virtual-Heaphones, music seems to float in front of you, instead of being trapped “between” your ears. This effect greatly enhances any audio program on headphones.

Smart Volume Management is a sophisticated audio engine that eliminates disruptive changes in output from any audio program. It is useful anytime that large volume changes are unwelcome.

a)Use it at night at a low volume when you want to hear all the music but don’t want it to get too loud.

b)Use it on radio to “harmonize” the output of different stations, which otherwise may have different overall sound levels.

c)Smart Volume Management is also

useful if you want to hear music in a noisy environment. With SVM, you can set the radio to a level loud enough to overcome the background noise, secure in the knowledge that your music will maintain this consistent output level.

The CRYSTALIZER, SURROUND and SMART VOL audio functions on the remote control can also be combined. For instance, you can combine Crystalizer and Smart Volume Management, Surround with Smart Volume Management, or combine all three. Select which processes you want. Once you have made your choice, you can use the X-Fi button on the remote control to compare enhanced (combined X-Fi processing) with the non-enhanced audio.

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