User’s Guide
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Check that the ―Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM Device‖
option is enabled in the CD drive‘s Properties settings (using Windows
XP or 2000).
Access this by clicking Start Control Panel System
Hardware Tab Device Manager DVD/CD ROM Drives
Right click on the name of the CD drive in question Click
Properties Select Properties Tab.
LISTENING TO STEREO MUSIC IN SURROUND SOUND (2000/XP ONLY) When listening to stereo in 4, 5.1 and 7.1 speaker configurations, the stereo signal will be sent to the Front
speakers and the Environment-processed sound will be sent to the Surround speakers. In these Speaker
Configuration modes, the Stereo-to-Multi-speaker indicator in the Settings Summary will light up to
indicate that stereo music is being sent to all speakers, not just the two front speakers.
When listening to Stereo on multi-speakers, try this:
Select the 4, 5.1 or 7.1 speaker configuration that matches your speaker system. Turn on the Multichannel to Subwoofer option by clicking the ―…‖ button next to the Speaker Configuration pull-down menu in the Speaker Tab. This will send the low-frequency portion of the
stereo signal to the sub-woofer 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 Position feature to position the surround and front speakers. Use the Equalizer to alter the tone to suit the genre of music you‘re listening to. For different surround sound effects, try adjusting the balance of Front, Surround, Center and LFE speaker levels with the Volume Controls in the Speakers Tab.
When you‘ve found some settings that you like, save them as Presets by clicking Preset Save at the top left of the Montego Control Panel. You can then easily return to any setting by clicking on Preset
and then the name under which it was saved.
SPEAKER POSITIONING & MULTI-SPEAKER SETTINGS UNDER VISTA/WINDOWS 7
Under Vista/Windows 7, the settings on the Speakers and Effects tabs of the Montego DDL Control Panel
function a little differently. For example, selecting ―5.1 Speakers‖ on the Speakers tab enables all 6 analog
speakers so that the audio from 6 channel sources can be heard in the proper output channels, but does not
automatically mix stereo audio to all of the speakers (that is, a stereo file will only be heard from the Front
Left and Right speakers).
In order to mix and match the number of audio channels with the number of active speakers, the Speaker
Positioning (on the Effects tab) must be enabled – this will expose a new control specific to Vista/Windows
7 that allows you to ―tune the speaker mix‖. This is best explained with a couple of examples. If you wanted
to listen to stereo MP3 files played through all speakers of a 7.1 speaker system, enable ―7.1 Speakers‖ on the
Main tab, then enable the Speaker Positioning on the Effects tab and choose ―Stereo Sources‖ from the
‗Speaker Mix Tuned For‘ drop-down menu (shown below). The virtual speakers can be dragged around to
alter the room sound, and the individual volume sliders on the Main tab can also be used to adjust the overall
volume of each of the channels.