Turtle Beach DDL, TB400-3300-01 MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL

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MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL

The Control Panel lets you access all of the Montego DDL audio features. You can launch the control panel

from the Turtle Beach palm tree icon located on the right side of the Windows Start menu or by clicking

Start  All Programs  Turtle Beach  Montego DDL  Run Montego DDL Control Panel.

The control panel includes a set of tabs which, when clicked, activate various controls for accessing

Montego‘s features.

Speakers Tab

This Tab is used for setting the speaker and S/PDIF

configurations.

Equalizer Tab

This Tab lets you modify the frequency response

(i.e. tone) of your PC audio system.

Effects Tab

This Tab lets you control speaker positions, add

Environments for concert hall effects, and modify the audio

with sound effects processors.

Mixer Tab (Windows XP version)

This Tab lets 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 name, then press OK.

To restore a saved preset, click the Preset button and select the category name

followed by the preset name.

IMPORTING AND EXPORTING PRESETS

You can also share presets with other users with the import/export feature. To

Export a preset, click Preset  Export, then enter a name in the Save As dialog

box. To Import a preset, click Preset Import and select the preset from the

Open dialog box that appears.

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Whenever a preset has been changed, an asterisk will appear on the right

side of the name displayed at the top of the Control Panel, indicating that the

preset has been edited from the original version.

Contents

Main Users Guide Notices Contents Page INTRODUCING MONTEGO DDL INSTALLATION CD CONTROL PANEL Montego DDL 7 CONNECTORS INSTALLATION S YSTEM R R EPLACING A P RE -INSTALLED SOUND C ARD OR AN A UDIO C M INSTALLING THE MONTEGO DDL SOUND CARD OPTIONAL: INSTALLING THE ANALOG CD-ROM AUDIO CABLE FOR WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE Page CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION LAUNCHING THE MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL CHECKING THE SPEAKER CONFIGURATION N O S PEAKER S Check that the speakers are properly connected to the Montego DDL Page USING THE MONTEGO DDL PLAYING DIGITAL MUSIC WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER LISTENING TO DIGITAL MUSIC U SING THE E USING ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS SOUND FX KEY SHIFTER IF THERES NO SOUND WHEN PLAYING A CD IN THE PCS CD ROM DRIVE: CENTER CANCELLER VOICE CHANGER LISTENING TO STEREO MUSIC IN SURROUND SOUND (2000/XP ONLY) Enable the Environments in the Effects Tab and select an Environment from the pull-down menu. S PEAKER P OSITIONING & M ULTI -S PEAKER SETTINGS UNDER V ISTA /W LISTENING TO DVDS IN SURROUND SOUND When using the analog outputs to play DVD multi-channel sound, the decoding of the Dolby Digital When using the S/PDIF digital output to play DVD multi-channel sound, the digital audio signal is LISTENING WITH THE ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS LISTENING WITH THE DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT U SING THE D IGITAL O UTPUT IN V ISTA /W LISTENING TO 3D GAME AUDIO USING DDL MODES IN VISTA/WINDOWS 7 USING EAR FORCE SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL USING THE CONTROL PANEL PRESETS SAVING AND RESTORING PRESETS IMPORTING AND EXPORTING PRESETS SPEAKERS TAB SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONS Page TESTING THE SPEAKER CONFIGURATION VOLUME SECTION INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER VOLUMES S ETTINGS S Stereo to Multi-Speaker: Indicates that a stereo source will be Voice Changer: Indicates that the Voice Changer effect in the Effects Tab is enabled, therefore S/PDIF S S/PDIF Out Off: S/PDIF output is turned off, so there is no S/PDIF Out 44.1kHz: Digital audio is transmitted in S/PDIF S/PDIF Out 48kHz: Digital audio is transmitted in S/PDIF Reverse S/PDIF-In Format: Check this option when the Validity Check: When this option is checked, the S/PDIF GRAPHIC EQUALIZER TAB USER DEFINED PRESETS EFFECTS TAB S PEAKER P ENVIRONMENTS SOUND FX VOICE CHANGER In Vista/Windows 7, if Voice Morph or Mic Echo is enabled but doesnt seem to be working, make KEY SHIFTER VOICE CANCELLER MIXER TAB PLAYBACK SETTINGS SW Synth (Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Microphone: Sets the volume of the microphone input. Since the Page RECORD SETTINGS N OTE ON S ELECTING R ECORD S OURCE IN W INDOWS V ISTA /W Page LIMITED WARRANTY FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY