External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is designed for use with the External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box. Information in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Features ........................................................................................................................... 2 Package Contents ............................................................................................................ 2 System Requirements .........................................................
1. Introduction The external USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box provides an amazing audio accessory for computer with a USB port. It is equipped with standard input and output connectors to add great stereo performance. The sound box not only combines high quality audio recording and playback capabilities but also allows the connection of most popular audio gear such as microphones, home stereos, musical instruments, amplifiers and powered speakers to your computer with USB ports. It is easy to add stereo 7.
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2. Using the Adapter How to Use Your Audio I/O Devices No external driver installed under OS support of Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Mac. Simply use a cable line to connect the External USB 7.1 Channel sound box and the available USB port of your PC or MAC and get the External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box effects directly.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 1. 7.1 Channel Speaker Plug the speaker cable into the speaker/line-out jack as F-out (Front), SS-out (Surround), BS-out (Back) and C/B (Center/Subwoofer) on the USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box. Notice for Mac® users: The speaker/line-out jack of 7.1 Channel Rear Surround and 7.1 Channel Surround are F-Out (Front), SS-Out (Back), BS-Out (Surround) and C/B (Center/Subwoofer) respectively. 2.
Note： Some USB Host Controllers may encounter data stream package loss. And in extreme cases it affects audio output data with discontinuous sound. However, it rarely occurs. Sometimes, when plugging USB Personal Multimedia Device into PC system the OS cannot auto change audio device to USB audio; please switch the audio device to USB audio sound and audio devices properties in control panel.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual How to Setting 7.1 Surround Sound Speakers On Windows 2000 and Windows XP Please follow the steps and complete the 7.1 surround sound speakers setting. My computer > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Volume > Speaker Settings > Advanced > Speaker setup > 7.1 surround sound speakers. *Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows XP and might vary slightly for each operation system.
On Windows Vista Please kindly follow the steps and complete the 7.1 surround sound speakers setting. Settings > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Playback > Configure > Speaker setup > 7.1 surround sound speakers.
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On Windows 7 / Windows 8 Please kindly follow the steps and complete the 7.1 surround sound speakers setting. Settings > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Playback > Configure > Speaker setup > 7.1 surround sound speakers.
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External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual On Mac OS X v10.x or later Please kindly follow the steps and finished the 7.1 surround sound speakers setting. 1. Select Go first and then chose Utilities after, keep select Audio MIDI Setup as below screen.
2. Under Audio MIDI Setup, open Audio Devices, and make sure to choose USB Sound Device under System Settings and Properties For. Also please check that the Audio Output setting’s Format is set to: 8ch-16bit. After the above settings, please select Configure Speakers to follow to the next step. 3. Select Multichannel then chose 7.1 Rear Surround, and now the setting has finished.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 4. Recording Function in SPDIF IN. After settings as above, please select External SPDIF Interface under source. 5. Please open Audio Recorder, and double click Audio Recorder.
6. Please click the red circle next to Output File to choose which file you want to save to. 7. Please name the file.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 8. Please click save and the following screen will show up. 9. Please choose USB Sound Device under Recording Audio Device.
10. Please click Record to start recording.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 3. Application Software Installation For Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Notice：This application software allows you have extra functions such as Karaoke, microphone echo, magic voice, key shifting and vocal canceling…etc. Supports only Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Connect the adapter first and then follow the procedures below to install the driver. 1. Connect the USB 7.
3. When the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device screen appears, Click on Next, and you may find the Setup Status process automatically as below screen.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 4. After the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device Driver installation is complete, please select Yes, and reboot the computer to effect the driver install. 5. After reboot and system running up again, a pop-up message will appear in the notification area indicating the installation is complete. You may click it to open and for functions control. *Actual strings depend on your operation system.
For Windows 8 Notice：This application software allows you have extra functions such as Karaoke, microphone echo, magic voice, key shifting and vocal canceling…etc. Supports only Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Connect the adapter first and then follow the procedures below to install the driver. 1. Connect the USB 7.1 Channel Adapter to your computer’s USB port first, then insert the provided CD into your CD-Rom. You may find the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device screen pop up as below.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 2. Please read the following license agreement carefully. Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and press Next. 3. Click Install to begin the installation.
4. After the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device driver installation is complete, please select Yes, and reboot the computer to effect the driver install.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual Using Interface and Function Control This section will show you the using Interface and function control. Please Right click the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device icon to use the function as Volume Control, Windows Media Player, Sound Recorder and Multimedia Properties. To open the Using interface, please Left click the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device icon and select Open, or double click the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device icon to enter the Using Interface.
Main Setting 1 2 6 3 5 4 Using Analog Output 1. System Input selector：2CH, 4CH, 6CH and 8CH selection. 2. Analog Output – DSP Mode：Allows users to switch DSP Effect Advanced Setting on or off. 3. Analog Output – Speaker Configuration：Turn this button ON to select analog output channels mode. 4. S/PDIF Output – S/PDIF switch and options：Click “S/PDIF Enable” button to enable S/PDIF Output function. 5.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual Virtual Speakers Shifter 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 1. Volume Up / Volume Down 2. Auto Rotation 3. Manual Rotation 4. Manual Shifting 5. Reset Button 6. Virtual Speaker 7. Virtual Listener 8.
Playback and A-A Path Mixer 2 3 1 4 1. Speaker Configuration: Indicate the speaker numbers or headphone. 2. Peak Meter: Indicate the instantaneous level of an audio signal. 3. Volume Control: User can control individual playback device sound volume or A-A path volume. 4. Mute / Un-Mute Control: User can control individual playback device into mute/un-mute. Recording Mixer 4 2 1 3 1. Active Recording Device: Indicate the recording resource device. 2.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual Effects 1 4 2 5 3 6 NOTE: Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows 8 and might vary slightly for each operation system. 1. Environment Option Button 2. Environment Option List 3. Environment Size Option Button 4. Gain for EQ 5. EQ Preset Mode 6.
Karaoke 1. Karaoke On/Off: Click this button to control all karaoke functions. 2. Karaoke Setting Reset: Resets all setting to default value 3. Start Microphone Echo Function: Select this button will pop up a dialog box to enable microphone function. Click “OK” button to select recording source and enable microphone 4. Echo Low/High Control Bar: Adjust echo low/high 5. Magic Voice Function (Optional): This function only supported in multi-channel audio products.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 6. Start Key Shifting Function: Select this button to enable key shifting function and control. 7. Key Shifting Low/High Control Bar: This function can adjust tune of background music to fit your singing. 8. Star Vocal Cancellation Function: Select this button to enable vocal cancellation function and control. 9. Vocal Canceling Control Bar: This function can control singer’s vocal of background music and cancel it as possible.
3. Troubleshooting 1. No Sound You can often resolve a few basic problems by checking: The power of the speaker The sound volume The cable connections The audio CD compatibility 2. No Sound Is Recorded You can often resolve a few basic problems by checking: If the MIC is probably connected If the file is saved and opened properly 3.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual In most common cases, the digital CD playback function fails to run. This is because USB audio is digital signal, it uses a different path to process CD music with traditional analog CD. You should open “Device Manager”, select “DVD/CD ROM drives” and open it. Then switch to “properties” page and enable digital CD audio. 4. When using software application program (e.g. Media player, Winamp, PowerDVD, WinDVD….
5. If the real 7.1 source is not available under Windows® Vista If the real 7.1 source is not available under Vista, you have to click the surrounding effect button to activate audio output via SS-out, BS-out and C/B out. Otherwise, audio output will transmit through headphone and Front out only. First of all, please click “DSP Mode” to change the screen of DSP Effect to Shifter.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 4. Limitations 1. If the audio source is not 7.1 Channel, the output cannot achieve optimized audio effect. 2. Windows 2000: Does not support Line-In, SPDIF-In, and SPDIF-out. Mac OS: Does not support SPDIF Out. Support recording but monitoring under Line In. 3. Windows XP and Windows Vista: If the driver of External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box is properly installed; External USB 7.
5. Specifications Item Description Interface USB 1.1/ 2.0 Audio-Out Connector Audio-In Green LEDs Blue 1 x USB Type B Port Headphone 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Green Front Audio 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Green Surround 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Gray Back surround 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Black Center/Subwoofer 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Yellow S/PDIF-In 1x S/PDIF Audio Jack Female in Black Line-In Port 1x3.
External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box User’s Manual 6. Regulatory Compliance FCC Conditions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference (2) This device must accept any interference received. Including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Technical Support Diamond Technical Support staff is here to help resolve any issues that you may be experiencing with the installation of the Diamond product. Prior to contacting technical support please make sure you have the following information available. 1. Model #: (Printed on the bar code, located on the box) 2. Installation CD Version: (printed on the CD label) 3. The version of Windows that your system is running. 4. The manufacturer and model # of your computer. 5.
