User manual

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You can play digital audio from your PC/Mac with
the Sound Blaster Roar.
Enhance music playback from your PC/Mac with the powerful
Sound Blaster Roar by connecting it with the USB cable supplied.
1 Slide the slider switch to USB Audio
to connect USB Audio mode.
2 Connect the Sound Blaster Roar to
a PC/Mac. A tone is heard indicating
USB audio is connected. *
3 Play your music on the PC/Mac.
Here’s how you do it!
If no audio is heard
For Windows:
Click Volume Control and select
Sound Blaster Roar 2 as your output
device.
For Mac:
1. Go to System Preferences and
click Sound.
2. Click the Output tab and select
Sound Blaster Roar 2.
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Enhance your audio
To enhance your digital music further,
you can use the Sound Blaster Control
Panel software. See next page.
* If no tone is heard, disconnect the
cable from the computer, and start
from Step 1 again.
Here’s how you do it!
The Sound Blaster Control Panel enhances PC/Mac
audio in real time.
Have complete control
over your PC/Mac audio
with the Sound Blaster
Control Panel software.
The SBX Pro Studio
technologies – such
as SBX Bass and SBX
Dialog Plus – intelligently
enhance PC/Mac audio in
real time.
1 Slide the slider switch to USB
Audio to connect USB Audio
mode.
2 Connect the Sound Blaster
Roar to a PC/Mac.
3 Visit www.soundblaster.com/
downloads/ROAR2/SBCP
to download and install the
Sound Blaster Control Panel. *
4 Setting the default audio
device.
a. For Windows
This setting will be
automatically configured
after Sound Blaster
Control Panel is installed.
b. For Mac
1. Go to System
Preferences and click
Sound.
2. Click the Output tab
and select Sound
Blaster Roar 2.
*
The Sound Blaster Control Panel
requires the speaker to be connected
to your computer as USB audio before
it can be installed.
Switching to USB Audio
Installing the Sound Blaster Control Panel
Note: If the Sound Blaster Roar is not detected
by the computer after your computer recovers
from sleep / hibernate / restart, please
Power OFF and ON the Sound Blaster Roar
to re-establish the USB audio connection.
You may also need to restart your computer’s
media player.
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USB audio will disconnect if button
is pressed during USB audio mode.