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Notices Montego DDL Users Guide Version 6 Software and documentation copyright © 2005 - 2009 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form without prior written consent from Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. (“VTB”).
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM Contents INTRODUCING MONTEGO DDL _________________________________________ 5 INSTALLATION CD __________________________________________________ 6 Control Panel .................................................................................................................................... 6 CONNECTORS _____________________________________________________ 7 INSTALLATION _____________________________________________________ 8 System Requirements .......................................
MIXER TAB ______________________________________________________ 31 Playback Settings ............................................................................................................................ 31 Record Settings ............................................................................................................................... 33 Note on Selecting Record Source in Windows Vista/Windows 7 ........................................
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM INTRODUCING MONTEGO DDL Montego DDL represents the latest generation in multi-channel PC audio. Key features include: Dolby Digital Live (DDL) real-time encoder converts PC audio (e.g. games, MP3, WMA, WAV, etc.) into a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital audio stream that is transmitted through the optical S/PDIF output to a home theater A/V receiver or digital speakers.
INSTALLATION CD The Montego DDL CD includes the following components: Montego DDL Drivers Audio drivers for Windows 2000/XP/Media Center Edition/Vista/Windows 7. Montego DDL Control Panel Software A convenient utility for controlling the Montego DDL audio features. Software Suite Adobe® Acrobat® Reader PDF Reference Manuals A versatile suite of music software, described in the next section. A limited version for use with the reference manuals.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM CONNECTORS Connector Function Stereo, 4, 6 and 8 channel speaker configurations are selected from the Montego Control Panel Speakers Tab. Montego DDL Front Out (Channels 1 & 2) Use Front Out for stereo playback on powered speakers or headphones. Surround Out (Channels 3 & 4) Use Surround Out for rear channel powered speakers in 4, 5.1 and 7.1 channel analog playback modes. Center/LFE(Chan nels 5 & 6) Use Center/LFE Out for powered center and sub-woofer speakers in 5.1 or 7.
INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before proceeding with the installation, please make sure that your system meets the following minimum specifications for use with the Montego DDL: PC Pentium 800 MHz / compatible or higher with one available PCI expansion slot RAM 128 MB system RAM Hard Drive Approximately 100 MB free space is required during the driver / application installation process. Additional space required for software applications installation.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM 5. With a gentle back-and-forth rocking motion, press the gold-striped edge connector on the Montego DDL sound card firmly into the PCI slot until it snaps into place. Secure its rear metal bracket to the chassis with the screw you removed in the previous step. Remove the rear bracket 6. Gently install the sound card If you‘re using Windows 2000 and want to connect the analog CD audio output, refer to the next section.
INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Connect your powered speakers, microphone, and any other audio peripherals to the appropriate inputs and outputs on the Montego DDL Power-on your PC. After Windows boots, if the ―Found New Hardware Wizard‖ is displayed, click on the Cancel button to end this process. It is important that you click on Cancel to properly install your sound card drivers! Insert the Montego DDL CD into the CD ROM drive.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM INSTALLING THE WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER CONTROL PANEL You may skip this section if you’re not installing Montego DDL in a Windows XP Media Center PC. 1. 2. From the Montego DDL installation menu, select Install Montego DDL Applications. Select Install Control Panel for XP Media Center Edition. Then follow the instructions that appear during the install, selecting the options that best match your audio setup.
CHECKING MONTEGO DDL AFTER INSTALLATION LAUNCHING THE MONTEGO DDL CONTROL PANEL After running the software installation procedure from the Montego DDL CD, the Turtle Beach palm tree icon should appear in the Windows Systray at the bottom right of your PC screen. Clicking on this icon will bring up a menu from where you can launch the Montego DDL Control Panel. You can also launch the Montego DDL Control Panel by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Montego DDL Run Montego DDL Control Panel.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM The Master Volume on the Speakers Tab should be at least half-way up and the Mute button should be off, so the sound is not muted. The individual speaker volumes to the right of the Master Volume should be set to about 75% towards the right. This can be easily done by pressing the Reset button at the bottom of the volume section. (Windows XP Only) The Wave Volume slider in the Mixer Tab should be turned up and the Mute button should be off, so the Wave sound is not muted.
USING THE MONTEGO DDL PLAYING DIGITAL MUSIC WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER Once you‘ve confirmed that the speakers are operating properly, launch Windows Media Player and play some music files from your digital song library. If you don‘t hear any sound even though Media Player indicates the song is playing: Check that Media Player‘s volume control is turned up. In Windows 2000/XP, Check that Media Player is configured to play from the Montego DDL by clicking Tools on the Windows Media Player menu.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM SOUND FX Whenever a Sound Effect has been Enabled, the Settings Summary in the Speakers Tab indicates which effect has been turned on. This lets you easily see if the sound is being modified by the effects, without having to search the Control Panel tabs. KEY SHIFTER The Key Shifter in the Effects Tab lets you change the key of a digital song file while it‘s playing—without changing the speed of the song playback.
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.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM Another example: if you are using stereo headphones and want to hear all channels of an 8 channel audio source in a more ―spatially correct‖ manner than can normally be produced in stereo headphones, enable ―Headphones‖ on the Speakers tab, then enable the Speaker Positioning on the Effects tab and choose ―7.1 Sources‖ from the ‗Speaker Mix Tuned For‘ drop-down menu. Once ―7.1 Sources‖ has been enabled, adjust the speaker icons to create a better sense of space (i.e.
DVD player installed on your PC. Typically, these programs provide an audio option tab that lets you set the audio playback format. From this tab, you should set the audio playback format to 5.1 surround so that the DVD audio will play on all 6 channels of your multi-channel system. Multi-channel DVD audio is encoded in either Dolby Digital or DTS, both of which compress 5.1 channels of audio into a single digital audio stream.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM LISTENING TO 3D GAME AUDIO When playing games that use DirectSound3D™, the Montego DDL surround sound processor converts the 3D positional sounds into HRTF positional audio so that the 3D effects of the game can be heard in headphones or stereo speakers. When using Dolby Digital Live to drive digital speakers via the S/PDIF output, the 3D positional audio from the game will be converted to 5.1 positional audio on the speakers, to create a realistic and immersive gaming experience.
USING EAR FORCE SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES ® Turtle Beach Ear Force headphones are a perfect add-on for the Montego DDL. Be sure to check them out at www.TurtleBeach.com. The optional Turtle Beach Ear Force surround-sound headphones let you experience surround-sound without having to set-up a 5.1 speaker system. Currently, two models are available: The Ear Force HPA2 includes an amplifier unit that boosts the output level of the 5.1 output signals to provide head-shaking bass.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM 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 The Speakers Tab is divided into the following sections: Speaker Configuration lets you test speaker operation and select speaker configuration modes. Volume sets the master volume and individual speaker volumes. Settings Summary indicates the status of important control panel settings. S/PDIF Settings sets the digital output configurations and selects the Dolby Digital Live feature. When S/PDIF Out is enabled, the analog speaker outputs are disabled.
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5.1 Speakers (5.1 Surround) 5.1 Headphones (5.1 Surround) 7.1 speakers (7.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM TESTING THE SPEAKER CONFIGURATION After selecting the speaker configuration to match your speaker system, you can check if the speakers are properly connected by clicking on the speaker icon to play a test signal on that speaker.
Voice Changer: Indicates that the Voice Changer effect in the Effects Tab is enabled, therefore the mic input might be altered. S/PDIF SETTINGS The S/PDIF digital input and output connectors may be used to interface with external S/PDIF devices, such as digital speakers, A/V receivers, DVD players and other home theater and professional audio devices. The digital input and output signals are connected to external devices using fiber optic TOSLINK cables, available at the Turtle Beach web site (www.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM Reverse S/PDIF-In Format: Check this option when the transmitting device is sending S/PDIF data with an inverted phase, which sometimes can cause the S/PDIF input to incorrectly sense the digital signal. Validity Check: When this option is checked, the S/PDIF input will ignore the Validity Bit on the incoming S/PDIF signal. When the Validity bit is set by the transmitting device, the Montego DDL will not play the S/PDIF audio stream if this option is not checked.
GRAPHIC EQUALIZER TAB The Graphic Equalizer provides 10 frequency bands that can be boost or cut to tailor the system frequency response, or tone. Two rows of buttons at the top of the slider bank provides quick access to eight equalizer presets. The Flat setting returns the sliders to their zero (i.e unmodified) positions.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM EFFECTS TAB SPEAKER POSITION This section lets you change the position of speakers configured in the Speakers Tab by clicking and moving the blue ―virtual speaker‖ icons in the illustration. The number of blue speaker icons will match the number of speakers in the Speaker Configuration setting on the Speakers Tab (e.g. a setting of 5.1 speakers will show 6 blue icons, while a stereo or headphone setting will show two icons.
SOUND FX VOICE CHANGER When activated by pressing the Enable button, this effect alters the microphone input signal by adding an echo/reverb effect or by changing the pitch up or down. Note that these effects only operate on the microphone input. To try this effect: 2. Insert a microphone into the mic input jack and turn up the Microphone volume in the Mixer Tab so that you can hear your voice on the speakers when you speak into the mic. 3.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM MIXER TAB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Windows Vista/Windows 7 PLAYBACK SETTINGS The Playback mixer provides an array of volume, mute and pan controls for balancing the sound sources when listening with headphones or speakers. Each slider controls a specific source of sound on the PC, including: Wave (not available in Vista/Windows 7): Sets the playback level of the PC‘s digital audio sources, such as MP3 files, Windows sounds, etc.
Microphone Options Button, labeled ―…‖, activates a dialog box with an option to boost the microphone volume by +20dB. CD Player: Sets the volume for the CD ROM audio. Line In: Sets the volume of the signal plugged into the Line input jack. Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals. Master Volume: Sets the volume of all playback sources. This slider, along with the associated Pan and Mute controls, is identical to the Master Volume in the Speakers Tab.
WWW .TURTLEBEACH.COM RECORD SETTINGS Audio recording can be accomplished with a program such as Windows Recorder (in the Accessories section of the Start All Programs list), or other digital audio recording software. The record source is selected by clicking the Record Source pull-down menu in the Record Settings section of the Mixer tab. After selecting a record source, the recording level may be adjusted with the volume control located above the record source pull-down menu.
The following diagram illustrates the signal flow for the recording input path in Windows 2000/XP.
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FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PRODUCT NAME Turtle Beach Montego DDL MODEL NUMBER TB400-3300-01 FCC RULES OPERATING ENVIRONMENT TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC PART 15, CLASS B FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions. (1) This device may not cause harmful interference and (2)This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
