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C-Media Xear 3D Sound Solution For USB Multi-Channel User Manual Rev. 1.0

2. Click display windows

3. Click right key of mouse

4. Select “Configuration” or “Setup”

5. Choice “Audio” function setting page

6. Check “Audio Output”

→

If you can see or select speaker from 2 to 6 that

mean this version was supported 5.1CH decoding capability. Otherwise, it
is only supported 2CH decoding capability.

Summary of Contents for Multi-Easy

Page 1: ...C Media Xear 3D Sound Solution For USB Multi Channel User Manual Rev 1 0 0 Multi Easy Multi Sound User Manual Revision 1 0 Rev Date Jan 2004 ...

Page 2: ...sion of C Media Electronics Inc Trademarks C Media C Media logo and Xear 3D are trademarks of C Media Electronics Inc EAX and A3D are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Microsoft DirectSound3D Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation DOLBY Dolby Digital RTCE Dolby Earphone and Pro Logic Ilx are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Inc Other company and product names may be trademarks of the ...

Page 3: ...e of Content 1 Introduction C Media Xear 3D Sound Technology 3 2 Function Structure and Overview 4 3 Advantages of USB Xear 3D Sound Solution 5 4 System Requirement and Installation 8 5 Sound Environment Set Up 15 6 User Interface and Function Control 17 7 FAQ Technical Support 23 ...

Page 4: ...y not only supports real time 3D gaming and industry standard 5 1CH or 7 1CH DVD but also offers an immersive virtual 5 1Ch and 7 1CH sound field to the users regardless of what type of output device is actually utilized Thanks to Xear 3D Sound Technology even if users are using a pair of earphones or 2CH speakers still they can avail themselves of a much better virtual 5 1CH or 7 1CH environment ...

Page 5: ...r SensauraR HRTF 3D Positional Audio Environment Emulation Size Microphone Echo 10 Band Equalizer Dolby Digital Encoder RTCE Sound Effect Xear 3D Driver Function Diagram Multi CH Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER EAX2 0 1 0 A3D 1 0 Multi drive 5 1 Microsoft DirectSound 3D H W S W DolbyR Audio Magic Voice Key Shifting Karaoke Vocal Cancellation Dolby Digital Pro Logic IIx Dolby Digital Dolby Earphone Optiona...

Page 6: ... the GUI to the preferred position enhanced individual channel output is feasible This revolutionary technology is welcome by those who always complain about the not loud enough volume of the center for dialog or bass output in DVD With Xear 3D SPEAKER SHIFTER no more low volume center and or bass output problems To remedy this C Media provides the patented Xear 3D filter capable of providing virt...

Page 7: ...ommand for 3D audio is given Microsoft operation system would provide DirectSound3D an interface conversion technology to function as the bridge interfacing the upper application program and lower audio device Even so it should be noted that only when the lower audio device has 3D engine could the upper application program activate 3D effects Hence if audio device does not provide 3D engine no rea...

Page 8: ...al microphone control cannot prettify user s voice but by way of microphone echo any one can get beautiful voice Moreover you can use key shifting to adjusting any music and melody to harmony with your tune Better yet vocal canceling can eliminating singer s voice and make the song to be background music for happy singing Furthermore magic voice not only can provide interest effects but also can u...

Page 9: ...U above At least 64 MB RAM Win98SE or 128MB RAM WinME Win2000 and WinXP At least 50 MB hard disk space For good sound quality please adjust your system s H W acceleration and Sample rate conversion quality to Full and Best Note Some USB Host Controller may have problem with data stream package loss this will influence output audio data and make some discontinuous sound But this is very rare Someti...

Page 10: ...MB hard disk space Support direct sound 3D Note Windows OS has default USB driver support but no support for HRTF 3D EAX Virtual Multi channel sound effect and Dolby Digital sound DSP function Thus if user wants to enjoy these fancy experiences must install C Media Xear 3D sound audio driver Before users install C Media Xear 3D sound audio driver they must make sure that USB Multi media Sound Devi...

Page 11: ...ou plug this USB Multi media Sound Device to PC you have to plug the same port for initialize the Xear 3D driver C Media Xear 3D Sound Audio Driver Installation Step nTurn on PC system and connect USB Multi media Sound Device to PC system oInsert Installation CD on your CD ROM or DVD ROM the program will pop up auto run information ...

Page 12: ...11 pPlease follow up the set up procedure and click Next button to continue installation qYou can Select install driver only or both driver and demo program then click Next to continue installation The demo program includes a simple helicopter and Rock shooting for 3D sound ...

Page 13: ...ll USB audio kit to default path and folder sIf your System is WinXP you may see a dialog box asking you about windows logo issue please click Continue Anyway to complete installation And set up program will continue install tWhile program is running to install driver it s may take a little time ...

Page 14: ... running up again you can see a small icon on right down of screen You can click it to open Xear 3D Sound driver functions for control wIf your PC system has more than one USB port you can just plug USB Personal Multi media Device to any USB port If this connect is right that driver will detect device and show a task bar on the bottom right side of the screen to guiding you which port is correct ...

Page 15: ...1 0 14 When this USB sound icon was showing it s mean C Media Xear3D sound driver was initialed and working now If your USB port was more than one and you forgot which one was installed C Media Xear 3D sound driver this icon was mean you are connecting to the right port ...

Page 16: ... easy to suit and create great sound effects on any kind of listening environment Even if only 2CH physical speaker or headphone Xear 3D sound can create virtual 5 1CH surround sound effect and dynamic to adjust multi channel sound source by way of SPEAKER SHIFTER function Better yet user can in terms of different music and song to re define favorite sound effect by function of SPEAKER SHIFTER Env...

Page 17: ...ter equipments and getting non loss less high quality sound If the system manufacturer provides the value added Dolby Digital Real Time Content Encoder RTCE you can generate the Dolby Digital audio for any digital PC sounds 3D Games DVD MP3 CD with your PC and make use of your hi fi home theater Just connect your PC to the external decoder AV receiver with a S PDIF optical fiber or coaxial cable l...

Page 18: ...e Dolby RTCE PCM for selected 5 Audio Jack Connected Display 6 DSP Mode pull down to select different DSP Mode Default support Xear 3D 7 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER can open SPEAKER SHIFTER windows for control For detail information see the next page 8 Digital Volume Control can open each channel to adjust digital volume For detail information see the next page 9 Channel Display Speaker Test can show ...

Page 19: ... SPEAKER SHIFTER 1 Total Volume Up Control 2 Total Volume Down Control 3 Clockwise 4 Counter Clockwise 5 Manual Rotation 6 Manual Shifter 7 Reset 8 Shifter Drag Digital Volume Control 1 Reset Volume 2 Left Channel Control 3 Right Channel Control Mixer Playback Volume Control 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ...e Volume Control 13 Microphone Balance 6 Wave Volume On Off 14 Microphone Control 7 SW Synth Volume Balance 15 Microphone On Off 8 SW Synth Volume Control 16 Microphone Advanced Setting Recording Volume Control 1 Stereo Mixer Balance Control 2 Stereo Mixer 3 Stereo Mixer 4 Microphone Record Balance 5 Microphone Record Volume Control 6 Microphone Record Volume On Off 7 Microphone Record Advanced Se...

Page 21: ...t 18 Pre Set Mode Metal 10 Pre Set Mode Default 19 Pre Set Mode RAP 11 Pre Set Mode Dance 20 Pre Set Mode Classic 12 Pre Set Mode Bass 21 Pre Set Mode Vocal 13 Pre Set Mode Treble 22 Equalizer User Define On Off 14 Pre Set Mode Live 23 Pull to select user define mode 15 Pre Set Mode Rock 24 User Define naming key in 16 Pre Set Mode Soft Rock 25 Add new user define mode 17 Pre Set Mode Jazz 26 Del ...

Page 22: ...Magic Voice Function Optional This function only supported in multi channel audio products When you enable microphone echo then can pull down the menu to select magic voice Magic voice provides 5 different effects for choice 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 mu...

Page 23: ...nual Rev 1 0 22 Information This page is showing all of the USB audio product and system information The information will be very useful to end user and vender once they got some troubles or problems with function control or product application 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 24: ...it Then switch to properties page and enable digital CD audio Q2 Why sometimes Win98SE and WinME can not auto detect USB audio device and switch Since Win98SE and Win ME have different driver architecture with Win2000 and WinXP When users plug in out USB audio device too much time or faster these two OSs may not detect the change on device So sometimes user got to switch audio device to USB audio ...

Page 25: ...cation programs were playing audio stream windows system is stilling using audio device to process and deliver data real time So when user plug out USB audio device windows system can not delivering audio data to the same device so that system will be confused and make application programs failure or system crash The right way to plug out USB Audio device was stop playback function first Especiall...

Page 26: ...er can using physical 2CH device earphone speaker to enjoyed dynamic 5 1CH surround sound by moving graphic user interface In general when user buy a new computer usually got a free bundle software DVD player like PowerDVD or WinDVD Most of these free bundle software version only provide 2CH DVD audio playback capability that because 5 1CH decoding was more expensive So that when user playback rea...

Page 27: ...ay windows 3 Click right key of mouse 4 Select Configuration or Setup 5 Choice Audio function setting page 6 Check Audio Output If you can see or select speaker from 2 to 6 that mean this version was supported 5 1CH decoding capability Otherwise it is only supported 2CH decoding capability ...

Page 28: ...7 1CH listening environment and how different with 5 1CH 1 The 7 1 channel mode is newest multi channel audio format and technology in the market It s include center subwoofer front left front right rear left rear right and back surround This definition was the same as Dolby Lab and DTS Lab ...

Page 29: ... driver to process this device the 7 1CH mode only can work on Windows XP operation system Moreover you have to buy a 7 1CH DVD content with Dolby Digital EX or DTS ES format and use DVD software player to decoding this format 2 If you using Xear 3D sound technology driver to process this device no matter any sound source you playback this driver can convert it to 7 1CH This function was virtual m...

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