When you launch the control panel, you will see the QuickSwitch Settings buttons,
Current Set speaker pull-down and five tabs.
The QuickSwitch Settings buttons allow you to quickly switch between five default
setups. You can use different QuickSwitch settings for watching DVDs and playing
games for example, or for using different sets of speakers.
The Current Set pull-down menu includes presets for many popular speaker
models. For recommended settings for your speakers, click and hold on the
menu to see if your speaker model is included in the list.
The Current Set pull-down menu also allows you to set the number of output
channels, such as stereo, 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 (similar to the “QuickSwitch Set” buttons at
the top of the panel). Speaker sets can be manually added or deleted using the
“Add to QuickSwitch Sets” feature from the pull-down menu. It is important for this
control to reflect the actual number of speakers you are using, so that the drivers
aren’t sending audio to non-existent speakers. For example, if you set this to 5.1
when you only have two speakers connected, you won’t hear any of the dialog
when you play a DVD movie.
The Master Volume slider at the bottom of the panel controls the overall volume
of the Revolution’s outputs. The Mute button mutes all of the outputs, handy for
answering the phone or pretending you’re hard at work!
The tabs near the top of the control panel allow you to change the size, volume
and surround settings of the Revolution’s output. From left to right, the tabs are:
Speaker Setup, Output Mixer, Surround Sound, Input/Other and About. Use the
Speaker Setup tab to set the size and distance of your speakers. Use Output
Mixer to balance the volumes of each speaker output. The Surround Sound tab
controls aspects of SRS Circle Surround II or TruSurround XT, depending on
whether you have a stereo or multi-channel speaker set. Input/Other controls the
input and sample rate settings. Finally, the About tab gives you information about
the software version of your Revolution 7.1 drivers.
The next section will explains the settings on each of these tabs in greater detail.
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