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  • Page 4 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................1 Features ........................... 2 Package Contents ......................2 System Requirements ...................... 2 2. Using the Adapter ......................3 How to Use Your Audio I/O Devices ................. 3 How to Setting 7.1 Surround Sound Speakers ..............6 3.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    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.

  • Page 7: Features

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box Features Dramatically improves your PC/Computer/Notebook audio quality Auxiliary inputs for microphone, stereo, and other analog sources Volume controlled through your computer or by manually on the adapter USB remote wake-up support Volume up/ Volume down/Playback mute/Record mute HID button Virtual speaker shifter support ...

  • Page 8: Using The Adapter

    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.
  • Page 9 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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)
  • Page 10 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.

  • Page 11: How To Setting 7.1 Surround Sound Speakers

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box How to Setting 7.1 Surround Sound Speakers   On Windows 2000 and Windows 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 >...
  • Page 12  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.
  • Page 13 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box...
  • Page 14   On Windows 7 / Windows 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.
  • Page 15 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box...
  • Page 17 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box  On Mac OS X v10.x or later Please kindly follow the steps and finished the 7.1 surround sound speakers setting. Select Go first and then chose Utilities after, keep select Audio MIDI Setup as below screen.
  • Page 18 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. Select Multichannel then chose 7.1 Rear Surround, and now the setting has finished.
  • Page 19 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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. （The Audio Recorder may vary by different System）。...
  • Page 20 6. Please click the red circle next to Output File to choose which file you want to save to. 7. Please name the file.
  • Page 21 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 8. Please click save and the following screen will show up. 9. Please choose USB Sound Device under Recording Audio Device.
  • Page 22 10. Please click Record to start recording.

  • Page 23: Application Software Installation

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 3. Application Software Installation    For Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Notice：This application software allows you have extra functions such as Karaoke, microphone echo, magic voice, key shifting and vocal canceling…etc. Supports only ...
  • Page 24 When the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device screen appears, Click on Next, and you may find the Setup Status process automatically as below screen.
  • Page 25 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box After the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device Driver installation is complete, please select Yes, and reboot the computer to effect the driver install. After reboot and system running up again, a pop-up message will appear in the notification area indicating the installation is complete.

  • Page 26: For Windows 8

     For Windows 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 Connect the adapter first and then follow the procedures below to install the driver. 1.
  • Page 27 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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.
  • Page 28 4. After the USB Multi-Channel Audio Device driver installation is complete, please select Yes, and reboot the computer to effect the driver install.

  • Page 29: Using Interface And Function Control

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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.

  • Page 30: Main Setting

    Main Setting Using Analog Output System Input selector：2CH, 4CH, 6CH and 8CH selection. Analog Output – DSP Mode：Allows users to switch DSP Effect Advanced Setting on or off. Analog Output – Speaker Configuration：Turn this button ON to select analog output channels mode. S/PDIF Output –...
  • Page 31 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box Virtual Speakers Shifter Volume Up / Volume Down Auto Rotation Manual Rotation Manual Shifting Reset Button Virtual Speaker Virtual Listener Volume Indicator...
  • Page 32 Playback and A-A Path Mixer Speaker Configuration: Indicate the speaker numbers or headphone. Peak Meter: Indicate the instantaneous level of an audio signal. Volume Control: User can control individual playback device sound volume or A-A path volume. Mute / Un-Mute Control: User can control individual playback device into mute/un-mute.
  • Page 33 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box Effects  NOTE: Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows and might vary slightly for each operation system. 1. Environment Option Button 2. Environment Option List 3.
  • Page 34 Karaoke Karaoke On/Off: Click this button to control all karaoke functions. Karaoke Setting Reset: Resets all setting to default value 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 Echo Low/High Control Bar: Adjust echo low/high Magic Voice Function (Optional): This function only supported in multi-channel audio products.
  • Page 35 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box Start Key Shifting Function: Select this button to enable key shifting function and control. Key Shifting Low/High Control Bar: This function can adjust tune of background music to fit your singing. Star Vocal Cancellation Function: Select this button to enable vocal cancellation function and control.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    3. Troubleshooting 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 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 Why play CD without sound ?
  • Page 37 User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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”...
  • Page 38 ® 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.

  • Page 39: Limitation

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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.  Does not support SPDIF Out. Support recording but monitoring under Line In.

  • Page 40: Specifications

    5. Specifications Item Description Interface USB 1.1/ 2.0 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 Audio-Out Back surround 1x3.5mm Stereo audio Jack Female in Black Center/Subwoofer...

  • Page 41: Regulatory Compliance

    User’s Manual External USB 7.1 Channel Sound Box 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.
  • Page 42 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.

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