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- Page 1 Montego Eight-Channel Surround Sound Card Featuring Dolby® Digital Live www.TurtleBeach.com...
- Page 2 Montego DDL FAQ and Knowledge Base: Go to the Turtle Beach web site (www.TurtleBeach.com) and click on “Support” then “Knowledge Base”. Scroll down to the “M" section and click on “Montego DDL”. This will bring up the list of articles.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ONNECTORS _________________________________________________________ 10 NSTALLATION System Requirements ... 10 Installing the Montego DDL Sound Card... 10 Installing the Drivers and Software ... 12 Installing the Windows XP Media Center Control Panel... 13 Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP... 13 Uninstalling Montego DDL ... - Page 4 Key Shifter ... 33 Voice Canceller... 33 ____________________________________________________________ 34 IXER Playback Settings... 34 Record Settings... 37 Note on Selecting Record Source in Windows Vista... 37 XP M INDOWS EDIA Using the Media Center Control Interface ... 39 Mixer Screen ... 40 Speakers Screen ...
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Page 5: 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. -
Page 6: Installation Cd
Software Suite Adobe® Acrobat® Reader PDF Reference Manuals ROGRAM UITE The Montego DDL CD includes the following programs for controlling Montego DDL and working with digital audio, CD audio and MIDI music files: DDL™ C ONTEGO ONTROL INDOWS EDIA ENTER... - Page 7 LYING ELICOPTER ULTI CHANNEL UDIO ELICOPTER ATTLE Montego DDL Use this program to hear HRTF 3D sound effects by navigating the helicopter flight pattern. Launch this program by clicking Start Programs Demo Files Launch this program by clicking Start Programs...
- Page 8 USIC OFTWARE ® The following programs may be installed from the Montego DDL Setup screen by clicking Voyetra Products program name. Then click on the Install button from the program’s sub menu. After installing the program, launch it from the Start ™...
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Page 9: Connectors
Pin 2 - Ground (black) Pin 3 - Ground (black) Pin 4 - Right (red) Using a MIDI keyboard with your Montego DDL music system requires a USB MIDI interface, available at the Turtle Beach Web Site www.TurtleBeach.com. Montego DDL... -
Page 10: Installation
Read the warranty information included with your PC before you open its case to remove the old sound card and/or install the Montego DDL. Turtle Beach cannot be held responsible for loss of warranty coverage or other damages incurred as a result of modifications to your PC. - Page 11 PTIONAL NSTALLING THE If you’re installing Montego DDL in a PC running Windows XP or Media Center Edition or Vista, please skip this section. The analog CD connector is not used in Windows XP or Media Center Edition because the digital CD audio signal is sent directly through the PCI bus in digital format by default.
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Page 12: Installing The Drivers And Software
Insert the Montego DDL CD into the CD ROM drive. If the installation menu does not appear within 30 seconds, click on the “My Computer” icon, double-click on the CD-ROM drive folder to open it, and double-click ‘SETUP.EXE’ to run the setup program from the When the Montego DDL installation menu appears, select Montego DDL Driver Setup. -
Page 13: Installing The Windows Xp Media Center Control Panel
PC. NSTALLING THE INDOWS You may skip this section if you’re not installing Montego DDL in a Windows XP Media Center PC. 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. -
Page 14: Checking Montego Ddl After Installation
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 Montego DDL Run Montego DDL Control Panel. -
Page 15: Sound Playing On The Wrong Speakers
If not, select Montego DDL from the drop down menus and click Apply. If the Montego DDL does not appear in the list, the drivers were not installed properly from the CD, so try uninstalling and reinstalling from the CD. -
Page 16: Turtle Beach Play3D Demo
Turtle Beach Ear Force 5.1 surround headphones. The Environment buttons let you hear different reverberation settings, which are available in the Environments section on the Montego DDL Control Panel Effects Tab. To end the demo, click Stop. To shut down the program, click Exit. -
Page 17: Using The Montego Ddl
Set the Master Volume on the Speakers Tab to a comfortable level. If it seems like the volume is too low, click the Montego DDL Control Panel Mixer Tab and adjust the Wave volume in the Playback Mixer. -
Page 18: Sound Fx
Rip the CD to your hard drive or play the CD with Media Player. Select “Play CD with Media Player”. The CD volume will be controlled by the CD volume in the Mixer Tab of the Montego DDL Control Panel. -
Page 19: Listening To Stereo Music In Surround Sound (2000/Xp Only)
URTLE EACH If your CD ROM drive is using the analog CD connector on the Montego DDL, then the CD audio is analog and will not be affected by the Equalizer, Environments or other effects settings. ’ F THERE S NO SOUND WHEN PLAYING A Check that the “Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM Device”... - Page 20 Vista that allows you to “tune the speaker mix”. This is best explained with a couple of examples. If you wanted to listen to stereo MP3 files played through all speakers of a 7.1 speaker system, enable “7.1 Speakers” on the Main tab, then enable the Speaker Positioning on the Effects tab and choose “Stereo Sources”...
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Page 21: Listening To Dvds In Surround Sound
For proper Dolby Digital or DTS pass-thru to an external decoder (such as an A/V receiver), the S/PDIF setting on the ‘Speakers’ tab of the Montego DDL Control Panel should be set to “48 kHz”; additionally, you must set the Digital Output as your default playback device in the Vista Sound Control Panel. Click... -
Page 22: Listening To Multi-Channel Audio With Dolby® Digital Live
“upmixing” required the creation of the new "DDL Stereo Encoding" setting – this is what should be used to allow stereo sources to be pushed out in DDL mode to all 6 channels of a 5.1 system. For audio sources that have discrete multi-channel audio (such as most popular PC games), the "DDL 5.1 Encoding"... -
Page 23: Using Ear Force Surround Sound Headphones
SING ORCE ® 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:... -
Page 24: Montego Ddl Control Panel
ONTROL 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... -
Page 25: Speakers Tab
This feature is useful when using 5.1 and 7.1 speaker systems with center/LFE stereo jacks that do not match the configuration of the Montego’s center/LFE output jack. Surround/Rear Output Swap: When this option is checked, the Surround and Rear speaker channels are swapped. Montego DDL (…) -
Page 26: Speaker Configurations
PEAKER ONFIGURATIONS The Speaker Configuration pull-down menu sets the following speaker modes: Headphones (2-speakers) 2 Speakers (Stereo) 4 speakers (Quad) User’s Guide... - Page 27 URTLE EACH 5.1 Speakers (5.1 Surround) 5.1 Headphones (5.1 Surround) 7.1 speakers (7.1 Surround) Montego DDL...
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Page 28: Testing The Speaker Configuration
ESTING THE PEAKER 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. The buttons at the bottom of the speaker configuration illustration, labeled Test and Loop, operate as follows: Test: When this button is clicked, the test signal automatically advances to the next speaker so that all of the speakers in a configuration are played once. -
Page 29: S/Pdif Settings
S/PDIF input on the digital speaker system or A/V receiver connected to the S/PDIF output. DDL 5.1 Encoding: PC audio is converted to Dolby Digital Live format so that it may be played as a multi-channel 5.1 signal on digital speaker systems or A/V home theater receivers with Dolby Digital decoders. - Page 30 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. User’s Guide...
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Page 31: Graphic Equalizer Tab
To delete a preset from the list: Select the preset from the list, press the Delete Button and you will be prompted whether or not you would like to delete the current preset. The selected preset will then be removed from the list. Montego DDL... -
Page 32: Effects Tab
FFECTS PEAKER OSITION 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.) When used with the stereo or headphones speaker configuration, the speakers are positioned with a “virtual speaker position”... -
Page 33: Environments
Right channels (i.e. panned to the center) will be reduced. When the slider control is in the far left position, there will be no alteration in the sound. As it is moved to the right, the center signal is attenuated. Environments should be disabled when using the Voice Canceller feature. Montego DDL... -
Page 34: Mixer Tab
IXER Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Windows Vista LAYBACK ETTINGS 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): Sets the playback level of the PC’s digital audio sources, such as MP3 files, Windows sounds, etc. - Page 35 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. Montego DDL...
- Page 36 The following signal flow diagram illustrates how these inputs are connected in the playback mixer in Windows 2000/XP. Note that the mixer output is routed to both the Front output for monitoring the input signals and the Record input for recording a mix of the input signals (as described in the next section.) User’s Guide...
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Page 37: Record Settings
“Recording Devices”. When the Recording Devices dialog window appears, it will display the available recording sources for the Montego DDL. To choose a record source, simply click on the item in the list, and then click the ‘Set Default’ button. - Page 38 The following diagram illustrates the signal flow for the recording input path in Windows 2000/XP. Note that the volume sliders in the Playback Mixer do not affect the recording level of the source selected as a Record Source unless they are recorded from the Stereo Mix source, which is the output of the Playback Mixer: User’s Guide...
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Page 39: Windows Xp Media Center Control Interface
INDOWS EDIA The Montego DDL Windows XP Media Center Control Interface is designed for use with the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center edition Operating System. This control panel lets you adjust Montego DDL settings using the Windows XP Media Center remote control without having to leave the Media Center environment. -
Page 40: Mixer Screen
CREEN PEAKERS CREEN This screen emulates the Mixer Tab in the Montego DDL Control Panel, allowing you to set the volume levels of different sound sources with the Media Center remote control. This screen emulates the Speakers Tab in the... -
Page 41: Limited Warranty
Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. ("VTB") warrants to the original end-user purchaser ("Purchaser") that the retail Turtle Beach hardware product herein ("Product") will be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase by the Purchaser ("Warranty Period"). This limited warranty extends only to the Purchaser and is not transferable or assignable to any subsequent purchaser. - Page 42 Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc., 150 Clearbrook Road, Ste. 162, Elmsford, NY 10523 PRODUCT COMPLIANCE Tel: (914) 345-2255 Fax: (914) 345-2251 INFORMATION TO USER: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules.
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