Turtle Beach 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Riviera manual

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User’s Guide ii Notices Riviera User’s Guide Version 4 Software and documentation copyrigh t © 2005 - 2007 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All rights reserv ed. No part of this publication may be re pro duced or transmitted by any means or in any fo rm without prior written conse nt from Voyetra Turtle Beac h, Inc. (“VTB”). In no event will VTB[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM iii Riviera Contents I NTRODUCING R IVIERA ................................................................................................... 1 R IVIERA CD ................................................................................................................... 2 Riviera Program Suite 2 R IVIERA C ONNECTORS ......[...]

User’s Guide iv Selecting Record Sour ce in Windows Vista 24 H ARDWARE W ARRANTY ............................................................................................... 25 FCC Declaration of Conformity 25[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 1 Riviera I NTRODUCING R IVIERA Riviera represents th e latest genera tion in multi- chann el PC audio and provides the following key features:  DVD Playback with full 6-sp eaker surround so und.  Surround sound available via digital audio connection to a home theat er system or multiple analog audio out puts connected[...]

User’s Guide 2 R IVIERA CD The Riviera CD includes the following components: Riviera Drivers Audio drivers for XP and Vista. (Earlier driver versions for Windows 98/Me/2000 are also available on the CD or may be downloaded from www.turtl ebeach.com . Please note that not all of the features described in this manual are available in earlier driver[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 3 Riviera M USIC W RITE ™  Limited demo version of Voyetra’s versatile music notation program.  Record music from a MIDI keyboard and see notation appear on the PC screen.  Edit music notation with your mouse.  Video tutorial included. R ECORD P RODUCER ™  Limited demo version of Voyetra’s powerful MID[...]

User’s Guide 4 R IVIERA C ONNECTORS Connector Function VersaJack™ / Line-In L/R This multi-function jack operates in two modes which are selected on the Riviera Control Panel (described in the previous section): Center/Sub Speaker Outp ut Mode: When using Riviera for 5.1 surround sou nd playback, this jack provides analog signal s for the cente[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 5 Riviera CD L/R In 2 (Stereo) For internal analog CD audio. Pin configuration: Pin 1 - Ground (black) Pin 2 - Right (red) Pin 3 - Ground (black) Pin 4 - Left (white) Aux L/ R I n (Stereo) For internal analog audio from 2 nd CD or DVD. Pin configuration: Pin 1 - Left (white) Pin 2 - Ground (black) Pin 3 - Ground (black) Pin [...]

User’s Guide 6 I NST ALLING THE R IVIERA S OUND C ARD If you’re replacing a sound card that’s already in your PC, or if your P C has a sound chip on the motherboard (i.e. if there are headphone and microphone jacks on the front or rear of your PC): Uninstall the drivers and associated software for th e old sound card o r sound chip on your mo[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 7 Riviera 6. Replace the PC’s cover, recon nect the power cor d and peripherals . Connect your powere d speakers, microphone, and any other audio p eriphe rals to th e appropriate inputs and outp uts on the sound card. I NST ALLING THE D RIVERS AND S OFTWARE After inserting Riviera into a free PCI slot, inst all th e drive[...]

User’s Guide 8 Â If the following dialog box appears, explaining that the soft ware has not passed Windows Logo testing or does not have a Digital Signature, c lick "Continue Anyway" or "Yes" (depending on the operating system). 4. When prompted, reboot the system. Â While preparing for reboot, the PC may appear to be tempor[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 9 Riviera C HECKING R IVIERA A FTER I NST ALLA TION L AUN CH I N G TH E R IVIERA C ONTROL P ANEL After running the software insta llation procedure from the Riviera CD, the Turtle Beach pa lm tree icon should appear in the Win dows Systray a t the bottom right of yo ur PC screen. Clicking on this icon will bring up a menu fr[...]

User’s Guide 10 N O S PEAKER S OUND If you don’t hear an y sound, check the following:  Check that the speak ers are tur ned on. Make s ure you’re not using passive speake rs that requir e an amplifier. The Riviera analog outputs can only drive powered speakers, not passive speak ers.  Check that the speak ers are properly connected to [...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 11 Riviera U SING THE R IVIERA P LA YING DI GIT AL MUSIC WITH W INDOWS M EDIA P LA YER Once you’ve co nfirmed that the sp eakers are o perating properly, la unch Windows Me dia Player and play some musi c files from your di gital song library. If you don’t h ear any sou nd even though Media Player indicates the song is p[...]

User’s Guide 12  Enable the Environments in the Equalizer Tab and select an Environment from the pull-down menu. This sends the stereo si gn al proce ssed by reverb to the surround spe akers. You can adjust the amount of th is effect with the Su rround speake r volume controls in the Speaker Tab.  Use the Equalizer to alter the tone to suit[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 13 Riviera This allows for large number of flexible settings (N OTE: The amount of sp eakers shown on the Speaker Positioning window will always show which value is greate r – the number of “source” channels or the number of active physical speake rs. Whenev er the settings matc h, the LED will remain unlit). Â The st[...]

User’s Guide 14 U SING E AR F ORCE ® S URROUND S OUND H EADPHONES Â Turtle Beach Ear Force headphones are a perfect add-on fo r the Riviera. Be sure to check them out at www.TurtleBeach.com . The optional Turtle Beach Ear Force surround-sound headphones let yo u exp erience surround-sound without having to set-up a 5 .1 speaker syst em. Current[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 15 Riviera R IVIERA C ONTROL P ANEL The Control Panel lets you access all of the Riviera au dio features. You can launch the control panel from the Turtle Beach palm tree icon located on the right si de of the Windows Start menu o r by clicking Start Æ All Programs Æ Turtle Beach Æ Ri viera Æ Run Riviera Control Panel. T[...]

User’s Guide 16 U SING THE C ONTROL P ANE L P RESETS S AVING AND R ESTORING P RESETS The Control Panel lets you save the Tab settings as pres ets for easy recall. Once you’ve set th e controls f or a pa rticular configuration, cli ck on the Preset button, th en click Save to call up the Save Preset dialog. S elect a category fr om the Preset Ca[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 17 Riviera S PEAKERS T AB The Speakers Tab is divided into the following sections:  “Speaker Configuration” lets you test speaker oper ation and select speaker conf iguration modes.  “Volume” sets the master vol ume and individual speaker volumes.  “Settings Summary” indicates the status of impor tant co[...]

User’s Guide 18 S PEAKER C ONFIGURA TIONS The Speaker Configuration pull-down menu sets th e following speaker modes: Headphones (2-s peak ers) 2 Speakers (Stereo) 4 speakers (Quad)[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 19 Riviera 5.1 Speakers (5.1 Surround) 5.1 Headphones (5.1 Surround) T ESTING THE S PEAKER C ONFIGURA TION After selecting the speaker con figuration to match your speak er system, you can check i f the speakers are properly connected b y clicking on th e speaker icon to play a test signal on that sp eaker. The buttons at th[...]

User’s Guide 20 V OLUME S ECTION Master Volume: Controls the volume of all speakers. Pan : Controls L/R balance. Mute: Mutes all outputs when lit. I NDIVIDUAL S PEAKER V OL UMES The volume controls for each speak er in the selected confi guration are located to the right of the Master Vol u me slider. The number of sliders will depend on the spea[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 21 Riviera The S/PDIF Pull-down menu lets you select th e following S/PDIF outpu t modes:  S/PDIF Out Off: S/PDIF output is turned off, so there is no digital signal. Note that whenever S /PDIF is turned on , a red light will be emitted from the S/PD I F output on the rear bracket.  S/PDIF Out 44.1kHz : Digital audio i[...]

User’s Guide 22 G RAPHIC E QU ALIZER T AB G RAPHIC E QUALIZER The Graphic Equalizer provides 10 fr equency bands that can be boost or cut to tailo r the system frequency response, or tone. Two rows of buttons at the top of th e slider bank provides quick access to eigh t equalizer presets. The Fl at setting return s the sliders to their zero (i.e[...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 23 Riviera M IXER T AB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Windows Vista P LA YBACK S ETTINGS The Playback mixer p rovides an array of volu me, mu te an d pan controls for balancing the sound sources when listening with headphones or sp eakers. Each s lider controls a specific source of sound on the PC, including:  [...]

User’s Guide 24  SW Synth (Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Vista): Sets the volume of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer. Use th e Pan cont rol to balance th e left and right signals.  Microphone : Sets the volume of the microph one input. Since the microphone is a mono input, it do es not have a pan control. The Microphone [...]

WWW . TURTLEBEACH . COM 25 Riviera H ARD W ARE W ARRANTY Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. ("V TB") warrants to the original en d-user purchaser ("Purchaser") th at the Tur tle Beach Riviera ("Product") will be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase by Purchaser[...]