Creative Notebook Travel Speaker manual

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    Notebook T ravel Speaker User Manual 0[...]

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    T able of Content 1. Introduction USB 2 / 2.1 Channel Speakers 3 2. System Requirement and Installation 4 3. User Interface and Function Control 10 4. Feature Overview of Xear 3D Sound T echnology 15 5. Product Application 17 6. F AQ & T echnical Support 18 1[...]

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    1.Introduction USB 2/2.1 Channel Speakers This USB 2/2.1 channel Speakers is design for all kind of PC base products. It is USB 2.0 full speed compatible and utilizes USB bus power . No driver is needed for audio playback on all mainstream OSs; therefore this device provides a truly plug-and-play feature for external digital audio play back. Better[...]

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    2.System Requirement and Installation This device must be applied on USB specificat ion products. And user should to confirm that PC operation supports USB function, USB 1.1 or 2.0. No external driver installed : ¾ OS Support : Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP , Mac OS 9.0 and 10.1 ¾ System recommended : use Intel  PII 350 MHz or AMD  K[...]

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    Install Xear 3D sound audio driver : ¾ OS Support : Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP ¾ System recommended : use Intel  PII 350 MHz or AMD  K6 450 above ¾ At least 64 MB RAM (Win98SE) or 128MB RAM (WinME, Win2000 and WinXP) ¾ Support Direct sound 3D Note: Windows OS has default USB driver support, but no support for HRTF 3D, EAX or V i[...]

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    Xear 3D Sound Audio Driver Installation Step : n T urn on PC system and connect USB speaker to PC system. o Please follow up the set up procedure and click “Next ” button to continue installation. 5[...]

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    p Y ou can Select install driver only or both driver and demo program then click “Next” to continue installation. q If your System is WinXP , you may see a dialog box asking you about windows logo issue, please click “Continue Anyway” to co mplete installation. And set up program will continue install. 6[...]

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    r When set up program complete installation system will need to rest art to initialize the driver . s If your PC system has more th an one USB port, you can just plug USB speaker 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. 7[...]

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    Best Listening Environment Setting 8[...]

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    3. User Interface and Function Control Y ou can open “control panel” to find Xear 3D audio driver and enable it. Or , you can check the bottom right side of the screen to double click Xear 3D task bar button. 9[...]

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    AGC Function Select Output Device Select Master V olume Control Click Speaker graphic to test speaker sound Click button for Auto T est and stop PS : Xear 3D supports loudness function whic h allows users to amplify the sound source. This special feature can ma ke speaker sound louder beyond its limitation. For technical support, to know about Ha[...]

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    Environment Sound Effects SHIFTER ON/OFF Room Size 10 Band E q ualizer 5.1 Virtual S p eakers T otal V olume Rotate S p eakers R eset Vir tua l Spea k e r s 11[...]

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    5.1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER- Function Description # Function Function Description 1 5.1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER Block The SPEAKER SHIFTER block provides an advanced, amazing and considerate feature- dy namically adjustable multi-channel sou nd system no matter w hat listening appliance you use and what application you are running. Y ou do NOT have [...]

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    # Function Function Description 8 5.1 Virtual Speakers When SHIFTER is turned ON, though the Virt ual Speakers will all be turned into blue, it doesn’t imply all v i rtual speaker will take effect anytime. It depends on the sound source format and the application program. The virtual speaker won’t take effect if that channel has no digital audi[...]

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    4.Feature Overview of Xear 3D Sound T echnology The 1st Advantage of Xear 3D™ Sound T echnology: V i rtual 5.1CH Audio SPEAKER SHIFTER allows the users to obtain a 5.1 CH virtual speaker environment no matter what output device they are usi ng (2/2.1CH speakers). Moreover , the users are able to drag the virtual speakers to any where they want wi[...]

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    The 2nd Advantages of Xear 3D™ Sound T echnology: Environment FX™ and 3D Positional Audio In the real world sounds travel direct ionally; furthermore, sounds would have myriad manifestations according to different fa ctors of the environm ent: the room size, distance, reflecting materials, obstructing obj ects, etc. For example, same footsteps [...]

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    5.Product Application The user manual is a guide for users to understand how to use the new generation USB Speaker with exclusive Xear 3D TM sound technology . With this manual, users can quickly take advantage of these great feat ures to enjoy amazing sound effects even better than consumer electronics devices. Xear 3D™ Sound T echnology is a un[...]

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    7. F AQ & T echnical Support Q1 : Why play CD w ithout sound ? Most general case was digital CD playback function did not open. Because USB audio is digital signal, it is use different path to process CD music with traditional analog CD. Y ou should open “Device Manager”, select “DVD/CD ROM drives” and open it. Then switch to “prope[...]

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    and Audio Devices”, choice “Audio” page then switch “Default device” to USB Device or C-Media USB Device. Q3 : When using software application program (Like: Media player , W inamp, PowerDVD, WinDVD….) to playback an y media files, can I plug out USB audio device while playing? It is incorrect mode of operations, bec ause while applic[...]

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     Do not plug out while app lication programs were playing media files. Please stop playback before plug out USB audio device. Q4 : Xear 3D Sound technology provide amaz ing function In virtual 5.1 speaker shifter , how to using this function in different media format? V irtual 5.1 Speaker shifter can proce ss 2CH, 4CH or 5.1CH audio format and[...]

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    3. Click right key of mouse 4. Select “Configur ation” 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 5.1 CH decoding capability . Otherwise, it is only supported 2CH decoding capability . 20[...]

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    21 or Trademarks C-Media, C-Media logo and Xear 3D are trademarks of C-Media El ectronics Inc. EAX and A3D are trademarks of Creative T echnology Ltd. Microsoft, DirectSound3D, Windows are trademarks of Micr osoft Corporation. Other company and product names ma y be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.[...]