Turtle Beach Ear Force PX3 manual

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    TB521-2240-01 Programmable Game and Chat Sounds Includes18 interchangable audio presets for different gaming situations. Wireless Game & Chat on PS3 Experience wireless digital CD-quality game sound and wireless chat on PS3. (XBOX LIVE requires included chat cable ) Rechargable Battery Provides more than 10 hours of uninterrupted gameplay . Ear[...]

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    Wh at’ s in th e B ox PX3 Head set PX3 T ran smitt er T ran smit ter USB Cabl e RCA Spli tter Cab le XBO X 360 ® T alk back Cabl e Hea dset Char ging Cab le T U R T L E B E A C H . C O M PC/ Mac ® PS 3™ XBO X ® PX3 Pres ets Ref erenc e Ca rd T urt le B each Stic ker Use r Gui de[...]

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    T able o f C on ten ts Abou t th e Ear Forc e ® PX3 pg 1 PX3 Head set pg 2 PX3 T ransm itter pg 5 Pair ing the H eadse t and T ransm itte r pg 8 PS3 Setu p pg 9 XBOX 360 ® Set up pg 1 3 PC/M ac S etup pg 1 5 Pres ets pg 1 7 Rech argi ng th e Hea dset pg 1 8 T echn ical Speci ficati ons pg 1 9 T roub lesho oting and Suppo rt pg 2 0 Main tain ing [...]

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    1 Ab out t he Ea r F orc e PX3 The Ear Force PX3 is an adva nced wire less heads et th at is engi neere d fo r the PS3, and also works wit h XBO X 360 and PC/M ac ga ming. T o g et th e mos t fro m yo ur ga ming exper ience with you r PX3 , ple ase t ake a few minu tes t o revi ew t his u ser g uide. Digi tal RF T ech nolog y The PX3 provi des w ir[...]

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    2 1 . Main Pow er Bu tton with LED Powe ring ON: Press and hold for 3 sec onds. A do uble high tone will soun d and the LED w ill b egin to b link abou t on ce pe r sec ond. Powe ring OFF: Pres s and hold for 3 se conds . A d ouble low tone will soun d and the LED w ill t urn o ff. Auto mati c Pow er OF F: If the Heads et d oesn’ t d etect any au[...]

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    3 PX 3 H ea dse t ( con 't ) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10[...]

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    4 4. Game V olume Cont rol T urn to ad just game volum e lev el. NOTE : T his i s a c ontin uous- turn cont rol a nd do es no t sto p at each end of th e rot ation . 5. Mini USB I nput Used for char ging the h eadse t or for conne cting the heads et to a co mput er . The head set m ay be char ged by conn ecti ng th is Mi ni US B inp ut to the USB i[...]

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    5 PX 3 T ra nsm it ter 1 PC /M a c ® P S3 ™ X BO X ® PA IR GAM E US B AU X 2 3 4 5 6 7[...]

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    6 1 . Mode Sel ectio n Swi tch Slid e to chan ge be tween PS3, XBOX 360 , and PC/M ac mo des. 2. LED Indi cator A so lid LED i ndica tes t he T ransmi tter is po wered on and c ommun icati ng wi th th e He adset . A s lowly blin king LED indi cates the T ransm itter can’ t c ommun icat e wit h the head set b ecaus e it is p owere d off , not pair[...]

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    7 T rans mitte r Ran ge The T ransm itte r sen ds ga me au dio t o the Hea dset via d igita l rad io fr eque ncy ( RF) s ignal , so a dir ect line of si ght i s not requ ired. When you’ re ou t of rang e, yo u may hear popp ing o r cli ckin g sou nds i f the Head set l oses the RF si gnal. For best perf orman ce, p lace the T ransm itter in a n o[...]

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    8 GAME MAIN C H AT Pa iri ng th e Hea dse t and T ran sm itt er The Head set a nd T ransmi tter in th is pa ckage are “pai red”, whic h mea ns th ey’re syn chron ized to en sure they work toge ther . When they are commu nicat ing, the L ED on the T rans mitte r wil l be solid . If this LED is sl owly blink ing, it mean s th e T ran smitt er c[...]

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    9 PS 3 S et up (H DMI ) Con figur e PS 3 So und Set ting s In t he P S3 me nu se lect: "Set ting s > S ound Setti ngs > Audi o Mu lti-O utput > On " Au dio Ou tpu t S ett ing s 12/14 12:15 P M 0 On Set s to out put audi o th roug h mu ltip le c onne ctor s sim ulta neou sly . Au dio outp ut t o co nnec tors tha t ar e not sel ec[...]

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    10 PS 3 S et up (C omp osi te ) Aud io Outp ut Sett ings Sele ct the conne ctor o n the TV or A V a mplifi er (re ceiver ). T urn on the power of th e conn ected device . Canc el Con figur e PS 3 So und Set ting s Step 1 In t he P S3 me nu se lect: “Set tings ” > “Soun d Sett ings ” > “ Audio Outp ut Se tting s”. Step 2 Sele ct ?[...]

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    11 Co nfig ur e P S3 Ac ces so ry Se tti ngs Aud io D evice Set ting s Micro phone L evel 3 Outpu t Devic e Back Optio ns X Ent er OK T urtle Beach PX3 (PS3) T urtle Beach PX3 (PS3) Aud io Devi ce Sett ing s V oc ie C han ger Key boa rd T ype Key Re peat In terv al Key Re peat Sp eed Mou se T ype 12/14 12:15 PM 0 Sets the audio inp ut an d out put[...]

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    12 XB OX 36 0 S et up (HD MI ) (Alt. Set up) * All XB OX 360 mode ls req uire an XBO X 360 Audio Adap ter Ca ble fo r aud io out put when used with an HDM I con nectio n (av ailabl e fro m thir d par ty sel lers) . NOTE : If y our H DMI TV has red/wh ite A UDIO O UT RC A jack you can us e it to fee d the sound from your T V to your T urtle B each h[...]

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    13 XB OX 36 0 S et up (Co mp osi te ) XBOX 360 A V Cab le T ransmi tter U SB Ca ble (inc luded) RCA Splitt er Ca ble (inc luded)[...]

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    14 XB OX LI VE Ch at Set up 1. P ress the XBOX 360 G uide Butto n, s elect "Set ting s > P refer ences > V oice" 2. V oice V olume = 10 3. G ame Vo lume = 10 4. V oice Outpu t = P lay T hrou gh He adset Con figur e XB OX 3 60 V oice Se ttin gs V oice V olume 10 V oice Mute Kinect V oice Output Play Through Headset Play Through Spea[...]

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    15 PC / Ma c S et up (w ire les s) Wir eles s Mo de ( swi tch T ran smit ter to P C/Mac m ode : pr eset s ar e de acti vate d) The PX3 funct ions as a wirel ess U SB s tereo head set w hen c onnec ting the T ransm itter to a PC o r Mac , an d app ears as T urtle Beac h PX3 (PC) in W indow s ® and Mac oper ating syst ems. This lets you assig n the [...]

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    16 USB/CHARGE PC / Ma c S et up (w ire d) * Wir ed M ode (pre set s ar e de acti vate d) The PX3 funct ions as a wired USB ster eo he adset by c onnec ting a USB Sta ndard -A to USB Mini- B cab le* (sold sepa rate ly) f rom a PC o r Mac dire ctly to t he he adset (the PX3 T ransm itte r is not u sed f or th is se tup) . Inse rt t he US B Min i-B e [...]

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    17 Main and Alte rnate Pres ets The PX3 inclu des 2 pres et mo des t hat are o ptimi zed f or th e PS3 and XBOX 360. Eac h mod e con tains 9 p reset s tha t are grou ped i nto ( 1) Ma in pr eset and (8) A ltern ate p reset s. The Main pres et is “flat ”, me aning tha t it does not p roces s the soun d, w hile the A ltern ate p reset s ar e opt[...]

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    18 Re cha rg ing t he Hea ds et The PX3 featu res a rech argea ble l ithi um po lymer batt ery t hat p rovid es m ore t han 1 0 hou rs of cont inuo us game pla y. Wh en yo ur he adset batt ery p ower is l ow , a tone will begin to s ound ever y 10 secon ds un til t he head set power s off . Y ou can r echar ge yo ur h eadse t whi le st ill g aming [...]

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    19 · Di gita l Wir eless RF ( 2.4GH z) · Di gita l RF provi des 3 60-de gree tran smiss ion r ange · Fr eque ncy r espon se: 2 0Hz - 20kH z · St ereo 3.5m m lin e inp ut ja ck · St ereo 3.5m m aux inpu t jac k · Ma ximu m ana log i nput level : 5Vp p (7 vRMS) · Po were d by USB · Di mens ions: H: 1 .141” (2.9 cm), W: 3.4” (8. 6 cm) , D:[...]

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    20 T roub le sho ot ing T ips No s ound • Ch eck that the H eadse t vol ume c ontr ol is turn ed up . • Ch eck that the T ransm itter powe r and audi o cab les are p roper ly co nnect ed. • Ch eck that the H eadse t is power ed o n. Th e LED unde r the POWE R but ton on th e rig ht ea r cup shou ld b e bli nking . • Ch eck if th e T ran smi[...]

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    21 Av oid H eat: Av oid r estin g or stor ing t he he adset or c able s in or on top of un its that gen erate heat . Gam ing c onsol es a re kn own t o gen erate and dissi pate unus uall y hig h lev els o f hea t, an d th e hea t can degr ade t he pl astic res ultin g in twis ting and event ual e xposu re of the inte rnal wirin g. Stor age: T o h e[...]

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    22 To avoid pot enti al d amage to the devic e, a lway s dis conn ect all cable s be fore tran spor ting it. W ARNIN G : Pe rman ent heari ng d amag e ca n occ ur i f a heads et i s us ed at hig h vo lume s for ext ende d per i- ods of t ime, so it i s imp orta nt t o kee p th e vo lume at a saf e le vel . Over time , yo ur e ars a dapt to loud vol[...]

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    23 Note s[...]

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    25 TB521-2240-01 Programmable Game and Chat Sounds Includes18 interchangable audio presets for different gaming situations. Wireless Game & Chat on PS3 Experience wireless digital CD-quality game sound and wireless chat on PS3. (XBOX LIVE requires included chat cable ) Rechargable Battery Provides more than 10 hours of uninterrupted gameplay . [...]