CoolerMaster Storm Sirus 5.1 manual

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1 Built for g aming en thusias ts and audiophiles alik e, the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Surrou nd Sound Gaming Hea dset cre ate s an immer sive g aming e xperience with hi - fideli ty sounds c apes an d intensi fied bass. Sirus pr o duces prec ise a nd immac ulat e soun d thr ough its 4 di sc r ete channe l s of center ,f ront, rear , and su bwoover ; del[...]

S yst em Req uiremen ts  A PC wit h at l east one free USB 2.0 p ort  W indow s ® XP SP2 or hig her  W ork s be st w ith a pplica tions that s upport Dir ectX 9. 0c or hi gher  Micr oso ft .Ne t 3.5 SP1 ( XP /V is ta only) T ech nical Inf orma tion Hea dphone s  T r ansducer pri nciple: Dynamic close d  Tr u e 5.1 su rround sou n[...]

Ins talla tion 1. 3.5 mm Audio Jack s + USB (po wer) All c onnect or s f ea tur e st anda rd soundcar d color co ding to simplify the pr ocess of c onnec ting Sirus t o yo ur Sou ndcard or the Mainbo ards on - b o a rd Soundc hip. The CM S torm Sirus T rue 5.1 Surr ound Sound Gami ng Headset can be use d in two modes : Hea dse t Connector M arking [...]

A. T rue 5.1 Surr ound S ound , 4 sp eak ers on each sid e! B. On - The - Fly Bass, R ear , Fro n t and Center channel contr ol fo r maximum so und customiz atio n. C. I nte rchang ea ble circu mau ral weaved and leathe rette ear - cups D. Micr ophone with L ED mut e in dica tor E. Dual gold - plat ed U SB Connector s f or max imu m bass boost Oper[...]

T actical M ixing Con sole Be sides th e Mute and Mic Mute bu tt ons, y ou can a djus t not only th e mast er volum e but fine t une the v olum e of eac h sepa ra te surr ound c hannel i ndivid ually . V olume Control This hug e high - gr a de v olume k nob let s y ou fi netune e ach a udio c hannel a nd th e ove ral l vol u me of Sir us in gre at [...]

T actical M ixing Con sole Mast er The ma st er cha nnel a dju sts t he vol ume o f all c hannels s imul taneo usly , k eeping the fine - t uned balance betw een the channe ls. Use thi s to tu ne out backg roun d noise i n yo ur room an d get int o the g ame or movie. Center The ce nte r channe l is c ommonl y use d f or e veryth ing ha ppening rig[...]

Storm T acti c al Driv er P anel  Default Windows A u dio Device When W indows d etects sev eral playbac k (headset, spea kers) and r ecording d evices (mics) you c an choose to enab le or disable t hem separately . Sirus will auto matically be detected as def ault Audio and R ecording dev ice as soon as you connect it. T his tab of the Tactical[...]

 SVN SVN (Sm art Vo lume N ormaliza tion) boosts t he so und qual ity an d bass s treng th by empha si zing c ertain frequenc y rang es. 8[...]

 Adv ance d sub - menus Right clicking on the Speak er or Mic Logo br ings up an adv anced menu that let s you b rowse throug h differ ent fe ature tabs a nd config ure t he Speakers and Mic 9[...]

 Inform ation Panel 1. Playback ( Speaker Out ) Display s the curr ent default au dio output devic e. 2. Cap ture (M ic In, Lin e - in) Display s the cur rent default au dio input dev ice. 3. Sp eaker Numbers (2/ 4/ 5.1) Display s the cur rently active spea k er configur ation. 4. Sample Rat e Display s the playba ck samp le rate for the curr en[...]

 Profile Panel Y ou can switch bet ween preset conf iguration pr ofiles and your ow n custom pro file 1. Add Pr ofile: User adjusts spe cific sound effects (E x: EQ, EM etc … ) and click this a dd profile button to name and creat e a user - d efine mode. 2. Delete Profile: This deletes t he cus tom user pr ofile, the defau lt profile can not b[...]

Lift/ Right Channel Lock : By default t he left and right signals for each respe ctive audio ch annel are lo cked If you want , you can un - loc k them and con figure them seperat ely from eac h other to balance out a slight hear ing impairm ent on one ear for exa mple 12[...]

 Speak er Set tings Speaker Mo de You can sw itch between st ereo, qua drophonic or 5. 1 mode and test each audio channel by clicking on the play back button Surrou nd Max ( Virtual S urroun d Sound ) Cre at es vi rt ual surround sound by interpretin g and modulati ng the audio str eam. If a game or movie featur es ster eo sound only , you can u[...]

 E qualiz er P age This 1 0 band EQ Panel allow s you t o manuall y adj ust and modula te the a udio s tream to match your personal preferences. You ca n switc h betw een pre defined profile s or cr eate c ustom pr ofiles for m ovies, m usic a nd dif fere nt games. 14[...]

 Sound E ff ect P age Environment al Effects : There are several fun - modes tha t simulat e sou nd re flection a nd rev erber ation. If you ever ge t bore d, try your favorite games in so me of thes e mo des for some f un. Room Size : Besi des the fun modes there a re 3 s eparate mod es that sl ightly adjus t sound reflec tion a nd reverberatio[...]

 V irtual Spe ak er Shift ing Auto Rotat ion Mode : This makes all speakers slowly rotate around yo u Manual Rota tio n Mod e: In thi s mode y ou ca n use y our mous e to sl owly ro tate t he speak ers Manual Posi tioning: In thi s mode y ou ca n drag and drop any o f the sp eakers to any desire d virtual Location which will m odulate the sound [...]

 Flex B ass II Flex B ass all ows you to em phasizes and bo osts th e subwo ofer cha nnel, but as the na me suggests it ’s not a n on and off bass boost l ike on oh so ma ny audi o system s but gives you a lot o f flex ibility to fine tune the bas s to your like s. 17[...]

 Micro phone Feat u res Volume cont rol Just like for the s peakers there is a vol ume panel for the MIC as well to eit her mute it or adjus t its sens itivi ty. Try differen t setti ngs un til y ou find a sweet s pot o f hig h enough sensiti vity and low backg round noise and wh ite no ise. Volum e control b ar: Monitor V ol. - It pro vide s Mo[...]

 A dvance d S ettings Show Sys tem Tray Ico n If you check this o ption t here will be a s ystem tray ic on displa yed in the W indows ta sk bar which allow s you to quickl y bring up the Driver P anel b y doubl e click ing on i t. UI Trans parency You ca n a djust the tra nsparenc y of the Windo w; this is a purely cosm etic thing to make the d[...]

T echnical S upport For t echnical support and the lat est drivers and firmw are, plea se visit www .cms torm.com or email: support@cmst orm.com W arranty 2 ye ars limit ed manuf acturer ’ s warr anty T ech Sup port & W arr anty 20[...]