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CM 8828 X ear Audio Cen t er C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual Re v . 1.1 Oct. 29, 2012.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 2 R evisio n Hist ory Revision Date Description Edit by 1.0 2012/ 10 /11 Firs t released.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 3 T able of Con t en ts R e v i s i o n H i s t o r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 4 2.2.9 Xear Surround Speaker ..................................................... 40 2.2.10 Xear Audio Brilliant ........................................................ 41 2.2.11 Xear Dynamic Bass .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 5 2.5.4 Microphone Boost P age ..................................................... 68 2.5.5 Noise R e duction P age ....................................................... 69 2.6 Line-In Device function introduction .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 6 SE CTION 1 Inst alling the CM8828 Softwar e P ack ag e Insert CM8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device driver CD . Double click the setup.e x e file, if auto run is disabled.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 7 License Agreement, please choose “I accept the te rms of the license agr eement ” and then click on “Next” butto n. Click on the “ Install ” b utto n to s tart ins talling.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 8 If you see a dialog as below , p lease press “ OK ” and then shut-down your PC, and check your CM8828 C-Media High Definitio n Audio Device w as plug -in property or not. Start to c opy necessary files and ins tall driver and CPL.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 9 Bef ore g o to the r estart c onfirmation window , th ere is a message box to advise cust omer that they need to res tart PC to mak e the function be effective. Res tart c onfirmation and click fi nish butto n to c omplete ins talli ng.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 10 1.2 Un-Inst allation D ouble click the “ Pr ogra ms/Uninst all a prog ram ” item from Window s Contr ol Panel. Vista Win7 Se lect “ C-Media High De finition Audio Device ” item, and then click “ Uninst all ” butt on .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 11 Start uninst alling pr ocess. Bef ore Unins talling, y ou should close all audio pr ograms to av oid the driv er inst allation failed.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 12 Double confirma tion Starting rem ove….
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 13 Uninstall driver success fully , it is rec ommend rest arting your com puter to c ompletely remov e driver .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 14 SE CTION 2 X ear Audio Cent er Intr od uction 2.0 Open CM 8828 High Definition Audio Device Software CPL After the driver installi ng and re booting, you will find t he 8828 C-Media High Definitio n Audio Device CPL (X ear Audio Center) icon on the s ys tem tra y bar .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 15 The “Xear Audio Cen ter ” will appear as below diagram. If the tra y ico n does not appear in your s ys tem tr ay , please go t o the Window s control panel and double click the “ Xear Audio Cen ter ” CPL icon to open it.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 16 Windows XP.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 17 H o w to mak e CPL ico n visible in the s ys tem tr a y? 1. Open Xear Audio Cen ter 2. Click on the “ Setting ” button t o open set ting window . 3. Check “Show Sys tem T r a y Ic on” , the Xear Audio Cent er icon will sh ow in the sy stem tra y .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 18 2.1 X ear Audio Ce nt er Function Introdu ction Y ou can co ntr ol C-Media High Definition Audio De vice ’ s add ition f eatur e and sound ef fects by X ear Audio Cent er as below .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 19 defa ult device in “Speak ers” ( ). Set as De f ault Input Device (Mic) T o mouse over on the “Mic” devic e ( ), and click on the check box ( ) or Mic device icon to se t the def ault device in “Mic” ( ).
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 20 2.1.2 Maste r V olume / Mut e & Un-Mut e Mast er V olume Adju sting Y ou can incr ease or decr ease volume of all outpu t device (Speak er , Headphone and SPDIF-Out etc.) by this mater vol ume bar ( ).
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 21 2.1.3 Function P op Menu Xear Audio Cen ter pr ovides sever al sound ef f ects, there is a pop menu for e ach output/input device and y ou can entry into the so und eff ect pag e to enjoy your music, movie and g aming.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 22 2.1.4 X ear 3D EX Function In tr oduction 1. C-Media Xear3D EX technology pr ovides a compl ete and fully backward compatible 3D a udio inte rface f or Window s Vist a /Win7/Win8.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 23 2.1.5 X ear Pro (ASI O) Function In tr oduction Xear Pr o (ASIO) pr oviding a low-late ncy and high fidelity int erface betwee n a softwar e application a nd a computer's sound c ard.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 24 2.1.6 Function P age Area When you click one of the function items in pop menu, it can entry in to a function page as below area as be low .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 25 2.1.7 Audio Sta tus P anel 1. Playback (Spe ak ers Out) It indicat es the output def ault device. 2. Capture (Mic In) It indicat es the input def ault device. 3. Speak er Numbers (2/4/5.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 26 6. In eff ect indica tor It indicat es the pla yback sound eff ect st atus. Abbreviation Sound effect SF Xear SingF X Microp hone Echo SF Xear SingF X Magic V o ice NR Noise Reduction 7.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 27 2.1.8 Profile P a nel This is the profile f or sound e ff ect set ting; it has the pr eset mode and user de fine mode, the user define m ode can be cus tomizing. 1. Profile Mode: Y ou can set the preset pr ofile mode by these pr ofile bu ttons.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 28 2.2 Speak er-Output Device fu nction page T o Access function menu, please right click the Speaker-Output device icon, this will provide you with the additional feature and sound effects.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 29 2.2.1 V olume con tr ol P ag e Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a volume c ontr ol f or Speak er devic e. 1. V olume contr ol bar: Mast er – It can adjust v olume level for all c hannels.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 30 2.2.2 Speak er Set tings P ag e Function In tr oduction Y ou can set the speak er numbers (Stereo / Quadr aphonic /5.1 Surround /7 .1 Surround) in this page. 1. LFE/Center Channe l Swa p -- When this item enable, it can sw ap the audio stream betw een Center/ LFE.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 31 2.2.3 Sample Ra te P ag e Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or Speak er device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 KHz - set playback sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 32 Function In tr oduction It provides a 10-band E Q function; you will a ble to adjust the E Q band by manual and creat e customi ze pr ese t items or click on the prese t EQ mode 1.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 33 4. Ma nual mode Y ou can chang e the gain value of each band and then giv e it a name to the “ A. Input Field” and then c lick “ ” to sav e your new se t ting into the “ B.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 34 2.2.5 En vironmen t E ff ect Function In tr oduction It provides 28 s pecial env ironmen t emulations; yo u can hear dif fer ent sound reflec tion and rever bera tion.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 35 2.2.6 7.1 Virtual Spe ak er Shif ter Function In tr oduction Y ou can use this page to simulate the speak er di rection and dista nce. 1. 7.1 Virtual spea k er shifte r enable /disable switc h Click on this check bo x to enable/disable 7.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 36 5. R eset R eset the locati on of virtual speak er s / virtual lis tener to def ault. 6. Virtual Speak er (L/R/Ls/Rs/Lb/Rb/C/W) Each virtual speak er virtualizes one channel of t he 7.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 37 2.2.7 Fle x Bass II Function In tr oduction Y ou can use this function to incre ase/decrease the LFE stre ng th. This function would cut the low fr equency band (50~250Hz) of s ter eo music con ten t (ex.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 38 4. Speak er Size (L/R/Ls/Rs/Lb/Rb/C/W) Small Speak er w/ o bass When the speak er siz e is se tting t o small, you can hear the sound resonance mor e obvious and r everber a tion from s ubwoof er .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 39 2.2.8 X ear SingFX Function In tr oduction Xear SingF X page pr ovides 2 f ea ture f or k ar aok e applic ation.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 40 2.2.9 X ear Surround Speak er Function In tr oduction Y ou can use this function to simula te a multi-speak er home theat er surround listening e xperience by 2 channel (Stereo) Speak er device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 41 2.2.10 X ear Audio Brillian t Function In tr oduction Xear Audio B rilliant can r es tore the clarity and det ails of compr essed audio in music, movies and game s (MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, e tc.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 42 2.2.11 X ear Dynamic Bass Function In tr oduction Xear Dynamic Bass c an incr eases the bass repr oduction capability o f small speak er driver s by applyi ng ps ychoacous tic t echniques.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 43 2.2.12 X ear Smart V olume Function In tr oduction Xear Smart V olume can normaliz e sound lev els of music to re duce the frequencies r equired f or volume adjus tments on T elevisions, Docking Speak er s, PCs and other c onsumer products.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 44 2.2.13 X ear V oice Clarity Function In tr oduction Xear V oice Clarity can Incr eases clarity , in telligibilit y , and promi nence of receiving voice in VOI P , game, music, or movies without suppr essing or changing other audio.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 45 2.2.14 X ear Surroun d Ma x Function In tr oduction Xear Su rr ound Max c an ex pand ster eo audio cont ent t o each output channel. When you playing mp3 music file and enable this function, you can hear music from each speak er (8 speaker s).
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 46 2.3 Headphone-O ut Device functio n intr oduction T o Access function me nu, please right click the Headphone-Output device icon, this will provide you with the additional feature and sound effects.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 47 2.3.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a vo lume contr ol f or Headphone device. 1. V olume contr ol bar: Headphone - It can adjus t volume level for Headphone device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 48 2.3.2 Headphone Settings P age Function In tr oduction Y ou can pla y a tes t sound f or headphone in this page. 1. Headphone T es t – Click the “ Headphone T es t” butt on, the CPL will auto pl ay test sound.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 49 2.3.3 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or Headphone device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 KHz - set playback sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 50 2.3.4 E qualiz er Function In tr oduction It provides a 1 0-band EQ function; y ou will able to adjus t the EQ ba nd by manual and creat e cus tomiz e pr eset items or click on the prese t EQ mode 1.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 51 4. Ma nual mode Y ou can chang e the gain value of each band and then giv e it a name to the “ A. Input Field” and then c lick “ ” to sav e your new se t ting into the “ B.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 52 2.3.5 En vironmen t E ff ect Function In tr oduction It provides 28 s pecial env ironmen t emulations; yo u can hear dif fer ent sound reflec tion and rever bera tion.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 53 2.3.6 X ear SingF X Function In tr oduction Xear SingF X page pr ovides 2 f ea ture f or k ar aok e applic ation.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 54 2.3.7 7.1 Virtual S peak er Sh ifter Function In tr oduction Y ou can use this page to simulate the speak er dir ection and dista nce. 1. 7.1 Virtual spea k er shifte r enable/disable switc h Click on this check bo x to enable/disable 7.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 55 5. R eset R eset the locati on of virtual speak er s / virtual lis tener to def ault. 6. Virtual Speak er (L/R/Ls/Rs/Lb/Rb/C/W) Each virtual speak er virtualizes one channel of the 7.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 56 2.3.8 X ear Surr ound Headphone Function In tr oduction Y ou can use this function to simula te a multi-speak er home theat er surround listening e xperience by 2 channel (Stereo) Headphone device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 57 2.3.9 X ear Audio Brill iant Function In trod uction Xear Audio B rilliant can r es tore the clarity and det ails of compr essed audio in music, movies and game s (MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, e tc.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 58 2.3.10 X ear Dynamic Bass Function In tr oduction Xear Dynamic Bass c an incr eases the bass repr oduction capability o f small speak er driver s by applyi ng ps ychoacous tic t echniques.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 59 2.3.11 X ear Smart V olume Function In tr oduction Xear Smart V olume can normaliz e sound lev els of music to re duce the frequencies r equired f or volume adjus tments on T elevisions, Docking Speak er s, PCs and other c onsumer products.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 60 2.2.12 X ear V oice Clarity Function In tr oduction Xear V oice Clarity can Incr eases clarity , in telligibilit y , and promi nence of receiving voice in VOI P , game, music, or movies without suppr essing or changing other audio.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 61 2.4 SPDIF-Ou t Device function intr oductio n T o Access function menu, please right click the SPDIF-Output device icon, this will provide you with the additional feature and sound effects.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 62 2.4.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a vo lume contr ol f or S/PDIF- Output device. 1. V olume contr ol bar: S/PDIF-Out - It can adjus t volume level for S/PDIF-Out device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 63 2.4.2 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or S/PDIF-Out device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 KHz - set playback sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 64 2.5 Mic- in Device f unction intr oduction T o Access function menu, please right click the Mic-In device icon, this will provide you with the additional feature and sound effects.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 65 2.5.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides the reco rding volum e and monitor volume c ontr ol for Microphone d evice.(Same as Line-in device) 1.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 66 2.5.2 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or Micr ophone device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 K Hz - set recor ding sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 67 2.5.3 X ear SingF X P ag e Function In tr oduction When you are talking t o your frie nds over the net work lik e messe nger , VOI P , online g ame applications, you can use “Magic V oice” eff ects to simulate some funny voice.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 68 2.5.4 Microph one Boos t P age Function In tr oduction Y ou can incr ease the vol ume of the micr ophone r ecordi ng. 1. Mic Boos t slider bar Y ou can adjus t the slider bar to cha nge boos t gain .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 69 2.5.5 Noise R eduction P ag e Function In tr oduction Noise Rem oval e ff ect can be used to a tten uate c onst ant backgr ound noise such as electric fans or hums. 1. Enable Noise R eduction Y ou can click this check b ox to enable the Noise R eduction eff ect.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 70 2.6 Line-In Device function intr oduction 2.6.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides the reco rding volum e and monitor volume c ontr ol for Line-in device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 71 2.6.2 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or Line-in device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 K Hz - set recor ding sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 72 2.7 SPDIF-I n Device function introduction 2.7.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In trod uction This function page pr ovides the reco rding volum e contr ol f or S/PDIF-in device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 73 2.7.2 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In trod uction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or S/PDIF-in device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 K Hz - set recor ding sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 74 2.8 Stereo Mix Device function intr oduction 2.8.1 V olume cont rol P age Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides the reco rding volum e contr ol f or Ster eo Mix device.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 75 2.8.2 Sample Ra te P a ge Function In tr oduction This function page pr ovides a sample r at e se tting f or Stereo Mix device. 1. Sa mple Rate button 44.1 K Hz - set recor ding sample ra te to 44.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 76 2.9 Inf ormation Pag e Intr oduction This page lists the driv er inf orma tion and the technologies’ tr ademark l ogo. Y ou can get both har dwar e/ software details and also leg al in forma tion re f erences her e.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 77 2.10 T ra y Icon Function In troduction Open the “CPL T ra y Icon Function List ” by right -clicking on the tra y Icon on s y stem tr a y . 1. Open: When click the “Open” it em, will r estor e the Xear Audio Cen ter .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 78 3. Windows Media Play er: When click the “Windows Media Pla y er ” item, wil l open the Microso ft Windows Media Play er . 4. Sound R ecorder: C lick the “Sound Rec or der ” item to open the Window s Sound rec order .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 79 5. Multimedia Pr operties: Open the multimedia pr operties page of Window s OS, you c an select the w orking sample ra te & bit r a te on the pr operty page. I. Select the “Speak er s” device and then click the “pr operties” butt on.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 80 III. Please foll ow the same st ep to chang e the sample rat e & bit ra te for “ Microphone ” device on r ecord ing tag.
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 81 6. Se tting Click set ting item to o pen the “ Xear Audio Center ” setting page as below . I. Show Sys tem T ra y Ic on – Check “Show Sys tem T r a y Ic on” box, the Xear Au dio center ic on will show in t he sy stem tra y .
CM 8828 C-Media High Definition Audio Device User Manual R ev . 1.1 82 Appendix A - Multi-Lingual Supporting Lis t C-Media USB/PCI/P CI-E Audio Driv er Mult i-Lingual Supporti ng List Su pport 17 languages.
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