Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TB400-3425-01 Turtle Beach
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User’s Guide Version 6 www.TurtleBeach.com.
User’s Guide ii Notices Riviera User’s G uide Versi on 6 Software and documentati on copyright © 2005 - 200 9 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All rights r eserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or tra nsmitted by any means or in any form witho ut prior written consent from Voye tra Turtle Beach, Inc.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM iii Riviera Contents I NTRODUCING R IVIERA ........................................1 R IVIERA CD ...............................................2 Riviera Program Su ite 2 R IVIERA C ONNECTORS ..................................
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WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 1 Riviera I NTR ODUCIN G R IVIERA Riviera represents the latest ge neration in multi -channel PC audio and provides the followin g key features: DVD Playback with full 6 -speaker sur round sound.
User’s Guide 2 R IVIERA CD The Riviera CD includ es the following components: Riviera Drivers Audio drivers for XP, Vista and Win 7. Riviera Control Panel Software A convenient utility for controlling the Riviera audio featur es. A dobe® A crobat® Reader A limited version for use with the reference manuals.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 3 Riviera R IVIERA C ONNECT ORS Connector Function VersaJack™ / Line-In L/R This multi-fun ction jack operates i n two modes w hich are selected on the Riviera Control Panel (described in the pr evious section) : Center/Sub Spea ker Output Mo de: When using Rivier a for 5.
User’s Guide 4 (Stereo) Pin 1 - Ground (blac k) Pin 2 - Right (re d) Pin 3 - Ground (blac k) Pin 4 - Left (w hite) A ux L/R I n (Stereo) For internal analog audio from 2 nd CD or DVD.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 5 Riviera 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 PC has a sound chip on the motherboard (i.
User’s Guide 6 6. Replace the PC‟s cover, re connect the power cord and peripherals. Conne ct your po wered speakers, microphone, and any other audio peripherals to the appr opriate inputs and outputs on the s ound card.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 7 Riviera 4. When prompted, re boot the system. While preparing for reboot, the PC may appear to be temporarily "fro zen". Do not interrupt the computer at thi s time. Wait a few minutes for the ins tallation to com plete.
User’s Guide 8 C HECKING R IVIERA A FTE R I NST ALLA T ION L A UNCHI NG THE R IVIER A C ONTROL P ANEL After running the software in stallation procedure from the Riviera CD, the Turtle Bea ch palm tree icon should appear in the Windo ws Systray at the bottom right of y our PC screen.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 9 Riviera N O S PEA KER S OUND If yo u don‟t hear any sound, check the following: Check that the speakers ar e turned on. Make sure you‟re not u sing passive speakers that require an amplifier. The Riviera a nalog outputs can only drive powered speakers, not passive speakers.
User’s Guide 10 U SING THE R IVIERA P LA YING DIGIT AL MUSIC WITH W INDO WS M EDIA P LA YER Once you‟ve confirmed that the speakers are operating properly , launch Windows Media Play er and play some music file s from your digital song library.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 11 Riviera Enable the Environ ments in the Equal izer Tab and select an Envir onment from the pull -down menu. This sends the stereo signal pro cessed by reverb to the surroun d speakers. You can adjust the amount of this effect with the Surround spe aker volume controls in the S peaker Tab.
User’s Guide 12 L ISTENING T O D V D S IN S URR OUND S OU ND Watching DVDs on your P C requ ires DVD software, such as Cyberlink PowerDVD or I nterVideo WinDVD, that plays DV Ds with 5.1 surround sound output. This software is usually included with the DVD player installed on your PC.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 13 Riviera U SING E AR F ORCE ® S URR OUND S OUND H EA DS ET Turtle Beach Ear For ce headphon es are a perfec t add-on for the Riviera. Be sure to check them out at www.TurtleBea ch.com . The optional Turtle Beac h Ear Force HPA2 surround-sound headset lets you exper ience surround-s ound without having to set-u p a 5.
User’s Guide 14 R IVIERA C ONTROL P ANEL The Control Panel lets you ac cess all of the Rivie ra audio fea tures. You can launch the control panel from the Turtle Beach palm tree icon located on the right s ide of the Windows Start menu or by clic king Start All Programs Turtle Beach Riviera Run Riviera Control Panel.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 15 Riviera U SING THE C O NTROL P ANEL P RESET S S AVING AND R ESTORI NG P RESETS The Control Panel lets you sav e the Tab settings as presets for easy re call. Once you‟ve set the controls f or a particular configuration, click on the Preset button, then click Save to call u p the Save Preset dialo g.
User’s Guide 16 S PEAKERS T AB The Speakers Tab is divide d into the following sections: “ Speaker Configuration ” lets you test speaker operatio n and select speaker configuration modes. “ Volume ” sets the master volu me and individual speaker volume s.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 17 Riviera S PEAKER C ONFI GURA TIONS The Speaker Configuration pull -down me nu sets the following speaker modes: Headphones (2-sp eakers) 2 S peakers (Ster eo) 4 speakers (Quad) 5.
User’s Guide 18 5.1 Headphones (5.1 Surround) T ESTING T HE S PEAKER C ONFI GURA TION After selecting the speaker configuration to match your s peaker system, you can chec k if the speakers are properly c onnected by clicking on the speaker icon to play a test sig nal on that speaker .
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 19 Riviera V OL UME S E CTION Master Volume: Controls the volume of all speaker s. Pan : Controls L/R balance . Mute: Mutes all outputs w hen lit. I NDIVID UAL S PEAKER V OLUMES The volume controls f or each speaker in the selected c onfiguration are located to the right of the Mast er Volume slider.
User’s Guide 20 The S/PDIF Pull -down menu lets you sele ct the following S /PDIF output modes: S/PDIF Out Off: S/PDIF output is turned off, so there is no digital signal. Note that whenever S/PDIF is turn ed on, a re d light will be emitted from t he S/PDIF output on the rear bracket.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 21 Riviera G RAPHIC E QU ALIZER T AB G RAPHIC E QU A LIZ ER The Graphic Equalizer provid es 10 frequ ency bands that can be boost or cut to tailor the sys tem frequency response, or tone. Two rows of buttons at the top of the slider bank provides quick ac cess to eight equalizer presets.
User’s Guide 22 M IXER T AB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/X P Mixer Tab in Windows Vista/7 P LA YBA CK S ETTINGS The Playback mixer provid es an array of volume, mute a nd pan controls for balancing the sound sources when listening with head phones or speakers.
WWW . TURTLEBE ACH . COM 23 Riviera SW Synth (Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Vista/7) : Sets the volume of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer . Use the P an control to balance the left and right signals. Microphone : Se ts the volume of the micro phone input.
User’s Guide 24 H ARD WARE W ARRANT Y Voyetra Turtle Beac h, Inc. ("VTB") warrants to the original e nd -user purchaser ("Purchaser") that the Tur tle Beach Riviera ("Pr odu.
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