Gembird AP 5.1 User manual

USB 5.1 surround
headset
5.1ChannelUSBheadset
USB 5.1 surround headset

USB 5.1 surround
headset
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Introduction
Thank you for buying the Gembird® USB 5.1 surround headset! This manual will help you
install and use it properly.
The AP-5.1 is a 5.1 channel, high sound quality headset with microphone and USB
interface with the following main features:
o5.1 channel
oHigh sound quality
oAdjustable microphone
oVolume control
oPlug and play
oSoft leather ear pads
Package contents
Please check the following package contents of your USB 5.1 surround headset:
o1 x Headset with microphone
o1 x CD with software
o2 x User manual
AP-5.1 User manual

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Software requirements
oWindows 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP
oDirect 3D
Hardware requirements
oUSB 1.1 and 2.0
oIntel Pentium III, AMD K6 500 CPU or above
oAt least 64 MB RAM (Win98SE) or 128MB RAM (WinME, Win2000 and WinXP)
oAt least 50 MB hard disk space

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Important
Before installing Xear 3D audio, plug in the USB 5.1 Headset first. Always use the same
USB PC connector for the USB 5.1 Headset to automatically start the Xear 3D software
when the headset is plugged in.
Software installation
1. Turn on the PC system and connect the USB 5.1 Headset to a USB connector.
2. Insert the installation CD into your CD drive. If auto run is activated, the setup
program will start up automatically. Otherwise, start the setup program “setup.exe”
from the CD drive by hand.

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If this message appears, please Plug-In the USB 5.1 first, wait a few seconds until the
headset is recognized, and continue the installation by clicking “OK”.

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3. Click the “Next” button to continue the installation.
Select “Install USB Audio Driver” for installing the Xear 3D driver software. Selecting
“Install 3D Audio Program” installs two simple, non-violent 3D sound demo
applications, a helicopter game and a rock shooting game. They can be started from the
“Start Menu” – “USB Audio”. Click “Next” to continue

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4. Set up will install the application into the default path and folder.

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5. If you run Windows XP, you may see the following dialog box, click “Continue
Anyway” to continue the installation.
6. The copy process may take a little while, wait until it finishes.

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7. Reboot to complete the software installation, otherwise the driver will not be
initialized.
8. After the reboot you will see a new blue icon in the Systray. Click on it to open the
Xear 3D Sound driver application.

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Note:For the driver to recognize the headset, it has to be plugged into the USB port from
where it was originally installed. After unplugging the headset, make sure to connect it
back into the same USB port, otherwise the Xear 3D sound icon will not show in the
Systray. Should the Xear 3D icon ever be missing, the USB connector is most likely in the
wrong connector.

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User Interface and Functions
Main Settings
1: Analog Output: Click on this button for turning on analog output.
2: Analog Output Channels: Select Earphones.
3: Digital Output: Turns on SPDIF digital data output.
4: Digital Output Mode: Dolby RTCE or PCM (depending on configuration).
5: Available Audio Jacks: Does not apply to AP5.1
6: DSP Mode: Pull down to select Xear 3D DSP Mode or none to turn off DSP mode.
7: Virtual Speaker Shifter: Turns on/off Speaker Shifter controls (see details below).

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8: Digital Volume Control: Allows adjusting each channel’s volume (see details
below).
9: Speaker/Channel Display: Shows analog output channels and allows direct
speaker controls and shifting (see details below).
10: Auto Sound Test: Performs an auto test for each channel.
11: Stop Auto Sound Test: Stops auto testing.
Virtual Speaker Shifter
1: Total Volume Control Up
2: Total Volume Control Down
3: Rotate Speakers Clockwise
4: Rotate Speakers Counter
Clockwise
5: Rotate Speakers Manually
6: Shift Speakers Manually
7: Reset to Standard Settings
8: Drag Area

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Digital Volume Control (Speaker Shifter turned off)
1: Reset Volume
2: Left Channel
Control
3: Right Channel
Control

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Mixer
1: Master Balance 9: SW Synth On/Off
2: Master Volume 10: CD Balance
3: Master Volume On/Off 11: CD Volume Control
4: Wave Balance 12: CD On/Off
5: Wave Volume 13: Microphone Balance
6: Wave On/Off 14: Microphone Volume
7: SW Synth Balance 15: Microphone On/Off
8: SW Synth Volume 16: Microphone Advanced

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Settings
1: Microphone Record Balance
2: Microphone Record Volume
3: Microphone Record Volume On/Off
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Effects

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Environment Settings
1: Bathroom
2: Opera
3: Underwater
4: Music Pub
5: More options: 27 additional modes
Environment Size
6: Large
7: Middle
8: Small
Equalizer
9: Ten Band Equalizer Controls 24: User defined name input
10 - 21: Pre-Set Modes 25: Add new user defined mode
22: Equalizer User Defined On/Off 26: Delete user defined mode
23: Select user define modes

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Karaoke
1: Karaoke On/Off
Click this button to control all Karaoke functions.
2: Reset all Karaoke settings to their default values.

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3: Enable microphone echo. A pop up box will appear, click the “OK” button to select
recording source and enable microphone.
4: Echo adjust
5: Selected echo function.
6: Enable Key Shifting Function.
7: Key Shifting Control for adjusting the background music.
8: Check box to enable the Vocal Cancellation function.
9: Vocal Cancellation control.