Skullcandy PLYR 2 User manual

Skullcandy PLYR 2 User Manual

Contents
04 Introduction
05 About T E PLYR 2
06 ABOUT DOLBY SURROUND TEC NOLOGY
07 CONTROLS
09 PACKAGE CONTENTS
11 SETUP
16 CONSOLE SETUP - TV
18 CONSOLE SETUP - OME T EATER
20 PC SETUP
22 PC SETUP LAN
24 TROUBLES OOTING
27 WARRANTY
29 FCC Statement
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Introduction ABOUT T E PLYR 2
Congratulations on your purchase of the SKULLCANDY Gaming PLYR 2! Whether you’re a casual player
or a pro gamer, we’d like to welcome you into the SKULLCANDY family of gaming accessories.
The PLYR 2 is the result of countless hours of research and development by the foremost experts in the
audio industry, extremely talented industrial designers, and SKULLCANDY’s own internal team of
gamers. Plus, it’s tweaked with SKULLCANDY Supreme Sound, so you know your games and other
media are going to sound their best.
The PLYR 2 contains a complex electronics package, so check out the rest of this instruction booklet if
you have a minute. If you’re too smart for manuals, save it anyway for later reference: it contains
important warranty information and a handy troubleshooting guide.
The PLYR 2 is a wireless headset system.
Whether you’re gaming or watching movies at home alone or with your friends, on a console or a PC,
the PLYR 2 has something to offer.
For Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 users, the PLYR 2 wirelessly combines voice communication and game
surround sound. Connect the wireless transmitter to your console, and you’re good to go.
For ome Theater setups, it’s easy to get crystal-clear wireless sound for your favorite movies and TV
shows. Simply run the 3.5mm to RCA connection from your TV, media playback device or stereo
receiver to the GMX Stereo Transmitter wireless transmitter, sit back and enjoy. You can adjust master
volume and the EQ’s from the headset and keep your neighbors off your back.

For PC and Mac gamers whose sound card has a 3.5mm jack, the GMX Stereo Transmitter can be used to
listen to your favorite games, music, videos and movies. Same deal as above, connect via 3.5mm cable
or USB cable and you’re good to go.
Voice communication is supported by running our USB Chat Cable (sold separately) into the USB
connection on your computer. The PLYR 2 enables your computer to offload surround sound decoding
and will combine multiple audio streams thanks to its built-in USB audio input. By setting your VoIP
program to use the PLYR 2 (called SKULLCANDY GMX Stereo Transmitter in your audio profiles) as the
USB input/output device, full hardware mixing is enabled between voice communication, game sound,
and music.
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CONTROLS
With the SKULLCANDY Gaming PLYR 2, it’s easy to control your gaming or home theater audio
experience.
The MASTER VOLUME control on the headset raises and lowers volume of all incoming audio feeds
together. It will not raise or lower the volume of your outgoing voice communication. (The distance
between your microphone and your mouth is the best way to adjust this).
The BALANCE control on the headset enables you to dial in the perfect mix of game-to- voice
communication.
Important: It is possible to bring either the GAME or the VOICE volume down to 0% volume, at either
end of the BALANCE control dial spectrum.
The EQ3 switch on the eadset switches between the three EQ modes: Bass Mode (best for movies and
games with a lot of action), Supreme Mode (neutral tuning for no enhancements and good for music),
and Precision Mode (for accurate sound in FPS games).
Mic mute can be achieved by flipping the mic to the up position, and unmuted by bringing it to the
down position.
The MASTER POWER buttons on the eadset and GMX Stereo Transmitter do exactly what you might
expect, but also are used for pairing by first holding down the GMX Stereo Transmitter button until it
blinks white, and then doing the same with the eadset
Important: When the headset is idle (no signal detected for 5 minutes), the eadset will automatically
shut down. This feature is to prevent draining the battery when no headset is connected. If you
reconnect your headset within a short period of time, the unit will automatically return to the state you
had it in before it was disconnected. If you reconnect after this short time, you’ll need to restart it
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When your eadset’s batteries are low, the amber power indicator will flash ON and OFF intermittently.
There is also an audio beep/alarm for when your batteries are low, giving you approximately 15% of
power left depending on the battery’s chemistry. A SOLID AMBER button indicates adequate power.

PACKAGE CONTENTS
PLYR 2 eadset
eadset with mic, controls, wireless receiver, and embedded rechargeable battery.
GMX Stereo Transmitter
Wireless Transmitter and all connections
GMX Stereo Transmitter USB Power Cable
The PLYR 2 GMX Stereo Transmitter needs juice, so plug one end into the USB port on your console and
the other into the input marked PWR on the rear of the GMX Stereo Transmitter.
3.5mm to RCA Cable
The PLYR 2 GMX Stereo Transmitter also needs an audio input, so run this from your gaming console, TV,
home theater receiver or computer to the input marked input on the back.
2.5mm-to-2.5mm Xbox Live Controller cable
This cable handles the Xbox Live communication between your controller and the PLYR 2 eadset. Just
connect it from the bottom of the controller to the 2.5mm input on the bottom of the eadset with a
small icon of a game controller.
USB-to-USB Mini ‘B’ cable
This cable powers the PLYR 2 eadset when you want to conserve battery power or need to recharge
your rechargeable battery kit (available separately). Connect it to any USB port on your PC or gaming
console and the other end to the PLYR 2 headset.
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SETUP
The Package Contents list should have already given you a good idea of how each cable included with
the PLYR 2 fits into your system before you get started. You probably already have your PLYR 2 up and
running, but just in case here are a few scenarios you may encounter.
The XBox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 come with A/V cable with Analog connections outputs for audio.
Just hook up the RCA’s from the 3.5mm to RCA cable that is included to this A/V cable and you’re set. If
you discarded this cable, replacements can be bought at many retailers and online retailers.
Plug the USB cable from the GMX to an available USB port on your Xbox 360 or Sony Playstation 3 to
power the unit.
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SETUP
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CONNECTING AND PAIRING T E PLYR 2 GMX Stereo Transmitter AND eadset
The PLYR 2 headset and GMX Stereo Transmitter come “paired” out of the box. If the two somehow
become disconnected, you can re-pair using the following instructions:
Step 1 – Make sure the GMX Stereo Transmitter and PLYR 2 headset are powered on.
Step 2 – Press and hold the Power/Pairing buttons on both Transmitter and eadset for 3 seconds until
LEDs begin to flash white.
Step 3 – Once pairing is successful, Power/Pairing LEDs will stop flashing and turn solid white.
CONNECTING A GAMING CONSOLE DIRECTLY TO A PLYR 2
XBOX (Original) XBOX Slim, PS3, PS3 Slim
Connect Voice Communication
Xbox Live
You can easily mix in voice communication from Xbox Live and balance it with your game audio. For
Xbox 360 users, connect the 2.5mm-to-2.5mm cable to the bottom of the 360 controller. Then connect

the other end of the 2.5mm cable to the CONTROLLER port on the bottom of the PLYR 2 eadset.
Ensure that the Xbox 360 Voice Preferences are set to “Play Through eadset”. This can be checked by
hitting the Guide button on your Xbox 360 controller, navigate to Settings > Preferences > Voice.
PlayStation Network
Mixing in voice communication on PlayStation 3 is also possible.
In the Playstation 3 Cross Media Bar (XMB), navigate to Settings > Accessory Settings > Audio Device
Settings, and make sure that the ‘SKULLCANDY GMX Stereo Transmitter’ is recognized and selected for
both the microphone input and output.
You’ll also be able to set your voice level in this menu screen. Set the level so that the bar graph on the
top just hits the red when you speak loudly. You can hear how you’ll sound to others if you go back to
the Accessory Settings menu and enter the Voice Changer.
Once you are connected, incoming voice from the PS3 can now be balanced with game audio by using
the BALANCE control on the PLYR headset.