Cerwin-Vega CVM-1224FXUSB Owner's Manual

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1. The first time you plug the audio mixer into a USB 
port, Windows will install the universal drivers for that 
port. A balloon tip will pop-up, telling you it has found 
the USB Audio codec. 

 

 
2. When the drivers have finished installing, it will say 
“Your new hardware is installed and ready to use”   
Note: This balloon will not pop up again once the driver 
has been installed. 

 

 
3. Most of the time, you’ll want the output volume from 
the computer at the maximum position, but sometimes 
it defaults to the middle of the slider, making the output 
very quiet. The volume can be increased in several 
ways. The simplest is to click the loudspeaker icon in the 
system tray and drag the slider to the top.   

 

 

A new window will appear showing a volume slider. 

 

 

 
4. To use the audio mixer as your default input/output 
device (for system sounds and programs like Sound 
Recorder), ensure that it is set for playback and 
recording in the Properties window by setting the 
default device to ‘USB Audio CODEC’. Go to Control 
Panel and open Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices. 

 

 
5. In the Properties window, set sound playback to ‘USB 
Audio CODEC’. And set sound recording playback to 
‘USB Audio CODEC’. 

 

 
6. To prevent system sounds from coming through the 
audio mixer, select a different sound device for the 
system default, and then choose the audio mixer 
manually within your DAW (digital audio workstation) 
software.