Turtle Beach ak-r8 User Guide
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Things You Can Do with the SRM
Listening to Music CDs in Windows 2000/XP
To listen to an audio CD from your PC’s CD ROM drive:
1. Insert the CD into the CD ROM Tray. Windows will prompt you whether or not you
want to Rip the CD to your hard drive or play the CD with Media Player. Select “Play
CD with Media Player”.
CD with Media Player”.
2. In Windows XP, the CD volume is controlled by the Wave volume in the Control
Panel Mixer Tab. However, if your CD ROM drive uses an analog CD output, then
the CD cannot be played using SRM since the CD audio will not be in digital format.
the CD cannot be played using SRM since the CD audio will not be in digital format.
If there’s no sound when playing a CD
Check that the “Enable digital CD audio for this CD-
ROM Device” option is enabled in the CD drive’s
Properties settings (using Windows XP or 2000).
Access this by clicking Start Æ Control Panel Æ
System Æ Hardware Tab Æ Device Manager Æ
DVD/CD ROM Drives Æ Right click on the name
of the CD drive in question Æ Click Properties Æ
Select Properties Tab.
ROM Device” option is enabled in the CD drive’s
Properties settings (using Windows XP or 2000).
Access this by clicking Start Æ Control Panel Æ
System Æ Hardware Tab Æ Device Manager Æ
DVD/CD ROM Drives Æ Right click on the name
of the CD drive in question Æ Click Properties Æ
Select Properties Tab.
Listening to Your Digital Music Library
You can use Windows Media Player for listening to your
digital music library. If you don’t hear any sound, first
check that Media Player’s volume control is turned up. If
that’s not the problem, try one of the following
(depending on the version of Windows you’re using):
digital music library. If you don’t hear any sound, first
check that Media Player’s volume control is turned up. If
that’s not the problem, try one of the following
(depending on the version of Windows you’re using):
For 2000/XP…
Check that Media Player is configured to play from the
SRM by clicking Tools on the Windows Media Player
menu. Then select Options Æ Devices Æ Speakers Æ
Properties. The selection under “Audio device to use”
should be set to DirectSound: Audio Advantage SRM
Device. If it isn’t, then select it from the pull-down
menu and click Apply Æ OK at the bottom of the
window. Close the options window and try Media Player
again to see if it corrects the problem.
SRM by clicking Tools on the Windows Media Player
menu. Then select Options Æ Devices Æ Speakers Æ
Properties. The selection under “Audio device to use”
should be set to DirectSound: Audio Advantage SRM
Device. If it isn’t, then select it from the pull-down
menu and click Apply Æ OK at the bottom of the
window. Close the options window and try Media Player
again to see if it corrects the problem.
For Vista…
If there’s no sound, refer to the previous section “No sound on speakers or headphones”
and follow the steps to check that Audio Advantage SRM is set as the default Playback
Device.
and follow the steps to check that Audio Advantage SRM is set as the default Playback
Device.
Once you hear sound, set the Master Volume on the SRM Control Panel Speakers Tab to a
comfortable level. If it seems like the volume is too low, click the Mixer Tab and adjust the
Wave volume in the Playback Mixer (Win 2000/XP only).
comfortable level. If it seems like the volume is too low, click the Mixer Tab and adjust the
Wave volume in the Playback Mixer (Win 2000/XP only).