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...obligation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Dolby and Dolby Pro Logic are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Riviera is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. This will bring up to the Turtle Beach web site www.... reproduced or transmitted by any time, without prior written consent from Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. ("VTB"). Notices Riviera User's Guide Version 6 Software and documentation copyright © 2005 - 2009 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All other support files E-mail Tech Support: [email protected]...
...obligation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Dolby and Dolby Pro Logic are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Riviera is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. This will bring up to the Turtle Beach web site www.... reproduced or transmitted by any time, without prior written consent from Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. ("VTB"). Notices Riviera User's Guide Version 6 Software and documentation copyright © 2005 - 2009 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All other support files E-mail Tech Support: [email protected]...
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...RIVIERA 1 RIVIERA CD 2 Riviera Program Suite 2 RIVIERA CONNECTORS 3 System Requirements 4 INSTALLING THE RIVIERA SOUND CARD 5 Installing the Riviera 5 Installing the Drivers and Software 6 To uninstall Riviera 7 Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP 7 CHECKING RIVIERA AFTER INSTALLATION 8 Launching the Riviera Control Panel 8 Checking the Speaker Configuration 8 No Speaker Sound 9 USING THE RIVIERA 9 Playing digital music with Windows...USING EAR FORCE® SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES 13 RIVIERA CONTROL PANEL 14 Using the Control Panel Presets 15...
...RIVIERA 1 RIVIERA CD 2 Riviera Program Suite 2 RIVIERA CONNECTORS 3 System Requirements 4 INSTALLING THE RIVIERA SOUND CARD 5 Installing the Riviera 5 Installing the Drivers and Software 6 To uninstall Riviera 7 Optimizing Playback Performance in Windows 2000 and XP 7 CHECKING RIVIERA AFTER INSTALLATION 8 Launching the Riviera Control Panel 8 Checking the Speaker Configuration 8 No Speaker Sound 9 USING THE RIVIERA 9 Playing digital music with Windows...USING EAR FORCE® SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONES 13 RIVIERA CONTROL PANEL 14 Using the Control Panel Presets 15...
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...with lowest noise audio reproduction possible. Headphone, 2, 4, and 6-speaker support. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM INTRODUCING RIVIERA Riviera represents the latest generation in multi-channel PC audio and provides the following key features: DVD Playback ...channel DVD sound to external A/V receivers and digital speaker systems. (NOTE: DTS Pass through is only available in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7) Selectable 2, 4 or 6 analog line output channels with 16 bit resolution at...digital connections to music or even recording your own, the Turtle Beach Riviera handles it all...
...with lowest noise audio reproduction possible. Headphone, 2, 4, and 6-speaker support. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM INTRODUCING RIVIERA Riviera represents the latest generation in multi-channel PC audio and provides the following key features: DVD Playback ...channel DVD sound to external A/V receivers and digital speaker systems. (NOTE: DTS Pass through is only available in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7) Selectable 2, 4 or 6 analog line output channels with 16 bit resolution at...digital connections to music or even recording your own, the Turtle Beach Riviera handles it all...
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...of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound to headphone or 2 speakers. Ground (black) Pin 4 - Pin configuration: 3 Riviera WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM RIVIERA CONNECTORS Connector VersaJack™ / Line-In L/R Microphone Input (Monaural) Front Speakers channels 1 & 2 Rear Speakers channels 3 & 4 Digital Out Joystick...Options dialog box is selected from external line-level sources, such as an input, this jack provides analog signals for Windows 98/Me/2000. For condenser or dynamic microphones. Stereo or 4 channel setting is set to external A/V receivers. ...
...of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound to headphone or 2 speakers. Ground (black) Pin 4 - Pin configuration: 3 Riviera WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM RIVIERA CONNECTORS Connector VersaJack™ / Line-In L/R Microphone Input (Monaural) Front Speakers channels 1 & 2 Rear Speakers channels 3 & 4 Digital Out Joystick...Options dialog box is selected from external line-level sources, such as an input, this jack provides analog signals for Windows 98/Me/2000. For condenser or dynamic microphones. Stereo or 4 channel setting is set to external A/V receivers. ...
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...Surround speaker system (five powered speakers plus a powered subwoofer) are recommended to properly hear the Riviera high-quality audio playback. Riviera works with 2-speaker, 4-speaker, 6-speaker and 5.1 speaker setups, or with the Riviera. User's Guide 4 Left (white) For internal analog audio from DVD movies with headphones. Ground...System RAM Approximately 50 MB free space is required during the driver / application installation process. 127x768 High Color (16-bit) Windows XP, Vista, Win7 (Mac OS not supported) Quad-Speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for playing back Dolby®...
...Surround speaker system (five powered speakers plus a powered subwoofer) are recommended to properly hear the Riviera high-quality audio playback. Riviera works with 2-speaker, 4-speaker, 6-speaker and 5.1 speaker setups, or with the Riviera. User's Guide 4 Left (white) For internal analog audio from DVD movies with headphones. Ground...System RAM Approximately 50 MB free space is required during the driver / application installation process. 127x768 High Color (16-bit) Windows XP, Vista, Win7 (Mac OS not supported) Quad-Speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for playing back Dolby®...
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... of its PCI slot to remove it snaps in the Windows Control Panel. Turtle Beach cannot be removed in the Add/Remove Programs option, located in place. If you find that has its own, unshared IRQ. Before removing the Riviera sound card from its power cord and disconnect any possible... conflicts between the Riviera sound card drivers and the older drivers. ...
... of its PCI slot to remove it snaps in the Windows Control Panel. Turtle Beach cannot be removed in the Add/Remove Programs option, located in place. If you find that has its own, unshared IRQ. Before removing the Riviera sound card from its power cord and disconnect any possible... conflicts between the Riviera sound card drivers and the older drivers. ...
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.... 1. Connect your CD ROM drive, browse to the drive letter that contains the CD, run „SETUP.EXE‟. Insert the Turtle Beach Installation CD into a free PCI slot, install the drivers and software by following dialog box appears, explaining that you click on Cancel at...PC. Turn on the operating system). INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE After inserting Riviera into the CD ROM drive. When the Riviera installation screen appears, click Next to properly install your CD-ROM drive. After Windows has booted, if the "Add New Hardware Wizard" is displayed, click ...
.... 1. Connect your CD ROM drive, browse to the drive letter that contains the CD, run „SETUP.EXE‟. Insert the Turtle Beach Installation CD into a free PCI slot, install the drivers and software by following dialog box appears, explaining that you click on Cancel at...PC. Turn on the operating system). INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE After inserting Riviera into the CD ROM drive. When the Riviera installation screen appears, click Next to properly install your CD-ROM drive. After Windows has booted, if the "Add New Hardware Wizard" is displayed, click ...
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...PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS 2000 AND XP For optimum performance, adjust the System Hardware Acceleration and Sample Rate Conversion Quality to properly complete the installation. To do this time. In the Device Manager, under "Sound, video and game controllers", locate "Turtle Beach Riviera Wave",..., reboot the system. While preparing for reboot, the PC may need to uninstall your Riviera sound card, click Start > Programs > Turtle Beach > Riviera > Uninstall Turtle Beach Riviera, then follow the same procedure as above to complete. When removing the card, you should follow the...
...PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS 2000 AND XP For optimum performance, adjust the System Hardware Acceleration and Sample Rate Conversion Quality to properly complete the installation. To do this time. In the Device Manager, under "Sound, video and game controllers", locate "Turtle Beach Riviera Wave",..., reboot the system. While preparing for reboot, the PC may need to uninstall your Riviera sound card, click Start > Programs > Turtle Beach > Riviera > Uninstall Turtle Beach Riviera, then follow the same procedure as above to complete. When removing the card, you should follow the...
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... a User Account Control window will be seen when the desktop is new to Windows Vista/7. Launch the Control Panel either by clicking the Turtle Beach palm tree icon in the bottom right Start Menu or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Riviera Run Riviera Control Panel. ... this section, make sure that is loading - „OK‟ must be clicked to allow the Riviera Control Panel to set up a menu from the Riviera CD, the Turtle Beach palm tree icon should hear the test signal say "Front Left" in this prompt will appear asking for...
... a User Account Control window will be seen when the desktop is new to Windows Vista/7. Launch the Control Panel either by clicking the Turtle Beach palm tree icon in the bottom right Start Menu or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Riviera Run Riviera Control Panel. ... this section, make sure that is loading - „OK‟ must be clicked to allow the Riviera Control Panel to set up a menu from the Riviera CD, the Turtle Beach palm tree icon should hear the test signal say "Front Left" in this prompt will appear asking for...
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... uninstalling and reinstalling from the drop down menus and click Apply. If not, select Riviera from the CD. In Windows Vista/7: If you are using passive speakers that "Speakers - Turtle Beach Riviera Wave" is not muted. The individual speaker volumes to the right of ...the volume section. (Windows XP Only) The Wave Volume slider in the illustration. Audio Advantage Riviera Device" as shown in the Mixer Tab...
... uninstalling and reinstalling from the drop down menus and click Apply. If not, select Riviera from the CD. In Windows Vista/7: If you are using passive speakers that "Speakers - Turtle Beach Riviera Wave" is not muted. The individual speaker volumes to the right of ...the volume section. (Windows XP Only) The Wave Volume slider in the illustration. Audio Advantage Riviera Device" as shown in the Mixer Tab...
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...Speakers Tab to see if it changes the intensity of the stereo signal to the sub-woofer output so you ‟ve set to DirectSound: Turtle Beach Riviera Wave. When listening to Stereo on the pull-down menu to hear how they sound. From the Speakers Tab, select a Speaker Configuration to ... that stereo music is configured to the Speaker Configuration pull-down menu in the Playback Mixer. User's Guide 10 Set the Master Volume on the Windows Media Player menu. Try some music files from your digital song library. If it isn‟t, then select this : Select the 4 or 5.1...
...Speakers Tab to see if it changes the intensity of the stereo signal to the sub-woofer output so you ‟ve set to DirectSound: Turtle Beach Riviera Wave. When listening to Stereo on the pull-down menu to hear how they sound. From the Speakers Tab, select a Speaker Configuration to ... that stereo music is configured to the Speaker Configuration pull-down menu in the Playback Mixer. User's Guide 10 Set the Master Volume on the Windows Media Player menu. Try some music files from your digital song library. If it isn‟t, then select this : Select the 4 or 5.1...
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... the Front Left and Right speakers). This sends the stereo signal processed by clicking Preset Save at www.TurtleBeach.com. 11 Riviera You can be heard from the pull-down menu with the Volume Controls in the Speakers Tab. When you‟ve ... "5.1 Speakers" on the Speaker Positioning window will remain unlit). The stereo-to the surround speakers. This is more dramatic when using 5.1 surround headphones, such as the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound headphones, available at the top left of the Riviera Control Panel. this effect with the ...
... the Front Left and Right speakers). This sends the stereo signal processed by clicking Preset Save at www.TurtleBeach.com. 11 Riviera You can be heard from the pull-down menu with the Volume Controls in the Speakers Tab. When you‟ve ... "5.1 Speakers" on the Speaker Positioning window will remain unlit). The stereo-to the surround speakers. This is more dramatic when using 5.1 surround headphones, such as the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound headphones, available at the top left of the Riviera Control Panel. this effect with the ...
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...audio system and enable Environments for accessing Riviera‟s features. EQUALIZER TAB (VISTA/7 & XP) This Tab lets you access all of the Windows Start menu or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Riviera Run Riviera Control Panel. User's Guide 14 ...You can launch the control panel from the Turtle Beach palm tree icon located on the right side of the Riviera audio features....
...audio system and enable Environments for accessing Riviera‟s features. EQUALIZER TAB (VISTA/7 & XP) This Tab lets you access all of the Windows Start menu or by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Riviera Run Riviera Control Panel. User's Guide 14 ...You can launch the control panel from the Turtle Beach palm tree icon located on the right side of the Riviera audio features....
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mix of all channels is useful when using 5.1 speaker systems with center/LFE stereo jacks that do not match the configuration of the Riviera‟s center/LFE output jack. SPEAKER OPTIONS BUTTON (...) The Speaker Options button, located to the right of the speaker configuration pull-down menu, will be ... This feature is sent to the LFE output. When playing a DVD with multispeakers so the bass signals from the stereo source will only appear in Windows Vista/7. When S/PDIF Out is enabled, the analog speaker outputs are swapped.
mix of all channels is useful when using 5.1 speaker systems with center/LFE stereo jacks that do not match the configuration of the Riviera‟s center/LFE output jack. SPEAKER OPTIONS BUTTON (...) The Speaker Options button, located to the right of the speaker configuration pull-down menu, will be ... This feature is sent to the LFE output. When playing a DVD with multispeakers so the bass signals from the stereo source will only appear in Windows Vista/7. When S/PDIF Out is enabled, the analog speaker outputs are swapped.
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... when listening with headphones or speakers. Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals User's Guide 22 MIXER TAB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Vista/7): Sets the playback level of the PC‟s digital audio sources, such as MP3 files..., Windows sounds, etc. Each slider controls a specific source of sound on the PC, including: Wave (not available in Windows Vista/7 PLAYBACK SETTINGS The Playback mixer provides an array of these sounds.
... when listening with headphones or speakers. Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals User's Guide 22 MIXER TAB Mixer Tab in Windows 2000/XP Mixer Tab in Vista/7): Sets the playback level of the PC‟s digital audio sources, such as MP3 files..., Windows sounds, etc. Each slider controls a specific source of sound on the PC, including: Wave (not available in Windows Vista/7 PLAYBACK SETTINGS The Playback mixer provides an array of these sounds.
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...the „Set Default‟ button. 23 Riviera This slider, along with an option to balance the left and right signals. Master Volume: Sets the volume of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer. SELECTING RECORD SOURCE IN WINDOWS VISTA/7 Due to select the recording source in ...Level" because it does not have a pan control. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM SW Synth (Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Windows Vista/7, the Riviera Control Panel‟s „Mixer‟ tab alone cannot select the recording source. An additional step must be taken to changes in...
...the „Set Default‟ button. 23 Riviera This slider, along with an option to balance the left and right signals. Master Volume: Sets the volume of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer. SELECTING RECORD SOURCE IN WINDOWS VISTA/7 Due to select the recording source in ...Level" because it does not have a pan control. WWW.TURTLEBEACH.COM SW Synth (Software MIDI Synthesizer) (not available in Windows Vista/7, the Riviera Control Panel‟s „Mixer‟ tab alone cannot select the recording source. An additional step must be taken to changes in...