User manual SWEEX SC016 QUICK_START_GUIDE

[. . . ] English version SC016 Sweex 7. 1 external USB sound card Introduction · Do not expose the Sweex 7. 1 external USB sound card to extreme temperatures. Do not place the device in direct sunlight or in the direct vicinity of heating elements. [. . . ] Please note that it is not possible to use the soundcard as receiver, you cannot connect your DVD player, Xbox® or other device to the card and play it's sound back on the speakers This is the S/PDIF output, during operation, you will see a red light shine through. If you have trouble getting 5. 1 / 7. 1 surround sound from the S/PDIF OUT, please refer to the troubleshooting section of this manual. Connect the USB port of your soundcard to your computer using the included cable. Power LED Mic mute LED Volume up Volume down Mic mute Vol mute Side: STEREO 2 R This light indicates that the card receives power from the computer. This light indicates that the microphone inputs are muted Press this button to increase volume Press this button to decrease volume This button mutes / unmutes the microphone inputs This button mutes / unmutes all outputs 1 L MONO Mic 2 Mic 1 This is the secondary microphone input, in stereo it is mapped to the left channel. This is the primary microphone input, used for mono recording and the right channel in stereo. English version Software Installation Connect the sound card to an USB port of your computer. Windows will automatically recognise the device and display the following message: Windows XP Note: The card is not yet ready to use!You still need to install the drivers and software, the drivers and software included with Windows XP will not work. Click "Drivers and Software for XP and Vista" to start the installation. After driver installation is complete, you must restart your computer. Usage When installation is succesful and after a reboot of the computer you will see the "USB Multi-Channel Audio Device" icon in the system tray at the bottom right of your screen: Double-click the icon to start the software for configuring the sound card: English version Windows XP Windows Vista The sound card will automatically adapt it's settings to the speakers you have connected (headphones / 2. 0 or 2. 1 / 5. 1 / 7. 1), in most cases you will not need to adjust any settings. If you notice that the card does not detect all speakers, you can change the "Analog Output" to manually select the right number of speakers. English version Note: In Windows Vista, you also have to change the "System Input" to the number of speakers you have. In Windows XP, this can be done through Start ­ Control Panel ­ Sound, Speech and Audio devices ­ Change the speaker settings ­ Advanced button Uninstall The software can be uninstalled through the "Add or remove Programs" icon from the Windows XP control panel, or the "Programs" icon in Vista's control panel. Troubleshooting: · I have 5. 1 or 7. 1 speakers and my center / bass channels are not working or give very distorted sound. > In this case the center / bass channels may be swapped to fix, open the sound card's software, you will see a small icon: next to your speaker settings in the Analog Output section. Click it, check the "Swap center / bass output" checkbox and click OK. · I cannot get more than 2 channels to play over the S/PDIF output > S/PDIF does not support more than 2 channels for normal uncompressed audio. [. . . ] Transaction of warranty only takes place at the sales point where the product is bought. All brand names and associated rights mentioned in this manual are and stay property of the rightful owner. [. . . ]