Turtle Beach Ear Force XP500 manual

U S E R G U I D E ENGINEERED FOR GAMING™ TB521-2190-01[...]

What ’s i n th e Bo x XP500 Headset with Removable Microphone XP500 Wireless Digital RF Transmitter (2) AA Batteries USB Power Cable Digital Optical Cable XBA Bluetooth Adapter USB Programming Cable Turtle Beach Sticker T U R T L E B E A C H . C O M Download the XP500 software and additional presets at: www .TurtleBeach.com Abou t t he E ar F orc[...]

1 2 or The Ear For ce X P500 is the mos t te chn olog ical ly-a dva nced hea dset ev er d esig ned for Xbo x 36 0 ® and PS 3 ™ gam ing . To get the mo st f rom your XP 500, ple ase tak e a few minu tes to revi ew t his int rodu ctio n. Digi tal RF Tech nolo gy with Blu etoo th The Ear For ce X P500 he adse t pr ovid es wire less CD- qua lity gam[...]

3 4 3 4 5 6 1 2 1 . Main Po wer Butt on w ith LED Powe rin g ON : Pr ess and hol d un til the hea dset ann oun ces “Pow erin g O n”. Powe rin g OF F: P ress an d ho ld u ntil th e he adse t an nou nces “Po weri ng Off” . Auto mat ic P ower OFF : If th e he adse t do esn ’t d etec t an y a udio for mor e t han 5 mi nute s, it w ill auto ma[...]

5 6 1 2 1 3 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 Be sure to insert batteries as shown. 7 . Main (M ain Pres et B utt on) Pr ess to t ogg le b etwe en t he sele cted (al ter nate ) pr eset an d th e ma in ( def ault ) pr eset . ( See "Pre sets " o n pg . 21 for fu rthe r de tail s) 8. Mic Mut e Bu tton Pr ess to t ogg le b etwe en m uti ng a nd u nmut ing the mi[...]

7 8 Fro nt Vie w Rea r V iew 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 6 1. Po wer/ Pair ing LED Ind icat or A so lid LED ind icat es the tran smit ter is powe red on and comm unic ati ng w ith the hea dset . A puls ing LED ind icat es the tran smit ter can ’t comm uni cate wit h th e h eads et b ecau se it i s po were d o ff, not pair ed, or out of r ang e. I[...]

9 10 Tran smi tter Ran ge The tra nsmi tter sen ds game aud io f rom you r Xb ox 3 60 ® or PS3 ™ to the hea dset via di gita l ra dio fre quen cy ( RF) sig nal, so a di rec t li ne o f sigh t i s no t re quir ed. Whe n yo u’re ou t of ran ge, you may hea r po ppi ng o r cl icki ng soun ds i f th e h eads et l oses th e RF sig nal. Fo r be st p[...]

11 12 The hea dset and tra nsm itte r in thi s p acka ge a re “ pai red” , wh ich mea ns t hey’ re s ync hron ized to ens ure they wor k t oget her. Whe n t he head set and tra nsmi tte r ar e co mmun ica ting , th e to p L ED o n th e fr ont pan el o f th e t rans mitt er w ill be on s olid . I f th is L ED i s i nste ad s lowl y puls ing , [...]

13 14 3 Right Ear Cup: To r emo ve t he b atte ry cove r, s lide do wnwa rd. NOTE : Be sure to inse rt ba tter ies as s hown. 4 5 Insert the boom so that the holes in the mic casing and the marker on the jack are facing your mouth. 3 . Insert the Headset Batteries. 4. Insert the Mic Boom. 5. Turn on the headset by pressing and holding the power but[...]

15 16 1 . Wit h t he h eads et p owe red on, plac e t he X P500 in Wir ed M ode by q uic kly pres sing th e po wer butt on twic e. T he h ead set will anno unc e wh ich mode it ’s i n. 2. Ins ert the rig ht a ngle plu g i nto the head pho ne j ack on t he Xbox 36 0 co ntro ller . 3. Ins ert stra igh t pl ug i nto the con trol ler jac k on the lef[...]

17 18 USB Power Cable (included) Digital Optical Cable (included) PC/M ac ® Set up 1,2,3 The XP5 00 c an b e se tup for PC gami ng (Win dows or Mac ) in 2 d iffe ren t wa ys d epen din g on you r sy ste m sp eci cati ons . In orde r t o he ar s urro und sou nd, your co mput er m ust hav e a digi tal (op tica l) c onne cti on a nd D olby ® Dig [...]

19 20 The XP5 00 u ses Dolb y P ro L ogic IIx , D olby Dig ital , a nd D olby Hea dph one surr ound pr oces sing tec hno logi es – the in dust ry-s tand ard form ats for enc odin g m ulti -cha nnel ga me a udio . D olb y He adph one pro cess ing recr eat es m ulti -cha nne l su rrou nd s oun d us ing the XP5 00 head set , as if you wer e li sten [...]

21 22 The DSP pro vide s a wid e va riet y of au dio enha ncem ent s, i nclu ding : Nois e G ates : Se para te nois e ga tes on the game , ch at and micr opho ne audi o ch anne ls cut out back gro und nois e th at’ s be low a th res hold poin t, so r athe r th an hear ing stat ic or o ther dis tra ctin g so unds , y ou’l l he ar t ota l si lenc[...]

23 24 The XP5 00 h as a tot al of 1 8 pr eset s t hat are grou ped in two sets of 9. The rst se t is opt imiz ed for wire less ch at m ode and the sec ond set of is o ptim ized fo r wi red chat mo de. Pres sing th e po wer butt on twic e qu ickl y w ill swit ch b etw een wire less an d wi red mode s a nd t he head set ann ounc es w hic h mo de i[...]

25 26 The XP5 00 i ncor pora tes Blu etoo th t ech nolo gy t hat let s yo u co mmun ica te w ith Xbox LI VE ™ an d P SN ™ ch at, ans wer call s o n yo ur m obil e phon e a nd l iste n to st ereo mus ic s tre amin g fr om a Bl ueto oth enab led dig ital mus ic play er. So, fo r ex ampl e, y ou can answ er a ph one call or l ist en t o yo ur f av[...]

27 28 XP50 0 Tr ansm itte r Te chni cal Spec ica tion s · 50 mm diam eter spe ake rs · Ga me audi o fr eque ncy res pons e: 2 0Hz - 2 0kHz , >1 20d B SP L @ 1kHz · Co nde nser mic roph one fre quen cy r esp onse : 50 Hz - 15 kHz · Ga me audi o di gita l 2 .4GH z RF wir ele ss r ecep tion · Bl uet ooth rad io w ith dua l-pa irin g m ode a[...]

29 30 PS3 Pai ring Iss ues • If t he P S3 c ann ot l ocat e yo ur XP50 0, m ake sur e th at i t is in pai ring mod e b efor e yo u st art ing scan ning , a s in dica ted by the ash ing red /blu e LE D. • If t he X P500 is mis sing fro m t he d evic e me nu list aft er y ou re-s tart you r P S3, plea se r epe at t he p airi ng proc ess. • I[...]

31 32 Manu fac ture r: Voye tra Tur tle Beac h Manu fac ture rs A ddre ss: 100 Sum mit Lake Dri ve, Sui te 1 00 V alh alla , NY 105 95 Prod uct Nam e: Ear For ce X P500 Type of Pro duct : Wire les s He adse t Mode l N umbe r(s) : TBS- 219 0-01 Year of Man ufac ture : 2011 We, Voy etra Tur tle Bea ch, Inc. of Elm sfor d, N ew Y ork , de clar e un de[...]

33 34 Manu fac ture r: Voye tra Tur tle Beac h Manu fac ture rs A ddre ss: 150 Cle arbr ook Rd. Sui te 1 62, Elms for d, N Y 10 523 Prod uct Nam e: Ear For ce X BA Type of Pro duct : Blue too th D ongl e Mode l N umbe r(s) : TBS- 227 5-01 Year of Man ufac ture : 2011 We, Voy etra Tur tle Bea ch, Inc. of Elm sfor d, N ew Y ork , de clar e un der our[...]

35 36 FCC Decl arat ion of C onfo rmit y Prod uct Nam e: Ear For ce X P500 Mode l N umbe r(s) : TBS- 219 0-01 FCC Rul es: FCC CFR Tit le 4 7 Pa rt 15 S ubpa rt B : 2 009 CLAS S B FCC CFR Tit le 4 7 Pa rt 15 S ubpa rt C : 2 008 Oper ati ng E nvir onme nt: GEN ERAL OFF ICE AND HOM E US E FCC COM PLIA NT S TATE MEN T This de vice com plie s w ith part[...]

37 38 Limi ted Warr anty for Tur tle Beac h Pr oduc ts Voye tra Tur tle Beac h, Inc. ("V TB") wa rran ts t o th e o rigi nal end- use r pu rcha ser ("P urch aser ") t hat the ret ail Tur tle Beac h ha rdw are prod uct here in ("Pr oduc t") wil l be fre e of de fect s in mat eri als and work man ship for a p eri od o f [...]

39 40 Fe de ra l Co mm un ic at io ns C om mi ss io n In te rf er en ce S ta te me nt Th is e qu ip me nt h as b ee n te st ed a nd f ou nd t o co mp ly w it h th e li mi ts f or a C la ss B d ig it al de vi ce , pu rs ua nt t o pa rt 1 5 of t he F CC R ul es . Th es e li mi ts a re d es ig ne d to p ro vi de r ea so n- ab le p ro te ct io n ag ai [...]

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