Creative X-Fi Creative Xmod User manual

Congratulations!

Your versatile Creative Xmod is an external USB audio device and portable

audio enhancer that provides you with a great new listening experience.

There is no software to install, so once you connect Xmod to earphones or

stereo speakers, and your PC or Mac®, you are ready to experience great

audio.

Read on to learn how to get started with your new Xmod!

Contents

Your Xmod .................................................................................... 2

About X-Fi .................................................................................... 3

Connecting Devices ..................................................................... 5

Adjusting volume ......................................................................... 8

Customizing X-Fi enhancement levels ........................................ 8

Using a Microphone with Xmod ................................................... 9

Connecting to an external stereo audio source ........................ 10

FAQs ........................................................................................... 12

More Information ....................................................................... 14

General Specifications ............................................................... 15

Safety Information ..................................................................... 16

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2 Your Xmod

Your Xmod

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1 Select button

Press and release to switch through Volume, X-Fi®

Crystalizer™ or X-Fi CMSS®-3D modes.

From Volume mode, press twice to adjust the X-Fi

Crystalizer level, or press three times to adjust the X-Fi

CMSS-3D level.

2 USB port

3 Line-Out jack

4LEDindicators

Shows you which mode you are in. The LED flashes faster or

slower when you increase or decrease an X-Fi enhancement

level.

The volume LED lights up in red when you mute the sound.

5LevelControl/Mute

Press to mute the sound. Press again to unmute.

Turn the control to increase or decrease the volume or

enhancement level.

6 X-Fi CMSS-3D switch

Slide the switch to the “On” position to enjoy the X-Fi

CMSS-3D enhancement.

7 Headphone jack

8 Line-In/Microphone jack

9 X-Fi Crystalizer switch

Slide the switch to the “On” position to enjoy the X-Fi

Crystalizer enhancement.

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About X-Fi 3

About X-Fi

X-Fi is the new audio standard from Creative that gives you an experience

beyond studio quality from your music and movies.

Imagine being in the studio as your favorite artist records a new album. The

sound is real and live the way it was meant to be heard. When that album

gets mass-produced on CD, it is compressed to fit the format and the sound

quality of that original performance suffers. When you further compress the

songs into MP3, you’ll notice an even greater loss of sound quality. Your

favorite album now sounds flat and lifeless. X-Fi technology breathes life

back into the songs. It restores the details, expands the music to surround

sound and creates an experience that goes beyond studio quality.

About X-Fi Crystalizer

Most downloadable music and movies are compressed; making downloads

fast, and storage and portability convenient. The downside is that the quality

and fullness of your songs and soundtracks are diminished.

X-Fi Crystalizer analyzes audio, identifies the elements that have been

restricted/damaged during compression and re-masters them by selective

audio enhancement. X-Fi Crystalizer instantaneously transforms your CDs

and MP3s to crystal clear sound.

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4 About X-Fi

About X-Fi CMSS-3D

X-Fi CMSS-3D expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround

sound with voices centered in front of you and ambient sound all around

you. Designed not only for stereo speakers and multichannel systems, it

even supports headphones, surrounding you with nine virtual speakers so

you feel like you’re sitting in with your favorite band or that you’ve been

dropped into the best seat in the movie theater.

X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual - Immersive surround sound over two speakers.

X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone - Immersive surround sound over headphones.

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Connecting Devices 5

Connecting Devices

It’s easy to get great sound from your PC or Mac. Just connect Xmod to your

computer, earphones or speakers, and slide the X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi

CMSS-3D switches to the “On” position.

Connecting to your computer

Using a USB cable, connect your Xmod directly to a USB port on your

computer or a USB hub.

Xmod retains the X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi CMSS-3D level settings from the

last time you used it with your computer.

NOTES • When you connect Xmod to your computer, audio output from your

computer is channeled to Xmod.

• After connecting Xmod to your PC or Mac, connect earphones or

speakers. See “Enjoying sound from Xmod” on page 6.

1 USB port

2USBcable

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6 Connecting Devices

Enjoying sound from Xmod

Connect Xmod to your earphones for personal enjoyment, or to your

speaker system to share the experience with everyone in the room.

1 Line-Out jack

2 Line-Out cable with

3.5mm stereo

connector (not

included)

3 Stereo speakers

4 Earphones

5 Headphone jack

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Connecting Devices 7

NOTES • When you connect earphones and speakers at the same time,

Xmod channels sound to your earphones instead of your

speakers. To hear sound from your speakers, disconnect the

earphones.

• For the best listening experience, position your speakers about

0.5 metres or 1.5 feet apart, and at a height around your ear

level.

• Before using earphones, decrease the volume level on Xmod or

from your computer.

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8 Adjusting volume

Adjusting volume

Before adjusting the volume, check that the Volume LED is lit in blue. If not,

press and release the Select button until the Volume LED lights up in blue.

If the Volume LED is red, press the Level Control to unmute the volume.

1Turn the Level Control clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or

decrease the volume.

Customizing X-Fi enhancement levels

Customizing X-Fi Crystalizer

1In Volume mode, press the Select button twice. The X-Fi Crystalizer LED

flashes.

2Turn the Level Control clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or

decrease the level.

The higher the level, the faster the LED flashes.

Customizing X-Fi CMSS-3D

1In Volume mode, press the Select button three times. The X-Fi CMSS-3D

LED flashes.

2Turn the Level Control clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or

decrease the level.

The higher the level, the faster the LED flashes.

NOTES • If the X-Fi Crystalizer or X-Fi CMSS-3D switches are not set to

the "On" position, adjusting the levels will only have a temporary

effect on the sound.

• Volume mode is the default. X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi CMSS-3D

modes automatically switch to Volume mode after 30 seconds.

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