Turtle Beach EAR FORCE i30 User manual

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Wireless Media Headset

USER GUIDE

Congratulations on your purchase of the EAR FORCE i30

headset from Turtle Beach.

Designed for Apple® products, the i30 supports music, movies, gaming and chat from Mac®, iPad®, iPhone® and

iPod touch® devices. Turtle Beach brings over 35 years of expertise to transforming your listening experience.

Welcome to Turtle Beach!

To enhance your experience, download the Turtle Beach OSX and iOS apps:

http://www.Turtlebeach.com/i30

In the Box

For our Knowledgebase and Technical Support please visit turtlebeach.com/support

Headset Charging Cable

Cloth Carry Bag Airline Adapter Plug

i30 Headset Mobile Adapter Cable

Turtle Beach Sticker

D E F

Table of Contents

About the i30 P5

Parts and Controls P6

Initial Setup P8

Bluetooth Setup and Operation P9

Wired Setup P16

Active Noise Cancellation P17

Adjusting Sound P18

Chat VoIP Setup P20

Charging the Headset P21

Bluetooth Reference Guide P22

Speciﬁcations P23

Troubleshooting Tips P24

Important Safety Information P25

Compliance / Conformity P26

Warranty P30

About the i30

The i30 is a sophisticated media headset designed to unlock the audio potential of Apple® Mac® computers and iPad®,

iPhone® and iPod touch devices. To get the most from your i30, please take a few moments to review this introduction.

Overview

Hear your Mac, iPad, and iPhone as they were meant to be heard with the Turtle Beach Ear Force i30 media headset.

Bluetooth® technology enables you to stream audio from your devices, chat and answer mobile phone calls. You can also

listen and talk with the supplied mobile adapter cable.

· Wireless audio for Mac OSX.

Unlocks the audio potential of your Mac via Bluetooth connection. Reproduces music with greater ﬁdelity, movies with

greater immersion and games with greater impact.

· Simultaneous connection to iOS devices.

Answer calls or stream music without disconnecting from your computer. Pairs to iOS devices via Bluetooth or connects

via supplied cable.

· Ultra portable.

Take your headset anywhere connected to your mobile device in wired mode.

· Superb ﬁdelity.

50 mm speakers deliver pristine sound quality.

· Comfortable, lightweight design.

Soft, padded ear cushions and headband for hours of comfort.

· Active Noise Cancellation.

Silences background noise, an especially welcome relief on long ﬂights.

· Enhanced entertainment and communications.

The i30 delivers better sounding music, video, chat and internet calls from services like Pandora™, Netﬂix®, Skype®,

and more.

· Four audio presets.

Quickly customize the sound to match your media.

· Convenient voice prompts.

To indicate system status.

· Invisible microphone.

Instead of an obtrusive mic boom in front of your mouth, a dual mic array captures your voice with noise ﬁltering

technology.

· Morph your own voice.

Built-in microphone presets include High Morph, Low Morph and Voice Reverb.

· Long-life rechargeable battery. Built-in battery delivers up to 15 hours of continuous play. You can even charge

while playing.

· Bluetooth volume control. Provides personalized level adjustment.

Parts and Controls

Status LED

Power/Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Button

(See table on right)

Off = Power off

Flashing Red: Noise Cancellation on.

Flashing White: Noise Cancellation off.

Audio Preset Down

Cycles through audio presets, which the headset

announces. (See table on right)

Mic Settings

Cycles through mic settings, which the headset announces.

(See “Adjusting Sound” on pg 18 for details.)

Bluetooth LED

Left Earcup

Right Earcup

Bluetooth Button

Bluetooth Volume Up

Increases volume of

connected Bluetooth device.

Bluetooth Volume Down

Decreases volume of

connected Bluetooth device.

Press to turn off the microphone.

Press again to turn it back on.

Mic Mute

Off = Bluetooth Off

Single Blue or Purple

Flash = Bluetooth On.

Blue/red flashing = Bluetooth pairing

(See table on right)

AUDIO PRESETS

BLUETOOTH BUTTON

*POWER & ANC BUTTON

Audio Preset Up

Cycles through audio presets, which the headset

announces. (See table on right)

Headset Status

Power Off

Power On

ANC On

Power On

(For details on ANC, see “Active Noise

Cancellation” on pg 17.)

Preset 1: Flat

Preset 2: Bass Boost

Preset 3: Treble Boost

Preset 4: Bass and Treble Boost

(See “Adjusting Sound” on pg 18 for preset

details)

Headset Status

Bluetooth Off

Bluetooth On

Bluetooth On/

Incoming Call

Bluetooth On/In Call

Button Press

Single Press

Long Press

Single Press

Function

Bluetooth On

Bluetooth Off

Call answer

End Call

(See “Bluetooth Reference Guide” on pg 22 for

more details)

Button Press

Single Press

Long Press

Function

Power On

ANC On

ANC Off

Power Off

Parts and Controls

Bottom view of headset

Left Earcup Right Earcup

Charging port.

Charges the i30 from any standard USB port

via the supplied headset charging cable.

See “Charging the Headset” on pg 21 for details.

Headphone cable jack.

Plug directly into other music sources via

the supplied mobile adapter cable.

See “Wired Setup” on pg 16 for details.

Initial Setup

Charge the battery

You can charge the i30 headset battery with the supplied headset charging cable. Connect the USB plug to any standard

USB port and connect the micro USB plug into the charging port in the right ear cup.

The i30 headset is designed to power off to conserve battery after ﬁve minutes of silence if Bluetooth is not active.

Bluetooth Setup and Operation

The i30 incorporates Bluetooth technology that enables you to answer calls on your mobile phone, enjoy stereo music,

movie soundtracks, and games or chat.

NOTE: For maximum battery life, turn off the Bluetooth radio if you’re not using these Bluetooth features.

Pairing an iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

The i30 Bluetooth feature must be powered off before you start. If Bluetooth is on, press and hold the Bluetooth Button

until the headset announces “Bluetooth Powering Off.”

On the i30, press and hold the Bluetooth Button for ﬁve seconds until the ﬂashing Bluetooth LED is alternating

blue and red.

On your iOS device, select Settings.

Hold Bluetooth button

for 5 seconds

Release the button. A voice prompt in the i30 headset will conﬁrm “Bluetooth Pairing.”

Flashing Bluetooth LED is

alternating blue and red.

Bluetooth Setup and Operation

Select Turtle Beach i30 Media Headset from the list of devices. When you

see “Connected”, then pairing is complete. The Bluetooth LED on the i30

headset will ﬂash blue.

NOTE: For your convenience, a status icon for i30 battery life will be displayed on

the iOS device screen, next to the iOS device’s battery life icon.

In the Settings menu, select Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth ON, if it

isn’t already.

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