Turtle Beach EarForce Sierra User manual

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Sierra gaming headset from

Turtle Beach. Well played (so far). This premium product is designed to bring unmatched

realism and eects to your gaming experience, enhancing it in ways you haven’t known previ-

ously. Welcome to Turtle Beach excellence!

Table of Contents

Headset Overview 2

Package Contents 3

Feature/Function Map 4

Control Unit Functions 6

Using your Sierra Headset on XBOX 360 8

Using your Sierra Headset on PS3 10

Using your Sierra Headset on a PC 13

Using your Sierra Headset on a Mac 15

Using your Sierra Headset with Other Devices 16

Speaker Mode 17

Presets 18

Specications 19

Compliance / Conformity 22

Warranty 24

Headset Overview

Your Turtle Beach Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Sierra headset is compatible with XBOX, PS3 and PC or Mac gaming platforms. You can enjoy

gaming at home or at tournaments and while on the go with portable game systems and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

· Programmable presets that change your sound environment and allow you to hear sound cues you’d normally miss. Down

load from turtlebeach.com/presets the Advanced Sound Editor tool to download, manage or create presets for your headset.

· Dolby® Surround Sound for XBOX and PS3 console gaming as well as PC and Mac

· Adjustable surround sound angles for the optimum surround sound experience

· Auxiliary line input for use with a digital music player or mobile phone

· The Control Unit is fully compatible with the Turtle Beach TM1 Tournament Mixer facilitating multiple player communication

· Durable 4-pole, 3.5mm breakaway cable connects to the Control Unit, portable game systems and mobile devices for great

sound across all your gaming and digital media.

Operating Modes

There are two operating modes on your Sierra Headset’s Control Unit:

1. Headset Mode (LED Indicator: ORANGE) – includes nine game presets. When used with a PC, the USB channel is set to 5.1.

2. Speaker Mode (LED Indicator: BLUE) –for use with external stereo speakers includes nine speaker presets for surround sound

virtualization.

Turtle Beach StickerSierra Headset

with Removable Mic Boom

Console Interface

Package Contents

Quick Start Guide

For the full user guide, please go to http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/Sierra

Package Contents |Contenu de la boîte

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|PS3™ | PC | MAC®

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Presets Reference

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référence Presets

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XBOX360

IPS3™IPC/MAC

PresetsReference

DownloadBlackOpsIIoptimizedpresetsorcustomizeyourownwiththetoolsavailablefromTurtleBeach.com.

Digital Optical Cable

Câble optique numérique

XBOX 360 Chat Cable

Câble casque Charge

Control Unit Extender Cable

Câble d'Extension Control Unit

Console Interface USB Cable

Console de l'Interface Câble USB

Sierra Headset / Control Unit

Sierra casque et Unité de contrôle

Console Interface

Console de l'Interface

Headset Breakaway Cable

Câble Breakaway casque

Digital Optical Cable Headset Breakaway Cable

Control Unit Extender Cable

Console Interface USB Cable

Control Unit

XBOX 360 Talkback Cable

Presets Reference

FOR / POUR

XBOX 360

I PS3™ I PC / MAC

Presets Reference

Download Black Ops II optimized presetsor customize your own with the tools available from TurtleBeach.com.

1. Auxiliary Input

2. USB Input

3. Digital Input

4. Digital Pass Thru

5. USB In / Out

6. 9-PIN DIN

Console Interface

Feature / Function Map (Location of controls / inputs)

3 4

5 6

Feature / Function Map (Location of controls / inputs)

1.Game Volume Wheel (Multifunction) / Mute

2. External Speaker Jack (located on side of controller)

3. Speaker Angles (Capacitive Touch)*

4. Surround Sound Toggle (Capacitive Touch)*

5. Speaker Selection (Capacitive Touch)

6. Power Switch

7. Programmable Control Dial

8. Auxilliary / Phone Volume Control Dial

9. Chat Preset Button (Capacitive Touch)

10. Auxilliary Input Jack (4-pole, 3.5mm)

11. Headset Jack (4-pole, 3.5mm)

12. Talkback Cable Jack (2.5mm)

13. Main Preset Button (Capacitive Touch)

14. Chat Volume Control

15. Preset buttons (Capacitive Touch)

16. Mode Button

17. Master Game Volume (Capacitive Touch)

18. Dolby Digital Indicator*

19. Mic Mute (Capacitive Touch)*

Refer to page 6 for a description of button functions.

* When a function is enabled, the associated LED turns orange.

When disabled, LED turns red.*

Control Unit

Control Unit Functions

Game play with Turtle Beach Sierra headset is performed using the functions of the Control Unit. The Control Unit has the following

functions:

1. Game Volume Wheel: This controls the master game volume as well as the individual 5.1 speaker volumes. Press the wheel

to mute game audio and again to unmute. The circular LED around the knob lights RED when muted and ORANGE when

functioning normally.

Volume Knob Speaker Function LEDs/ 5.1 Button/ Master Button: Six dierent LEDs at the bottom of the knob indicate the

current function:

• Pressing the MASTER switch turns on all 6 LEDs. The knob now controls the master game volume.

• Each press of the 5.1 button cycles through dierent sets of speakers.

- First press activates volume control for Front L / R speakers

- Second press activates Surround L / R speakers

- Third press activates the Center speaker

- Fourth press activates Sub Woofer speaker volume control.

• Press in the Volume Knob to conrm your adjustments.

Note: When the surround sound feature is turned OFF, the 5.1 speaker volume button is disabled.

2. External Speaker Jack: Connects external desktop speakers. Use the Mode Button to enable this jack.

3. Speaker Angles: Use this switch to toggle through the virtual speaker surround sound angles. When Surround Sound is

disabled, this function is not available.

4. Surround Sound Toggle: Use this to toggle between surround sound mode (when enabled) and stereo mode (when

disabled).

5. Speaker Selection (5.1): Refer to Game Volume Wheel above.

6. Power Switch: Turns power ON or OFF.

7. Programmable Control: Controls Mic. Monitor levels by default. This function can be changed using Advanced Sound

Editor tool.

8. Auxiliary Input Volume: Sets the volume level of the auxiliary input.

9. Chat Presets Button: Press once to enable Chat Presets for buttons 1 – 8 become Chat Presets (Times out after 15 seconds).

Press again to return to Game Presets.

10. Auxiliary Input Jack: Connects an external digital music player or mobile phone.

11. Headset Jack: A 3.5mm 4-pole jack connects the headset.

12. Talkback Jack: Connects to the XBOX®360 Controller for XBOX Live chat.

Control Unit Functions

13. Main Preset Button: Toggle between default at preset and the last active preset. In Chat Presets mode, toggles between

default at Chat preset and the last active Chat preset.

14. Chat Volume Control Dial: Sets the chat volume level.

15. Presets Switches (1 – 8): Select from Game Presets 1 – 8.

16. Mode Button: Press this button to select Headset or Speaker mode. LED lights ORANGE for Headset mode, and BLUE for

Speaker mode.

• When Speaker mode is selected, the Speaker presets are loaded and the Speaker jack is enabled.

• When Headset mode is selected, the Headset presets are loaded and the Headset jack is enabled.

17. Master Game Volume: Refer to Game Volume Wheel.

18. Dolby Digital Indicator: Indicates whether Dolby® Digital is enabled/disabled.

Note: On PC, the LED will light RED. Dolby Digital is not active. Instead 5.1 digital PCM audio is being channeled through

the USB connection.

19. Mic Mute: Press once to mute the mic. Press again to enable the mic.

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