Creative Labs MF8170 Creative Sound Blaster ROAR PRO User Manual updated 2

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Discover more ways to experience your Sound Blaster Roar Pro!http://soundblaster.com/roar-guidesModel No.: MF8171

3 4Charging your speaker - USB PowerCharging your speaker - Power AdapterOption 2 : USBThe Sound Blaster ROAR can also be charged using a USB cable. It may take longer to charge due to USB power limitation. Switch off your speaker when charging. The dual-purpose battery powers your Sound Blaster Roar and also charges your smartphone! Here’s how you do it!Simply connect a USB cable to the Sound Blaster Roar’s USB DC Out and the other end to your smartphone.Optimize your chargingl The speaker will charge your smartphones even when the speaker is off.l When turned on, some smartphones require a higher charging rate than battery banks can typically provide. For the quickest charging time, turn off your smartphone before charging it.Option 1 : Power AdapterCharge the speaker with the supplied power adapter for at least 3 hours before use. Please ensure your speaker is powered off for optimised charging.** Battery performance may degrade over time depending on charge cycles.3 HoursUS, Japan & TaiwanAssembling the Power Adapter Removing Adapter Plug HeadEurope - Supplied interchangeable plugs may vary to region and countryTIP:Lithium-ion battery life may suffer when it is constantly fully depleted or overexerted at low voltage. It is a good practice to keep the battery well charged.For optimized charging: Creative recommends using the bundled USB cable for optimized charging.MainsPC/Mac* Not included, USB adapter with DC 5V and up to 1A output rating can be used.

7 8Creative Bluetooth Multipoint lets you pair 2 devices to the Sound Blaster Roar.^With Creative Bluetooth Multipoint, you can connect up to two Bluetooth devices simultaneously. Toggle easily between your phone and tablet, or share music playback from your phone or a friend’s phone. Here’s how you do it!1 Pause playback on the connected device.2 Pair and connect a second device.3 Start playback on either one of the connected devices.To toggle between devices Pause playback on the ﬁrst connected device before starting playback on the second connected device.Connecting your speakers - Understanding MultipointMultiple Audio Proﬁles You can choose between THREE different audio proﬁles to suit your preference or environment and enhance your listening experienceHere’s how you do it!Simply ﬂick the slider switch to your desired preference and you are done!Warm – Experience tube like warmth with richness in your instruments and tones. Neutral – Experience balanced audio from the original Sound Blaster Roar classic that has thousands of reviews all over the world. Energetic – Inject energy and life for a more expansive and dynamic feel. Note : Creative Muitipoint is not available when the iRoar mic is connected to the Sound Blaster Roar Pro.

9 10/ TeraBass button intelligently boost the bass Like our in-house reference systems, the Roar is tuned to be accurate, balanced, and well deﬁned, while delivering full spectral output at maximium levels with minimal or no compression. (NOT common in many battery operated portables). At low level listening conditions, some people may perceive audio differently. Be it being less sensitive to bass reproduction, in less than ideal environments or strictly personal preference. The TeraBass feature intelligently compensates the loss of perceived loudness in bass during low level playback without artiﬁcially over accentuating bass levels.However when sheer audio power is needed – such as large parties and social gatherings – the mode instantly boost the loudness, depth and spaciousness of the audio.For added boost Connecting the Sound Blaster Roar to the power adapter gives your music added volume boost. It is recommended to use a power adapter when using the feature.Understanding TeraBass / featureand loudness of your music. Press during music playback.Press the TeraBass button while your music is playing and hear the difference!Switching to USB AudioYou can play digital audio from your PC/Mac with the Sound Blaster Roar.Enhance music playback from your PC/Mac with the powerful Sound Blaster Roar by connecting it with the USB cable supplied.TeraBass1 Slide the slider switch to USB Audio to connect USB Audio mode.2 Connect the Sound Blaster Roar to a PC/Mac. A tone is heard indicating USB audio is connected. * 3 Play your music on the PC/Mac.Here’s how you do it!If no audio is heard For Windows: Click Volume Control and select Sound Blaster Roar Pro as your output device. For Mac: 1. Go to System Preferences and click Sound. 2. Click the Output tab and select Sound Blaster Roar Pro.?Enhance your audio To enhance your digital music further, you can use the Sound Blaster Control Panel software. See next page.* If no tone is heard, disconnect the cable from the computer, and start from Step 1 again.Note: If the Sound Blaster Roar is not detected by the computer after your computer recovers from sleep / hibernate / restart, please Power OFF and ON the Sound Blaster Roar to re-establish the USB audio connection. You may also need to restart your computer’s media player.l USB audio will disconnect if button is pressed during USB audio mode.

11 12Installing the Sound Blaster Control Panel Playing MP3 / WMA audio ﬁlesThe Sound Blaster Control Panel enhances PC/Mac audio in real time.Here’s how you do it!Have complete control over your PC/Mac audio with the Sound Blaster Control Panel software. The SBX Pro Studio technologies – such as SBX Bass and SBX Dialog Plus – intelligently enhance PC/Mac audio in real time. 1 Connect the Sound Blaster Roar to a PC/Mac with a USB cable.2 Visit www.soundblaster.com/downloads/ROARPRO/SBCP to download and install the Sound Blaster Control Panel. *3 Setting the default audio device. a. For Windows This setting will be automatically conﬁgured after Sound Blaster Control Panel is installed. b. For Mac 1. Go to System Preferences and click Sound. 2. Click the Output tab and select Sound Blaster Roar Pro.* The Sound Blaster Control Panel requires the speaker to be connected to your computer as USB audio before it can be installed. Here’s how you do it!1 Insert a microSD card. microSD Card2 Press .3 Navigate through tracks. Besides streaming music from your smart phone wirelessly via Bluetooth, the Sound Blaster Roar can also play audio ﬁles on a microSD card with the built-in WMA/MP3 player.Playback tips l You can play WMA, WAV or MP3 ﬁles.l The Sound Blaster Roar supports microSD or microSDHC cards up to 32GB. OR To skip folders: Press and hold or during playback. Press or when playback is stopped. The Sound Blaster Roar doubles up as a microSD card reader!Your Sound Blaster Roar comes with a built-in WMA/MP3 player.To skip tracks (in Repeat All mode): Press or during playback. Here’s how you do it!1 Slide the slider switch to USB Mass Storage to connect as USB Mass Storage mode.2 Connect the speaker to a computer via USB cable.3 Insert a microSD card.4 Browse or modify microSD card contents on your computer.Note: l To switch back to USB Audio mode, slide the slider switch to USB Audio.l Depending on your operating system, a pop-up message may appear informing you that the Mass Storage Device has not been ejected properly. This is normal and not disruptive to your microSD card.

13 14microSD CardRecording is made really easy with the Sound Blaster Roar.If you need to record the song playing on your Sound Blaster Roar or do a voice recording, just insert a microSD card and you’re ready to go.Here’s how you do it!1 Insert a microSD card. 2 Select source.From built-in microphone Switch on the microphone. – Records voice and sounds picked up by the microphone.From Aux-in / Bluetooth source Mute the microphone. – Records Aux-in audio directly from your media player or Bluetooth device.Recording speciﬁcations l Audio recording is saved in WAV format in the VOICE folder.l For recording, a Class 4 microSD card is recommended.l The default recording sampling rate is at 16 kHz. This is designed to record longer voice recording sessions (e.g. meetings) and avoid large ﬁle sizes.l Recording from microphone also records the audio coming out from Bluetooth and Aux-in audio sources.l Simultaneous WMA / MP3 audio playback using microSD card and audio recording is not supported. 3 Press (REC) to start recording. Press (REC) again to stop recording.4 Press (REC) to playback recordings. To skip recorded tracks: Press or during playback.Recording audio with your speakerWhen your phone is connected to the Sound Blaster Roar you can simply answer calls without lifting your phone – just press a button!Here’s how you do it!1 Connect your smart device. (Ensure the microphone is on)2 Press to answer an incoming call.3 Press again to end a call.To reject a call: Press and hold for more than 2 seconds. Recording calls Press (REC) during a call to start recording.Ensure a microSD card is inserted into the speaker and the conversation will be saved in the VOICE folder on the microSD card.You can use the Sound Blaster Roar as a speakerphone.Answering call with your speaker

15 16The Sound Blaster Roar is the perfect companion to end the day with.Besides playing music at loud volumes, the Sound Blaster Roar can also gently soothe you to sleep. In Bedtime Mode, audio playback from the microSD card will gradually fade out within 15 or 30 minutes, after which the speaker will power off automatically.This is great for parents of young children – you can record yourself reading a bedtime story and play it back to your children as they are about to sleep. You can also use it to play music before you sleep!Here’s how you do it!1 Insert a microSD card. 2 Start audio playback. To play music ﬁles: Press . To play voice recordings: Press (REC). 3 Activate Bedtime Mode. For 15 minutes:Press and hold (REC) until you hear a beep.For 30 minutes:Press and hold (REC) until you hear two beeps.ORTo deactivate Bedtime Mode: Press .* Patent pendingUnderstanding Bedtime Mode*Use the MegaStereo cable forThe MegaStereo technology is a unique feature built into the Sound Blaster Roar to give you a wider soundstage and double the punch when 2 Sound Blaster Roar are connected together with a MegaStereo cable.A wider stereo experience* 1Connecting to other audio devices2Having fun enslaving other speakers!^^3MASTER (LEFT) SLAVE (RIGHT)May not work with audio devices using the OMTP standard.MASTER (LEFT) SLAVE (RIGHT)?MegaStereo FeatureEnjoy the full MegaStereo experience with another Sound Blaster Roar!^*Aux-in for both speakers are disabled when the MegaStereo cable is connected.• For optimum sound performance, it is recommended to connect both speakers to their power adapters.^ MegaStereo feature is only available on the Sound Blaster Roar and Roar Pro. For an updated list of supported speakers please visit. www.creative.com/qr/megastereo ^^Audio may sound unbalanced due to difference in speaker matching.How to use : After establishing connection via the above diagram with the MegaStereo cable, ensure that the slave (Right) unit is set to the maximum volume. Thereafter you may use the Master (Left) speaker to control the volume for both speakers.MegaStereo Cable sold separately.Note : When connected via the MegaStereo Cable, the audio from the two connected Sound Blaster Roars may sound unbalanced after running on battery for an extended period of time. This is due to the difference in the battery levels between the two speakers. For optimum performance, it is recommended to connect both speakers to their power adapters.

17 18Perform the following trouble-shooting steps before sending it for servicing. For more information, please refer to www.creative.com/support.If there is no audio heard after connecting your phone or tablet with the Sound Blaster Roar via Bluetooth........It could be a case of your phone or tablet having a ﬁrmware bug that makes it unable to choose the right audio codec. The Sound Blaster Roar can help enhance compatibility by disabling its advanced audio codec and switching only to the basic codec*. However, we advise customers facing this problem to update your phone / tablet with the latest ﬁrmware before attempting the following steps below which may just solve this problem.To bypass this bug (by disabling advanced audio codec)1 Ensure that the speaker is Powered on2 Press the Vol “-“and ROAR button together. (A voice prompt is heard indicating Advanced Codec disabled). The speaker will reboot to remember your settings.3 Power OFF and ON your audio device again4 Connect to the Sound Blaster Roar via Bluetooth and play musicTo restore advanced audio codec feature1 Ensure that the speaker is Powered on2 Press the Vol “+“and ROAR button together. (A voice prompt is heard indicating Advanced Codec enabled). The speaker will reboot to remember your settings.3 Power OFF and ON your audio device again4 Connect to the Sound Blaster Roar via Bluetooth and play music* You would only need to do this once and the Sound Blaster Roar will remember your preference.How do I disable Voice Prompt?l With the speaker powered ON, press both Volume “–“ and Multifunction Button at the same time. A prompt is heard indicating voice prompt is disabled. How do I enable Voice Prompt?l On a speaker with disabled voice prompt, ensure that it is powered ON. Press both Volume “+“ and Multifunction Button at the same time. A prompt is heard indicating voice prompt is enabled.What do I do if I ﬁnd that the speaker is not behaving the way it should?l Should any of the above happens, we would recommend that you master reset the speaker. In any state, press and hold the Power button for more than 10 seconds then press the Power button again to turn on the speaker.AlternativelyYou can perform a factory master reset to clear paired device list.1 Ensure your speaker is not connected to any Bluetooth device.2 With your speaker powered on, Press and hold the Multifunction button until the white LED blinks rapidly. Press and hold the Multifunction button and Volume “-“ button until a voice prompt is heard indicating the speaker has been master reset and returned to pairing mode.Why do I hear beep tones when I disable voice prompts? The beep tones are meant to be indicators for the following items:FAQ1 Beep tone2 Beep tone3 Beep toneFeature activated indicatorFeature conﬁrmation indicatorError indicatorNext-Generation Personal P.A. System (with optional iRoar Mic)Transform the Sound Blaster Roar Pro into the next generation portable wireless Public Address (P.A.) System when paired with the Wireless iRoar Mic*. The iRoar Mic delivers clear and loud voice, which is great for power presentations, public speaking, teaching, storytelling or singing!For more information about the iRoar Wireless Mic, please see visit www.creative.comNote : Creative Muitipoint is not available when the iRoar mic is connected to the Sound Blaster Roar Pro.* With optional iRoar Mic*