Device operation and Software Application

Creative advises us to charge the headset 8 hours in a row for the first time; when they are plugged in and charging, the On/Off button flashes red and when the charge is completed, it will stay lighted up. My sample finished charging about after 3 hours, but I let it 5 hours more plugged in, just to be safe:



When I have plugged the WiFi dongle in a spare USB port, Windows 7 has started right away installing the drivers, without my intervention; after the installation was complete, the V-shaped LED started to blink with a blue light; when the connection is fully established between the headset and the dongle, the LED will stay fully lit:



To pair the devices for the first time, we have to use the Connect buttons on both the WiFi dongle and the headset:



To power on the headset, only a single press on the On/Off button is needed and the LED with light up blue; if the headset is connected in the same time to a spare USB port, the LED will blink and will charge even during product use:



After the drivers are installed by Windows 7 itself, we can proceed to the software installation; the applications that come with the pack are the following:



During the applications installation, we get to see a progress bar and some more information regarding the application that is currently installed; at the end, we will be prompted to restart the system:



After the system restart, we are welcomed with a Product Registration application:



The main headset application does preserve the World of Warcraft game theme; the app has multiple tabs and profiles can be also saved/loaded by only pressing a button. We can also associate an avatar for each saved profile, set the color of our choice or cycle continuously through all available colors. The illumination feature can be stopped automatically after some minutes, to save battery life, the intensity can be set to Off, Low, Medium or High and the pulsation speed can be set too:



In the THX section, we can set most of the effects like Crystalizer, which enhances the upper frequencies and makes movies, music more livelier; the Surround effect controls the level of audio immersion in music, movies or games; the Bass effect enhances the lower frequencies for a better listening experience; Dialog Plus function enhances voices in movies for a clearer dialog and finally, the Smart Volume function, which adjusts the loudness of the audio playback automatically, to minimize sudden volume changes. All these effects can be tested on the embedded World of Warcraft The Wrath of the Lich King video, that can be played as many times we want, right from the application interface:



In the Game Audio section, we can Enable/Disable the VoiceFX feature and test it right away, with the help of the respective button. With VoiceFX, we can select a racial voice effect to be applied to our speech. We can also choose to enable the Equalizer, select a profile or edit it manually and save it for current/later use:



Here are the effects choices we can select for VoiceFX:



Here are a view demos picked from youtube showcasing the VoiceFX in action: link1, link2, link3.

In the EQ section, there are also some pre-loaded profiles for immediate use:



In the Key Bindings section, we can select keyboard combos to enable/disable headset features; for example, we can set a shortcut to enable the Equalizer and one to disable it, without the need to open up the dedicated application: