Manual
Introduction Built for gaming enthusiasts and audiophiles alike, the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset creates an immersive gaming experience with hi-fidelity soundscapes and intensified bass. Sirus produces precise and immaculate sound through its 4 discrete channels of center ,front, rear, and subwoover; delivering accurate real-time 360 degree audio that is fully adjustable through its tactical mixing console.
System Requirements A PC with at least one free USB 2.0 port Windows® XP SP2 or higher Works best with applications that support DirectX 9.0c or higher Microsoft .Net 3.5 SP1 (XP/Vista only) Technical Information Headphones Transducer principle: Dynamic closed True 5.
Installation The CM Storm Sirus True 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset can be used in two modes: 1. 3.5 mm Audio Jacks + USB (power) All connectors feature standard soundcard color coding to simplify the process of connecting Sirus to your Soundcard or the Mainboards on-board Soundchip. Headset Connector Marking Pink (3.5mm jack) Orange (3.5mm jack) Black (3.5mm jack) Green (3.
Operation A. True 5.1 Surround Sound, 4 speakers on each side! B. On-The-Fly Bass, Rear, Front and Center channel control for maximum sound customization. C. Interchangeable circumaural weaved and leatherette ear-cups D. Microphone with LED mute indicator E.
Tactical Mixing Console Besides the Mute and Mic Mute buttons, you can adjust not only the master volume but fine tune the volume of each separate surround channel individually. Volume Control This huge high-grade volume knob lets you finetune each audio channel and the overall volume of Sirus in great detail. It’s resistive enough to prevent volume hikes by accidental sliding over the knob with your hand or elbow. Your ears will thank us.
Tactical Mixing Console Master The master channel adjusts the volume of all channels simultaneously, keeping the fine-tuned balance between the channels. Use this to tune out background noise in your room and get into the game or movie.
Storm Tactical Driver Panel Default Windows Audio Device When Windows detects several playback (headset, speakers) and recording devices (mics) you can choose to enable or disable them separately. Sirus will automatically be detected as default Audio and Recording device as soon as you connect it.
SVN SVN (Smart Volume Normalization) boosts the sound quality and bass strength by emphasizing certain frequency ranges.
Advanced sub-menus Right clicking on the Speaker or Mic Logo brings up an advanced menu that lets you browse through different feature tabs and configure the Speakers and Mic 9
Information Panel 5 3 6 1 2 4 1. Playback (Speaker Out ) Displays the current default audio output device. 2. Capture (Mic In, Line-in) Displays the current default audio input device. 3. Speaker Numbers (2/ 4/ 5.1) Displays the currently active speaker configuration. 4. Sample Rate Displays the playback sample rate for the current default audio output device. 5. Out Displays currently active sound modulation and sound boost effects.
Profile Panel You can switch between preset configuration profiles and your own custom profile 1 2 3 1. Add Profile: User adjusts specific sound effects (Ex: EQ, EM etc…) and click this add profile button to name and create a user-define mode. 2. Delete Profile: This deletes the custom user profile, the default profile can not be deleted 3.
Lift/ Right Channel Lock: By default the left and right signals for each respective audio channel are locked If you want, you can un-lock them and configure them seperately from each other to balance out a slight hearing impairment on one ear for example 12
Speaker Settings Speaker Mode You can switch between stereo, quadrophonic or 5.1 mode and test each audio channel by clicking on the playback button Surround Max (Virtual Surround Sound) Creates virtual surround sound by interpreting and modulating the audio stream. If a game or movie features stereo sound only, you can use this feature to make use of all 8 drivers in Sirus.
Equalizer Page This 10 band EQ Panel allows you to manually adjust and modulate the audio stream to match your personal preferences. You can switch between predefined profiles or create custom profiles for movies, music and different games.
Sound Effect Page Environmental Effects: There are several fun-modes that simulate sound reflection and reverberation. If you ever get bored, try your favorite games in some of these modes for some fun. Room Size: Besides the fun modes there are 3 separate modes that slightly adjust sound reflection and reverberation to emulate a different room size.
Virtual Speaker Shifting Auto Rotation Mode: This makes all speakers slowly rotate around you Manual Rotation Mode: In this mode you can use your mouse to slowly rotate the speakers Manual Positioning: In this mode you can drag and drop any of the speakers to any desired virtual Location which will modulate the sound coming from it.
Flex Bass II Flex Bass allows you to emphasizes and boosts the subwoofer channel, but as the name suggests it’s not an on and off bass boost like on oh so many audio systems but gives you a lot of flexibility to fine tune the bass to your likes.
Microphone Features Volume control Just like for the speakers there is a volume panel for the MIC as well to either mute it or adjust its sensitivity. Try different settings until you find a sweet spot of high enough sensitivity and low background noise and white noise. Volume control bar: Monitor Vol. - It provides Monitor volume level adjusting of Mic-IN device.
Advanced Settings Show System Tray Icon If you check this option there will be a system tray icon displayed in the Windows task bar which allows you to quickly bring up the Driver Panel by double clicking on it. UI Transparency You can adjust the transparency of the Window; this is a purely cosmetic thing to make the driver panel blend in with windows Aero Glass.
Tech Support & Warranty Technical Support For technical support and the latest drivers and firmware, please visit www.cmstorm.com or email: support@cmstorm.
