Montego DDL
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and you assume full responsibility for using them.
General Customer Service
  • AudioSurgeon Included Software and Licensing - Copyrights
  • Defective product - How Do I return? RMA Procedure
  • End-User License Agreement
  • OEM vs. Retail product
  • On-Line Order - Change of Address - Wrong product - Incorrect info - Tracking info, etc.
  • On-Line Order - Confirmation Email not received
  • On-Line Order - Shopping Cart is Empty after entering all info
  • Product ID / Serial Number - Lost
  • Product ID / Serial Number --- Registration
  • Rebates
  • Registration
  • Replacement CDs
  • Replacement Parts - Glossary of Cables, Jacks, Plugs etc.
  • RETURN / REFUND POLICY
  • Technical Support
  • Warranty and End User License
  • Overview / Description / Features / Specs
  • 3.3 Volts compliance?
  • 64 bit Drivers & Support
  • AudioSurgeon included with the package
  • Cables - name & size conventions
  • Circuit Board Photograph
  • Comparison Chart - Which One? Sound Cards PCI
  • Comparison to Catalina
  • Digital Audio vs. MIDI - What's the difference
  • Digital Music - What is?
  • Digital Music File Basics
  • DirectX Compatibility
  • Dolby Digital Encoding (Optical)
  • Dolby Digital Live - What Is?
  • Dolby or DTS Encoding / Decoding
  • Dolby® Digital Live - What is?
  • Features & Benefits
  • File conversion to Wave, MP3, WMA and vice-versa
  • Front Mount connections
  • Full Duplex operation in current Turtle Beach Soundcards
  • General 1
  • General 2
  • General 3
  • In Detail - Jacks description photo
  • Introduction
  • Motherboard Chipsets and Why You Should Care About Them
  • MP3 - What is?
  • Polyphony vs. Voices - What is?
  • Sampling Rates Supported S/PDIF - FAQ
  • Sound Card - What Is?
  • Sound Cards (PCI & USB) - General FAQ
  • Specifications/Features - Inputs/Outputs
  • System Requirements - Minimum
  • What's In The Box (Retail product)
  • Which Turtle Beach card do I have? - (Chipsets on TB cards)
  • Windows Legacy Discontinued platforms: Windows 98 and Windows Me support info
  • Installation
  • Administrator Rights - Windows XP
  • Antivirus Software - Disable Before Installing and if you run into problems
  • BUILT-ON SOUND CARD Removal
  • CD-ROM defective?
  • Conflicts - Installation Tips
  • Drivers - Windows Millennium - 9x Support
  • Drivers listed in Device Manager
  • Error: "Not Signed Driver or No Digital Signature"
  • Error: "Product ID is invalid"
  • Error: "SetupDLLSetupDLL.cpp"
  • Installation issue - CD-ROM defective?
  • Installing Montego DDL driver (and uninstalling old one) - How To
  • Installing other Software included on the CD
  • Readme.txt - Driver Install / Uninstall - IMPORTANT!
  • Uninstalling a Windows program - How To
  • Uninstalling the Montego DDL - How to
  • Windows 2003 Server support
  • Windows Update or XP Service Pack 2 Drivers
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Vista Drivers -
  • Windows Vista Drivers - Release Notes 1.0
  • Windows Vista Installation
  • Windows Vista Quirks (some of them) - Audio Mixer - MIDI Not Available
  • Compatibility
  • Chipset Info / Recommended Performance Updates - PCI Cards
  • Compatibility with new 64 bit platforms: Hardware, Drivers, Windows XP x64
  • S/PDIF - Connection and 'handshake locking' w. 3rd-Party Digital Devices
  • SoundMAX HD Audio chipset onboard issue
  • VIA and AMD Compatibility?
  • Configure / Use
  • AC-3 pass through - 5.1 surround
  • Configuration - peripherals diagram
  • Connections -
  • Connectors - Jacks on card
  • Control Panel
  • Dolby Digital/DTS Suround - Does your Soundcard Decode it?
  • Formats AC-3 > PCM Data
  • Live Stereo Streams to Multichannel Outputs?
  • Manuals
  • MIDI - What about it?
  • MIDI interfaces - Standard vs. USB
  • Mixer - What You Can Hear - Combined Inputs?
  • S/PDIF - Digital Transfers - Resampling - Digital Audio and Jitter
  • S/PDIF Input - Recording
  • S/PDIF Input level adjustment?
  • S/PDIF Out - Choosing Digital Out disables 5.1 outputs
  • Setting up the Default Sound Device in Windows
  • Speaker Configurations
  • Speakers - Cable wiring for 5.1
  • Speakers - No Sound
  • Speakers - Powered Speakers?
  • Speakers Configuration - Control Panel
  • Using with Turtle Beach HPA Headphones
  • Volume Level change on reboot
  • What You Hear - Stereo Mix
  • Xbox FAQ
  • Troubleshooting
  • AC-3 pass through and Power DVD - PowerDVD won't pass AC3 thru Montego DDL S/PDIF Out
  • Center & Sub signal are reversed
  • Digital Audio Extraction and older CD-ROM drives
  • Digital Out - Master Volume Control not working
  • Dual Boot systems
  • DVD-ROM - Choppy Audio
  • Easy Test For Surround Speaker Outputs
  • Error 1628 "Failed to complete script based install"
  • Error: "C00D11CD: Unknown error"
  • Error: "Cannot find SHELL.DLL"
  • Error: "COOD11BA: Cannot play the file"
  • Error: "device failed to start, code 10,"
  • Error: "Error retrieving the application information" UPDATES
  • Error: "MIDI Input device not installed"
  • Error: "unable to install InstallShield scripting runtime: 1607
  • Games -
  • Games - Troubleshooting
  • Games - Troubleshooting - What to check first
  • Games and Digital Output - how it works
  • Games issue - Hardware Acceleration
  • Ground Loops - Hum coming through speakers or headphones
  • Hibernate - Stand By Mode - No Sound issue
  • Instruments Do Not Sound The Same - MIDI
  • Latency using S/PDIF
  • Live 'feed' from TV sent to S/PDIF?
  • MIDI - Delayed Sound "MS GS Wavetable SW Synth"
  • Montego DDL problems solved by not running ULI Raid drivers - Advanced
  • No Dolby Digital Sound after Power Up - Control Panel workaround
  • No S/PDIF Out: PowerDVD, WinDVD, etc. software
  • No Sound
  • No Sound - General
  • On board Audio causes problems - Realtek ALC 850
  • Skype, Ventrilo, TeamSpeak - Line In is deselected >Mic In is selected
  • Sound Distortion - Poor Quality
  • Static/Popping/Crackling noises
  • Troubleshooting - If All Else Fails! - Hardware
  • Troubleshooting - Uninstall and reinstall in a different PCI slot
  • Troubleshooting 1
  • Troubleshooting 2
  • Troubleshooting Erratic Control Panel behavior - VolumeLevels, MixerSettings changed!
  • Troubleshooting Recording
  • Troubleshooting Recording - Line In sound feeds through
  • Troubleshooting Tips for Turtle Beach cards 1
  • USB Headphones / Speakers - no sound
  • VISTA - Simple Microphone Test using Windows Sound Recorder (VISTA)
  • Volume Control on S/PDIF
  • Volume Control on S/PDIF - a different issue
  • Windows Media Player - CD audio volume
  • Windows Update - Alert!
  • Windows Update and Turtle Beach Sound Card Drivers
  • Windows XP Media Center Edition FAQ
  • Power Tips
  • Analog Inputs routed to Digital Outputs? How To - Advanced
  • Cable Guide
  • Cassettes / Tapes - Transfer to CD using Computer
  • CD Audio & 2 Pin cables are not needed - Win 2K / XP
  • CD-ROM - Increase Playback Speed?
  • CD-ROM AutoPlay - Win XP
  • Creating audio CDs
  • How To - FAQ
  • How To: Disable Unwanted Services in Windows - Advanced
  • MIDI concepts
  • MS API: "Wavoutsetpitch" support - Advanced
  • Presets: Saving Presets and transferring them to a new system, etc.
  • Recording from Multiple Sources simultaneously
  • Recording LP Phonograph Records & Cassette Tapes to .WAV file for CD burning 1
  • Recording LP Phonograph Records & Cassette Tapes to .WAV file for CD burning 2
  • Recording LP phonograph records to .WAV file for CD burning (FAQ) Advanced
  • Recording S/PDIF
  • Recording your material for music production 101 for Dummies! How To
  • S/PDIF - FAQ
  • S/PDIF - Pass-Through explanation
  • S/PDIF - Reverse S/PDIF - How to
  • S/PDIF - What Is?
  • S/PDIF Digital Input - What's It For?
  • Sampling
  • Send any non 5.1 material out of the Montego DDL as 5.1 - How to:
  • THX - Certification - Santa Cruz replacement for Altec Lansing Speakers
  • Validity check - Advanced
  • Windows Mixer - Volume Control - Where Is It?
  • 3rd Party
  • ASIO and GSIF (GigaSampler) Support?
  • Cakewalk Music Creator
  • Cakewalk suggestion for: "Audio Driver Error"
  • Connecting my Computer to my Stereo - How to:
  • DTS
  • EAX support
  • Flash and Shockwave compatibility?
  • GigaSampler (GSIF) and ASIO Support?
  • iTunes compatibility?
  • Linux drivers?
  • Logitech 6.1 Speaker System
  • Mic - Echoing problems - Feedback!
  • Mic - my "pro" Mic does not work
  • Mic - Upgrade?
  • Mic FAQ
  • Mic Input
  • Mic Recording Setup
  • Mics - types of microphones
  • Mics and voice recognition software
  • Multiple Sound Systems
  • Optical Digital Out and Boston Acoustics BA735 Speaker System
  • S/PDIF - Word Clock - Master / Slave synch - Advanced - Sample Rate explanation
  • S/PDIF - Word Clock - Master / Slave synchronization - Advanced
  • Skype - Selecting the USB Phone in Skype
  • Traktor DJ
  • Drivers
    Size Date Description
    _download.txt 159 1/1/1991 Our FTP Site is fully functional. If you have trouble Downloading, please disable any download accelerators or popup/cookie blockers. Also, do not double-click. Right-click and select: "Save Target As"
    _drivers.txt 179 1/1/1991 IMPORTANT! Before installing any drivers you must read the 'readme.txt'
    ddl_rlse.doc 26112 5/29/2007 DRIVER - VISTA - Release Notes - Readme First!
    mtgoddl1.exe 11112916 8/3/2006 DRIVER v.5.12.1.8. | Win 2000 Pro, Win XP, Win XP Media Center | Includes Control Panel
    mtgoddlv.exe 13004963 5/25/2007 DRIVER - VISTA - Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows Vista (32 bit). | 64 bit operating systems are NOT supported | Includes Control Panel.
    readme.txt 1591 10/19/2005 Install / Uninstall instructions | You must read this BEFORE you Install / Remove Drivers | We suggest that you print this
    Patches / Apps / Utilities
    Size Date Description
    cleanpci.exe 348160 7/6/2006 CleanUp Utility for: Montego DDL & Riviera | Use this only if you have problems removing older Drivers, following Turtle Beach technical support advice.
    voldigfx.zip 10263 6/29/2005 Use ONLY w. older v.5.12.1.45 | Patch to Enable Master Volume Control on S/PDIF
    FAQ Text
    Size Date Description
    5889999.txt 368772 7/1/2008 FAQ sheet.
    mtgoddl.pdf 2340135 6/15/2007 Montego DDL Reference Manual in PDF format
    spdif.pdf 38638 5/5/2005 Validity Check