Turtle Beach Z7 Owner's Manual
User Guide
WIRED
For: PC I Mac® I Mobile
Congratulations on your purchase of the Z SEVEN gaming headset from Turtle Beach. Well
played. This premium product is designed to bring unmatched realism and effects to your
gaming experience, enhancing it in ways you’ve never known before. Welcome to Turtle
Beach excellence!
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Table of Contents
Headset Overview 4
Package Contents 5
Feature/Function Map 6
Audio Control Unit Functions 7
Connecting your Z SEVEN Headset to a PC / Mac 9
Using your Z SEVEN Headset on a PC 10
Using your Z SEVEN Headset on a Mac 15
Using your Z SEVEN Headset with Other Devices 16
Speaker Mode 17
Surround Sound Angles 18
Presets 19
Specifications 20
Compliance / Conformity 21
Warranty 23
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Headset Overview
Your Turtle Beach Z SEVEN headset is compatible with PC or Mac gaming platforms. You can enjoy gaming at home or at
tournaments, and on the go with portable game systems and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
Features include:
· Programmable presets that change your sound environment and allow you to hear sound cues you’d normally miss.
The Advanced Sound Editor tool to download, manage or create presets for your headset can be downloaded at:
Turtlebeach.com/community/preset-community
· Adjustable surround sound angles for the optimum surround sound experience
· Auxiliary line input for use with a digital music player or mobile phone.
· The Audio Control Unit (ACU) 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 Z SEVEN Headset’s Control Unit:
1. Headset Mode (LED Indicator: WHITE) – 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.
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Package Contents
Z SEVEN Headset with
Removable Microphone
Audio Control Unit Extender
Cable
Audio Control Unit
(ACU)
Turtle Beach Stickers
Headset
Breakaway Cable
3.5mm, 4-Pole Auxiliary Cable
9-Pin DIN PC Speaker Adapter
Cable
Mobile Adapter Cable
Presets Reference
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Feature / Function Map
Audio Control Unit
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1. Master Game Volume Knob / 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. Auxiliary / Phone Volume Control Dial
9. Chat Preset Button (Capacitive Touch)
10. Auxiliary Input Jack (4-pole, 3.5mm)
11. Headset Jack (4-pole, 3.5mm)
12. Talkback Cable Jack (2.5mm, cable not included)
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)*
*When a function is enabled, the associated LED turns white. When disabled, LED turns red.*
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Audio Control Unit (ACU) Functions
Game and chat audio on the Z Seven headset are processed by the ACU. The ACU 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 un-mute. The circular LED around the knob lights RED when muted and
WHITE when functioning normally.
Volume Knob Speaker Function LEDs / 5.1 Button / Master Button: Six different LEDs at the bottom of the knob
indicate the current function:
- Pressing the MASTER button allows the knob to control the master game volume.
- Each press of the 5.1 button cycles through different 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 Subwoofer speaker volume control.
- Press in the Volume Knob to confirm your adjustments.
Note: When the surround sound feature is turned OFF, adjusting the 5.1 speaker volume has no effect.
2. External Speaker Jack: Connects external desktop speakers. Use the Mode Button to enable this jack.
3. Speaker Angles: Use this switch to adjust the virtual speaker surround sound angles. When Surround Sound is
disabled, this function is not available. (Refer to Page 18 for details)
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 microphone monitor levels by default. This function can be changed using
Advanced Sound Editor tool.
8. Auxiliary Input Volume Control: Sets the volume level of the auxiliary input.
9. Chat Presets Button: Press once to enable Chat Presets for buttons 1 – 8 (times out after 5 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.
13. Main Preset Button: Toggle between default Main preset and the last active preset. In Chat Presets mode, toggles
between default Main Chat preset and the last active Chat preset.
14. Chat Volume Control Dial: Sets the chat volume level.
15. Preset Buttons (1 – 8): Select from Game Presets 1 – 8.
16. Mode Button: Press this button to select Headset or Speaker mode. LED lights WHITE for Headset mode, BLUE for
Speaker mode, and GREEN for Capacitive touch lock-out.
- 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.
- Hold MODE for 5 seconds to lock the Capacitive Touch controls. Hold MODE again for 5 seconds to unlock.
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 to mute/enable the microphone. LED will be RED when muted and WHITE when enabled.
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Audio Control Unit (ACU) Functions (Continued)
Additional Chat Functions:
- Voice Morphing: Change the pitch of your voice from the deep lows to shrill highs, disguising yourself to other
online players. See Chat Presets on Page 16.
- Chat Boost™: Chat Boost is a dynamic talkback expander built into the ACU that automatically increases chat
volume during loud moments in your game, so you can always hear your teammates or other players, regardless
of the game volume. Typically, if you turn up a headset’s game volume, the incoming chat level from other
players could become difficult to hear over the game sound. However, with Chat Boost, as the game audio
increases, the chat volume also increases. When the game volume quiets down again, Chat Boost automatically
returns the chat level to your original volume setting.
- To set the Chat Boost function properly:
1) Turn down the volume using the Game Volume Wheel on the ACU so there’s no game audio.
2) Adjust the Chat Volume Control on the ACU so you can hear the chat voices at a comfortable level.
3) Turn up the game volume and the chat volume will increase whenever the game gets louder, just as
if the talkback volume control is being automatically turned up along with the game level. Note that if
the chat volume is set too loud, Chat Boost might increase the volume to very high levels, causing the
voices to distort.
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