Winodws7 driver uses different structure from XP.
Please check steps as below;

1. Please download & install the recent Windows7 driver in download page. And Windows7 driver is included driver and control software.

2. Please set to default playback device to Speakers: HTO CLARO not S/PDIF pass-through.

Windows7 driver provides 2 kind of devices. One is Speakers and the other is S/PDIF pass-thru device (digital output). For using Claro features such as Dolby Digital Live or dts:interactive, please set to Speakers: HTO CLARO.  S/PDIF pass-thru device is for pass through original signal to external receiver.  So even if you use external digital speaker, please set to Speakers: HTO CLARO.

3. And you can use Xear3D for controlling Claro as XP driver.
Please use Xear3D icon in System Tray.

This icon is hidden in system tray. You can use it to click triangle mark.
Or you can find it in Control Panel > All Control Panel Items  and View by Small Icons. Then you can find HTO CLARO

4. And for using multichannel analog outputs, please set to System Input to 2ch and Analog Output to 7.1ch ( please set proper speaker numbers)

Or if you use digital speaker system, please set Dolby Digital Live or dts:interactive in S/PDIF output.

1) System Input to 2ch
2) S/PDIF to Dolby Digital Live
3) You can click each speaker icon in output device for your testing.

5. System Input;

System Input is added for enhancing stability. For playing 2ch data such as mp3 files, please set to 2ch and if you play 6ch data such as DVD titles, please set to 6ch. However if you use digital pass-thru in software DVD player when you're playing DVD or Blu-ray titles, you don't need to change System Input. In this case, the original signal has top priority.

If you need more information, please email to us; help@htomega.com

 Back to FAQ page >>