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LS40 / LS41 Setup for PC with Dolby Digital Live

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Please note: These instructions are for a Xonar U3 sound card. Your sound card's exact instructions may be different. Please contact your sound card manufacturer for assistance setting up the sound card to output Dolby Digital Live

  1. Plug one end of the optical cable into the optical output of the sound card.
  2. Connect the other end of the optical cable into the port on the LS40 base station.
  3. Plug the base station into a USB port on the PC
  4. Press and hold the power button for about 3 seconds until the power LED turns on.
  5. Search sound in windows or right click the volume in the bottom right corner and click playback devices
  6. Right click on Speakers of your soundcard ->Make it your default device
  7. Right click Speakers LucidSound ->Make it your default communications device
  8. Click Recording devices
  9. Right click Microphone LucidSound ->Set as default device
  10. Open your control panel for your sound card (Xonar U3 shown here)
  11. Go into your audio channel scroll down ->select 8 channels
  12. Check the SPDIF Out box ->Make the scroll down Dolby digital live