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3.7.4Advanced Communications Riser (Slot)

This motherboard supplies an Advanced Communication Riser (ACR) slot for communications and audio systems. The A7N266-E motherboard is bundled with an innovative digital audio resource, the ACR-A6CHcard. This super-connector card includes two AC’97 audio CODEC chips that supply 6-channel audio output. The ACR-A6CH produces an S/PDIF_OUT digital audio signal with help from the nVidiaMCP-Dsouth bridge. The ACR-6CH offers standard output formats for modem and audio:

ACR-A6CH Layout

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ACR-A6CH card

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Internal Connectors

 

Telephone answering device (TAD) 4 pin male ...................................................

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CD audio-in (CD_IN) 4 pin male .........................................................................

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Auxillary line-in (AUX_IN) 4 pin male ...............................................................

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External Connectors

 

Digital audio output (S/PDIF_OUT) RCA jack ....................................................

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Microphone input (MIC_IN) Pink jack ................................................................

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Audio input (LINE_IN) Light blue jack ...............................................................

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Front channel audio output (FRONT_SPK) Lime jack ........................................

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Rear channel audio output (REAR_SPK) Purple jack .........................................

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Center/Low Frequency Effect audio output (CNTR/LFE) Orange jack ..............

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