Asus E7805 3.Installing the hardware, 3.1Preparing your computer

3.Installing the hardware

3.1Preparing your computer

Before you proceed with the following installation steps, it is recommended that you disable the onboard audio device in the BIOS settings, or uninstall any other audio cards on your PC. (For BIOS setting or uninstallation of other sound cards, refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and audio card.)

1.Power off your computer and disconnect the power cord.

2.Open the computer chassis.

3.Remove the metal bracket from one unused PCI slot for the Xonar HDAV Slim card.

10	ASUS Xonar HDAV Slim

Contents

Page Page Contents Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Australia statement notice Safety information Trademarks License 1.Introduction 1.1Package contents 1.2System requirements 1.3Specifications summary Page 2.Hardware overview Xonar HDAV Slim card layout 3.Installing the hardware 3.1Preparing your computer 3.2Card installation 3.3Connecting to a TV tuner card 4.Installing software 4.1Installing the card driver 4.2Installing the TotalMedia Theatre software 5.Connecting speakers and peripherals Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater) 6.Xonar HDAV Center 6.1Xonar HDAV Center GUI Page 6.2Audio-MainSetting 6.2.1HDMI Out mode / Analog Out mode Page 6.2.2Sample Rate 6.2.3SPDIF Out/DDL/DTS Interactive 6.2.4Audio Channels (For Vista only) 6.2.57.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter 6.2.6Dolby Pro-LogicIIx 6.2.7DTS Neo:PC 6.2.8Dolby Headphone 6.2.9Dolby Virtual Speaker 6.3Mixer/Volume 6.3.1Playback Volume 6.3.2Recording/Monitoring Volume Page 6.4Effects 6.4.1Environment Effects 6.4.210-BandEqualizer 6.5Karaoke 6.6FlexBass Page 6.7Smart Volume Normalization Page 6.8DS3D GX and DSP Modes Page 6.9VocalFX For 3D Games For VOIP Page 6.10DVD/Blu-rayPlayback over DH/DVS/DDL/Multiple Analog Speakers 6.10.1Under Windows XP DVD/Blu-rayplayback by SPDIF/HDMI (Add Sound effects w/ DDL encoding) 5.1 Channels Dolby Digital Live 6.10.2Under Windows Vista Dolby Virtual Speaker (Virtualized 5.1 surround sounds over stereo speakers) FP 2 Speakers 7.Check Dolby Virtual Speaker Page 6.Enable SPDIF Out 7.Troubleshooting and FAQs [Troubleshooting] I cannot hear any sound from the S/PDIF output I cannot hear audio input (Mic, Line-in,etc.) from my speakers Instructions: I cannot hear the TV tuner audio from my speakers [FAQs] Q5: Why do I need Dolby and DTS for PC games Q6: What’s the most important benefit of the Xonar HDAV Slim for musicians