Asus N4L-VM DH Using Dolby¨ Digital Liveª, Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the Windows¨ taskbar, 3.Launch the Realtek HD Audio Manager by double clicking the

Using Dolby¨ Digital Liveª

The Dolby¨ Digital Liveª technology encodes your computerÕs digital audio contents to real-time Dolby¨ Digital streams. Using the CODEC and the Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) ports on the motherboard, you can send the encoded Dolby¨ Digital streams to an AC-3 decoder for playback on a multi-channel speaker system.

Refer to the following illustrations when converting sounds to Dolby¨ Digital streams.

Direct or non-encoded audio in your computer passes through the AC-3 encoder.

The AC-3 encoder converts the sound into Dolby¨ Digital streams.

The audio CODEC processes the streams then passes it to an AC-3 decoder through the S/PDIF out port.

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The AC-3 decoder processes the streams then plays them back on a multi-channel speaker system.

To enable the Dolby¨ Digital Liveª:

1.Connect an AC-3 decoder to the coaxial/optical S/PDIF out port.

2.Connect the AC-3 decoder to the multi-channel speaker system.

3.Launch the Realtek HD Audio Manager by double clicking theRealtek HD Audio Manager icon on the Windows¨ taskbar.

4. Click the Dolby Digital Live button. You can now convert your computerÕs audio content to Dolby¨ Digital streams.

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