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Item

Description

 

1Microphone Jack Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm jack for voice input. Built-in high-quality Microphone pre-amplifier.

2

Line Input Jack

Connect analog devices like MP3 players, CD players,

 

 

music synthesizers and other line-level sound sources to

 

 

this 3.5mm jack for audio recording or processing. (Through

 

 

Ultra-high fidelity 118dB SNR A-D converter)

3Headphone/Front Connect your headphones or 2/2.1 channel speakers to this

Output Jack jack. For multi-channel speaker systems, connects to the front left/right input on the powered speakers.

4Side Surround Output Connects to the surround channel input on 4/4.1/5.1/6.1/7.1

Jackpowered analog speakers.

5Center/Subwoofer Connects to the front center/subwoofer input on 5.1/6.1/7.1

Output Jack powered analog speakers.

6Rear/Back Surround Connects to the Back Surround input on 6.1/7.1 powered

Output Jack analog speakers.

7

S/PDIF Input

Coaxial and optical TOSLINK combo digital input jack.

 

 

Connects to external digital audio sources such as MD

 

 

players, CD players, or DVD players, for audio recording or

 

 

loopback.

8

S/PDIF Output

Coaxial and optical TOSLINK combo digital output jack.

 

 

Connects to external digital decoder or digital speaker

 

 

systems, Home Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting

 

 

digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro,

 

 

etc.

9

CD Input Header

4-pin header. Connects to the Analog Audio output on the

 

 

back panel of CD/DVD-ROM drive using an Analog CD

 

 

audio cable, which is usually available with your CD/DVD-

 

 

ROM drive. You can still play CD audio through the Xonar

 

 

driver without connecting this. We recommend playing audio

 

 

through the driver to take advantage of the Xonar’s high

 

 

quality D-A converter, but this header is provided in case you

 

 

need it.

10

Aux Input Header

4-pin header. Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of

 

 

TV tuner card or other sound source inside your PC system.

 

 

(To monitor your TV tuner card’s audio from this Aux-In, you

 

 

must enable the “monitor” function for Aux-In in the Xonar

 

 

Audio Center software’s recording mixer.)

11

MIDI I/O Header

Connects to the additional MIDI board/bracket (available in

 

 

the package)

12Main Audio Processor ASUS Xonar AV200 Audio Processing Unit (DuplexHD 192K/24bit)

13

PCI Bus Golden

Connects to the PCI slot on your motherboard

 

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