Contents

Notices.........................................................................................................

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Safety information........................................................................................

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Trademarks...................................................................................................

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License..........................................................................................................

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1.

Introduction......................................................................................

1

 

1.1

Package contents...............................................................

1

 

1.2

System requirements..........................................................

1

 

1.3

Specifications summary......................................................

2

2.

Xonar Essence STX card layout.....................................................

4

3.

Installing the hardware....................................................................

6

 

3.1

Preparing your computer....................................................

6

 

3.2

Installing the Xonar Essence STX card..............................

7

 

3.3

Connecting to a TV tuner card............................................

8

4.

Installing software...........................................................................

9

 

Installing the card driver.....................................................................

9

5.

Connecting speakers and peripherals.........................................

10

 

5.1

Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater).......

10

 

5.2

Connecting stereo headphones.........................................

11

 

5.3

Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers.................................

12

 

5.4

Connecting microphone....................................................

13

 

5.5

Connecting Line-In audio sources....................................

14

6.

Xonar Audio Center.......................................................................

15

 

6.1

Xonar Audio Center GUI...................................................

15

 

6.2

Main Setting......................................................................

17

 

6.3

Mixer/Volume....................................................................

25

 

6.4

Effects...............................................................................

28

 

6.5

Karaoke............................................................................

30

 

6.6

FlexBass...........................................................................

31

 

6.7

Smart Volume Normalization............................................

33

 

6.8

DS3D GX and DSP Modes...............................................

35

 

6.9

VocalFX............................................................................

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7.

Troubleshooting and FAQs...........................................................

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[Troubleshooting].............................................................................

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[FAQ]

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