Asus Xonar DX, XONARH6 - page 11

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ASUS Xonar DX

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1Microphone Jack Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm jack

for voice input. Built-in high-quality Microphone pre-

amplifier.

1Line 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 115dB SNR A-D converter)

1S/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.

2Headphone/front output

jack

Connect your headphones or 2/2.1 channel speakers to

this jack. For multi-channel speaker systems, connects to

the front left/right input on the powered speakers.

3Side surround output

jack

Connects to the surround channel input on

4/4.1/5.1/6.1/7.1 powered analog speakers.

4Center/subwoofer

output jack

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

powered analog speakers.

5Rear/back Surround

Output Jack

Connects to the Back Surround input on 6.1/7.1 powered

analog speakers.

6Front panel audio

header

Connect one end of the front panel audio cable to the front

panel audio header on the DX card, the other end to the

chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module on your

motherboard.

7Aux 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.)

8PCI Express Bus

Golden Fingers

Connects to the PCI Express slot on your motherboard

9Main Audio Processor ASUS Xonar AV100 Audio Processing Unit (DuplexHD

192K/24bit)

Contents

Main ii E3549 First Edition V1 January 2008 Page Contents Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Safety information Trademarks License 1. Introduction 1.1 Package Contents 1.2 System Requirements 2ASUS Xonar DX 1.3 Specications summary (continued on the next page) 3 ASUS Xonar DX *Specications are subject to change without notice. 4ASUS Xonar DX 2. About Hardware 2.1 Xonar DX Audio Processing Card Page 3. Installing the Xonar Hardware 3.1 Preparing Your Computer 3.2 Installing the Audio Processing Card Page 3.3 Connecting TV Tuner Card 1. 4. Installing Software 4.1 Installing the Audio Card Driver Page 4.3 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 4.3.1 Uninstalling Software 4.3.2 Reinstalling Software 5. Connecting Speakers and Peripherals 5.1 Connecting Digital Speaker Systems (Home Theater) 5.2 Connecting Headphones 5.2.1 Connecting Stereo Headphones 5.2.2 Connecting 5.1 channel Headphones 5.3 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 5.3.1 Connecting Analog Power Amplier 5.3.2 Connecting 2/2.1 Channel Speakers 5.3.3 Connecting 4/4.1 Channel Speakers 4 Speakers 4.1 Speakers 5.3.4 Connecting 5.1 Channel Speakers 5.3.5 Connecting 6.1/7.1 Channel Speakers 6.1 Speakers 5.1 Speakers 7.1 Speakers 5.4 Connecting Microphone 5.5 Connecting Line-In Audio Sources 6. Xonar DX Driver Guide 6.1 Introduction to the Xonar DX Audio Center GUI Page 6.2 Main Setting 6.2.1 Sample Rate 6.2.2 Analog Out/Speaker Test 6.2.3 SPDIF Out/DDL 6.2.4 Audio Channels (For Vista only) 6.2.5 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter 6.2.6 Dolby Pro-Logic IIx 6.2.7 Dolby Headphone 6.2.8 Dolby Virtual Speaker 6.3 Mixer/Volume 6.3.1 Playback Volume 6.3.2 Recording/Monitoring Volume Page 6.4 Effects 6.4.1 Environment Effects 6.4.2 10-Band Equalizer 6.5 Karaoke/Magic Voice 6.6 FlexBass 6.7 AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) 6.8 Smart Volume Normalization Page 6.9 DS3D GX (for Vista Only) and DSP Modes 6.10 VocalFX Page Page Page 6.11 ASIO 2 Driver When Using Ableton Live When Using Sonar LE Page Page 7. Portable Music Processor Software Guide 7.1 Introduction Page 7.2 Converting music in Main Setting Page Click the main setting page to start the PMP music conversion process. Page 7.3 Find Converted Music in PMP Music Page 8. RMAA Test Guide 8.1 Setting Up Xonar DX Audio Card Page Page 8.2 Conguration and Test with RMAA Page Page Page Page Page 9. RightMark Audio Analyzer test Testing chain: External loopback (line-out - line-in) Sampling mode: 24-bit, 48 kHz Page THD + Noise (at -3 dB FS) Page IMD (swept tones) 10. Troubleshooting and FAQs [Troubleshooting] Page Page [FAQs]