Asus Xonar DX, XONARH6 6.2.8 Dolby Virtual Speaker

30 ASUS Xonar DX

6.2.8 Dolby Virtual Speaker

Dolby Virtual Speaker technology simulates a 5.1-speaker surround sound

listening environment from as few as two speakers. Dolby Virtual Speaker also

creates a wider two-channel environment during playback of stereo CDs and MP3

content, and when combined with Dolby Pro Logic® II processing, delivers a virtual

5.1-channel surround listening experience from any high-quality stereo source.

No Item Description

1 Dolby Virtual Speaker

enable/disable

Click this check box to enable Dolby Virtual Speaker. Clicking

the text bar will switch the right window to a Dolby Virtual

Speaker page for manual adjusting.

2 Reference Mode Dolby Virtual Speaker provides two modes of virtualization:

The first is Reference mode, which virtualizes the missing

speakers as in the following picture.

3 Wide Mode Wide mode virtualizes the necessary speakers and

enhances the surround experience as in the following

picture.

2 3

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]