•Soundcard and SPDIF

You will be able to tell if SPDIF is available on the soundcard by the cinch socket or the digital optical sound connection labelled with SPDIF. If you want to use this signal, you will need a speaker system with a decoder that can process digital signals. With a digital optical sound connection you will require a loudspeaker system with decoder which has digital optical input. Make sure you follow the operating instructions for the decoder.

•Using the multi-channel audio function (optional) If you want to find out more about the possibilities of multi-channel sound, you will find the corresponding information in the soundcard documentation.

"Sound on Board" sound processing and playback

If your system is equipped with "Sound on Board", then the AC97 sound standard (Audio Codec 97) or the new Intel® High Definition Audio (HDA) sound standard are available to you.

AC97(Audio Codec 97)

This is processed by a Codec chip (Coder Decoder) which is located on the motherboard. The AC97 sound standard is implemented by various chip manufacturers using the corresponding drivers and the associated programs.

HDA (Intel® High Definition Audio)

The new HDA sound standard, developed under the code name "Azalia" will be introduced with the new "Intel® 915P" chip generation. This new audio standard will soon supersede the AC97 standard. It offers considerably improved recording and reproduction properties. The automatic assignment recognition of the audio sockets is new. When you assign an audio socket, the menu for the "Realtek" player automatically appears with the associated "Audio Wizard".

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