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5.1-Channel PCI Sound Card
Unleash the excitement of home theater on your PC. Envelop yourself in genuine digital
Experience
5.1channel information from stereo or ProLogic sources. Coupled with the unique QMSS algorithm, the Acoustic Edge analyzes stereo mixes and places sound effects in convincing
QSound algorithms will give you unmatched 3D audio realism for games and movies using any speaker configuration from two to six speakers. For true 5.1
The power behind Acoustic Edge is the Philips ThunderBird Avenger™ audio accelerator. This powerful DSP (Digital Signal Processor) can process up to 256 sounds simultaneously with minimal consumption of your computer’s power. An extreme hardware accel- erator assures
SIREN™ XPress Music Management Software. Record CDs and other music straight to your hard drive at the
–save songs at near
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PSC706
Technical Specifications
Audio Accelerator/Digital Signal Processor
• PHILIPS ThunderBird Avenger™ DSP for extreme hardware acceleration
Codec
• AC97 CODEC
Digital Acceleration
•96 streams of 3D audio acceleration including position reverb
•256 streams of DirectSound accelerations and digital mixing
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•64 hardware sample rate conversion channels up to 48khz
•Wavetable and FM Synthesis
•DirectInput devices
Comprehensive Connectivity
•5.1 (6 channel) channel analog output
•Digital S/PDIF output (stereo, AC3 or DTS signal)
•Digital S/PDIF input
•MIDI in/Midi out/dual game port
•Additional external inputs: Line in, Mic in
• Additional internal inputs: CD in, Aux in,TAD in, S/PDIF in)
•Special effects can be applied to any audio input including conversion of stereo to quadraphonic or 5.1 output, QXpander,
Music Synthesis
•Up to 576 total wavetable synthesis voices
•Reverb and chorus
•64 channel hardware CD quality (16 bit, 44.1khz) wavetable synthesizer with 5.9MB sample set
•Hardware FM Synthesizer (real mode DOS)
•512 voice professional quality
Digital Signal Processor Algorithms
•QSound3DInteractive™ positional 3D for 2 speakers, 4 speakers or 5.1 speakers
•QSound Multi Speaker System™ for quadraphonic or 5.1 channel output of stereo music, video and games
•QSound Environmental Modeling for EAX™ and DirectSound3D™ games
•QSurround™ virtual 5.1 playback of DVDs using 2 speakers*
*Requires compatible
System Requirements:
•One available PCI
•Genuine Intel‚ Pentium class 133Mhz or faster processor
•Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chip set
•16MB system RAM
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Printed in USA
Date printed: November 2000
Specifications subject to change without notice. © 2000 Philips Consumer Electronics Co.
A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corp.