User manual ASUS XONAR HDAV1.3 DELUXE

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ASUS Xonar D1 Contents Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Typical values: -Audio CD, MP, WMA, Wave files are 44. 1KHz; -The audio of DVD-Video is 48KHz; -DVD-Audio or other HD media may contain 96KHz or 19KHz high-definition audio content. ASUS Xonar D1 7 6. 2. 2 Analog Out/Speaker Test 1 2 3 No 1 Item Analog Out Description The Analog Out setting is used to match your actual speaker setting, such as headphones, speakers (or . 1), 4 speakers (or 4. 1), 5. 1 speakers, 7. 1 speakers, Front Panel Headphone and Front Panel speakers (or . 1). Xonar D1 will play the channels and do the proper D/Dolby sound processing accordingly. Click the "play" button to test each speaker one by one or click each speaker manually to test. (note: the Speaker Test function is not available on Windows Vista due to a limitation in its audio stack. ) 2 Speaker Test 3 Speaker Swap Clicking this button will pop up an advanced setting window to allow you to: ­Swap center/bass outputs for 5. 1/7. 1-speaker set ups -Swap Side/Surroud outputs for 7. 1-speaker set ups Check the box if your speakers are outputting the incorrect channel. Otherwise, leave them blank. 8 ASUS Xonar D1 6. 2. 3 SPDIF Out/DDL Xonar D1 is capable of outputting Dolby Digital Live, which are real-time encoders that transcode any audio, including games and music, into industry-standard Dolby Digital bit-streams on-the-fly. This is ideal for playback through a home theater system, creating an immersive and impressive cinema surround sound experience. It enables a single digital connection to carry high quality Dolby Digital surround audio from your PC to digital speakers and AV Receivers. 2 3 1 No 1 Item S/PDIF Out enable/ disable S/PDIF Output Formats/Functions Description Click this check box to enable S/PDIF output. Note: Ensure that you enable S/PDIF output when using the S/PDIF out header onboard. This pull-down menu allows you to select one of the following four formats: -PCM (Pulse Code Modulation, which is a typical raw audio data format. ) -Dolby Digital Live real-time 5. 1ch encoding 2 3 Dobly Digital Live advanced upmixing option This advanced setting will automatically upmix stereo (ch) content to 5. 1 channel surround with Dolby Pro-Logic II when using Dolby Digital Live output. ASUS Xonar D1 9 6. 2. 4 Audio Channels (For Vista only) This setting only appears in Windows Vista. Vista will deliver the audio channels to the audio driver according to this setting, no matter what the original audio content is or how many channels they have. Therefore, you need to set this in accordance with your audio content before you play it. In addition, the Xonar D1 also provides a high-quality digital monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers. You can also process the input signals with all playback sound effects such as Dolby technology. 6. 3. 1 Playback Volume 6 1 5 4 3 2 No 1 2 Item Playback Volume Tab Source/Path Name Description Click this button tto show the playback volume page. This shows the source name for each volume control slider, including: - WAVE: All digital audio sources except MIDI files - SW: Software Synthesizer; control the playback volume of the MIDI files - CD: CD-ROM playback (CD-DA) volume control - LEFT, RIGHT. . . : the volume control for each speaker/ channel. Note: Windows® Vista does not support WAVE, Synthesizer and CD Player volume controls. Drag this slider down to decrease the volume; drag it up to increase the volume. The tool-tip reveals the percentage number from 1 to 100 in terms of the full scale level. The horizontal slider controls the volume between the left and right channels. Reset all volume controls to the default settings ASUS Xonar D1 5 3 4 Mute/Unmute button Volume Slider 5 6 Left/Right Balance Reset 6. 3. 2 Recording/Monitoring Volume 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 8 No 1 2 Item Recording Volume Tab Source/Path Name Description 9 Click this button to show the recording volume page. This shows the source name for each volume control slider, including: Mix: Stereo Mix which will record all analog inputs and digital wave audio you are playing on PC MIC: recording from MIC jack Aux: recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources Line-In: recording from Line-in jack for external audio devices WAVE: recording from digital wave audio you are playing on PC (Note: Windows Vista doesn't support WAVE recording. ) 3 Monitoring button Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio to outputs (PC speakers). Therefore, the recording volume will influence the monitoring signals from speaker outputs. The audio will be mixed into the streams you are playing out from your PC and all DSP effects will be applied to the source, too. [. . . ] Please try restart your Windows. 5. I can't hear audio input (Mic, Line-in, AUX, etc. ) from my speakers Instructions: 1. Please go to the mixer recording page in the Audio Center and select the correct input as the recording source. If you are using Windows Vista, please also go to system audio control panel to see the current default recording/ input device is right. Please remember to turn on the digital monitoring button for that recording source. . ASUS Xonar D1 69 I can't hear the TV tuner audio from my speakers Instructions: 1. [. . . ]