User manual ASUS VE228N

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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. ii Table of contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To configure the speakers and microphone using the Audio Wizard: 1. from the Click the wizard icon SoundMAX® control panel. The Audio Wizard initial window appears. You can also launch the wizard by clicking the C o n f i g u r a t i o n button when AudioESP detects and verifies a newly connected peripheral. 2. Click N e x t t. 3. Select the speaker configuration from the drop-down list. 1 S p e a k e r s if you have a 6-channel audio system. The jack configuration illustration specifies the correct audio speakers connection. 4. Click N e x t t. 5. 6. Adjust a speaker volume, then click T e s t to listen to your configuration. Click N e x t when finished. ASUS Pundit-AE3 3-9 7. Adjust the microphone volume, then click T e s t to listen to your configuration. 8. After adjusting the audio settings, click F i n i s h to exit the Audio Wizard. The microphone volume screen is disabled when you select a 5. 1 speaker configuration. Changing the audio settings You can change the general audio, listening environment, synthesizer, and microphone settings using the Preferences window of the SoundMAX application. To change the audio settings using the Preferences window: 1. The Click the Preferences icon Preferences window appears. 2. Click a tab (General, Listening environment, MIDI Music Synthesizer, Microphone) to display the audio settings and preferences. Chapter 3: Getting started 3-10 General The G e n e r a l tab allows you to select and adjust the playback and recording devices, and the SoundMAX application preferences. Listening Environment The L i s t e n i n g E n v i r o n m e n t tab allows you to select the speaker setup, set the acoustic environment, enable the Virtual Theater(TM) Surround feature, and set the VirtualEar(TM) mode. ASUS Pundit-AE3 3-11 MIDI Music Synthesizer The M I D I M u s i c S y n t h e s i z e r tab allows you to set the MIDI and synthesizer settings for your selected audio configuration. Microphone The M i c r o p h o n e tab allows you to select the microphone setup and environment. 3-12 Chapter 3: Getting started 3. 3. 2 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is a utility that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you of any problem with these components. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others. Click an item from the left panel to display on the right panel. Click the plus sign (+) before W M I I n f o r m a t i o n to display the available information. You can enlarge or reduce the browser size by dragging the bottom right corner of the browser. 3-16 Chapter 3: Getting started DMI browser Click to display the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) browser. This browser displays various desktop and system information. Click the plus sign (+) before D M I I n f o r m a t i o n to display the available information. PCI browser Click to display the PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) browser. This browser provides information on the PCI devices installed on your system. Click the plus sign (+) before the P C I I n f o r m a t i o n item to display available information. ASUS Pundit-AE3 3-17 Usage The U s a g e browser displays real-time information on the CPU, hard disk drive space, and memory usage. CPU usage The C P U tab displays real-time CPU usage in line graph representation. If the CPU has an enabled Hyper-Threading*, two separate line graphs display the operation of the two logical processors. * O n I n t e l® C P U s o n l y . 3-18 Chapter 3: Getting started Hard disk drive space usage The H a r d D i s k tab displays the used and available hard disk drive space. The left panel of the tab lists all logical drives. Click a hard disk drive to display the information on the right panel. The pie chart at the bottom of the window represents the used (blue) and the available HDD space. Memory usage The Memory tab shows both used and available physical memory. [. . . ] To change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press <Enter>. The message "Password Uninstalled" appears. If you forget your BIOS password, you clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section "4. 2 Jumpers" for information on how to erase the RTC RAM. 5-28 Chapter 5: BIOS setup After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to change other security settings. Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password : Not Installed : Not Installed [Full Access] [Setup] Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check User Access Level (Full Access] This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. [. . . ]