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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Even if your setting differs from the audio source's sample rate, the Xonar D1 engine will do super high fidelity sample-rateconversion with a double floating-point filter, which can reduce total harmonic distortion (THD+N) by -140dB. 1 No 1 Item Sample Rate Description Please select the sample rate that corresponds to (or exceeds that of) your playback sources, for optimal audio fidelity. The Xonar D1 audio card supports sample rates up to 19KHz (44. 1K, 48K, 96K, 19KHz). 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. Please select the correct speaker type for your connected speakers. Click this button to show the speaker test window in the right pane. 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. Dolby Headphone produces surround sound cues so realistic that you will believe you are listening over speakers in a well-controlled studio. Dolby Headphone can also improve listening comfort and reduce "listener fatigue" from long listening over headphones. 2 3 4 1 No 1 Item Dolby Headphone enable/disable DH1 Description Click this check box to enable Dolby Headphone. Clicking the text bar will switch the right window to Dolby Headphone page for manual adjusting. Dolby Headphone (DH) provides three room filters that may be used with any type of audio. They differ in the sense of the "spatial dimension" they impart. DH1--Reference Room: Small, acoustically damped room. 2 3 4 DH2 DH3 DH--Livelier Room: More acoustically live than DH1 DH--Larger Room: Larger room than DH1; more distant and diffused effect. ASUS Xonar D1 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 MP 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. 2 3 1 No 1 Item Dolby Virtual Speaker enable/disable Reference Mode Description 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. Dolby Virtual Speaker provides two modes of virtualization: The first is Reference mode, which virtualizes the missing speakers as in the following picture. 2 3 Wide Mode Wide mode virtualizes the necessary speakers and enhances the surround experience as in the following picture. 4 ASUS Xonar D1 6. 3 Mixer/Volume The mixer page is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the Xonar D1. 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. [. . . ] 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. If you are using a traditional TV tuner card which has analog audio output, please connect it to the Aux-In header on the audio card Select Aux-In as the recording source and remember to turn on the digital monitoring button on the recording mixer page If you are using a TV tuner card which has digital audio output instead of analog, please check that the sound is not muted and whether other applications can play sound out. If you still have problem, please read the TV tuner card's software user guide. I found no sound effects when playing 96K or 192KHz sound sources. [. . . ]