User manual ASUS XONAR U1

[. . . ] Xonar U1 External USB Audio Station User's manual R E3348 First Edition V1 September 2007 Copyright © 2007 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Click + to increase volume (move speakers closer); click ­ to decrease volume (move speakers further away) Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate counterclockwise Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate clockwise Manually drag and rotate all speakers (except Subwoofer) This is the default mode that allows you to manually drag each speaker or the listener with your mouse. 2 Drag speaker or listener 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reset Increase/decrease volume Counter-clockwise Clockwise Manual Rotation Manual Drag Mode 18 ASUS Xonar U1 6. 2. 6 Dolby Pro-Logic IIx Dolby Pro-Logic IIx is a 7. 1 surround upmixing technology and is widely used in home theater systems, TVs, game consoles, and car audio systems. It can expand stereo audio, such as MP3, CD, and TV programs into immersive 5. 1 or 7. 1-channel surround. 3 4 5 1 2 6 No 1 Item Dolby Pro-Logic IIx enable/disable Music Mode Description Click this check box to enable Dolby Pro-Logic IIx. Clicking the text bar will switch the right window to the Pro-Logic IIx page for manual adjustments. Music mode is the default mode for regular music playback. In this mode, you can adjust the Center Width and Dimension parameters. This parameter is used to set the spread of the center, mainly for the vocal signals of songs and music. Drag the scroll bar to the left to centralize the vocal signal. Drag to the right side to widen the vocal sound range. The dimension parameter fades sounds to the front or rear of the listener. Movie mode is a preset optimized for movie audio. 2 3 Center Width 4 5 6 Dimension Reset Movie Mode ASUS Xonar U1 19 6. 2. 7 Dolby Headphone Dolby Headphone creates a stunning multi-channel surround experience over ordinary stereo headphones for playing 3D games, watching 5. 1 DVD movies, and listening to music. 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 DH2--Livelier Room: More acoustically live than DH1 DH3--Larger Room: Larger room than DH1; more distant and diffused effect. 20 ASUS Xonar U1 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 MP3 content, and when combined with Dolby Pro Logic® IIx 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. ASUS Xonar U1 21 6. 3 Mixer/Volume The mixer page is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the Xonar U1. In addition, the Xonar U1 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 digital playback (CD-DA) volume control - LEFT, RIGHT. . . : the volume control for each speaker/ channel. [. . . ] PMP Lite can't support DRM protected content. Currently PMP Lite only support common 16 bit audio sources. If you have 24 bit sources, please try converting it into 16bit formats first with some software editing tool (Ableton Live, Cakewalk, CoolEdit, Soundforge, etc. ) 2. 4. I cannot hear any audio when I use a 32-bit program to play a DVD movie in a 64-bit version of Window s Vista Instructions: 1. [. . . ]