User manual ASUS XONAR U1 LITE AUDIO STATION BLANC

[. . . ] 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. 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. 29 iii Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] 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 Dolby Virtual Speaker 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. 3 Mixer/Volume The mixer page is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the Xonar U3. In addition, the Xonar U3 also provides a high-quality digital monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers. 1 Playback Volume 1 6 5 4 3 2 No 1 2 Item Playback volume tab Source / path name Description Click this button to 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 NOTE: Windows® Vista does not support WAVE, Synthesizer and CD-In volume controls. Click this button to mute the audio channel; click this button again to restore the audio output. 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. 2 Recording/Monitoring Volume 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 Description No 1 2 Item Recording Volume Tab Source / path name Click this button to show the recording volume page. This shows the source name for each volume control slider, including: MIC: recording from MIC jack Line-In: recording from Line-in jack for external audio devices WAVE: recording from digital wave audio you are playing on PC 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 DGP effects will be applied to the source, too. Click this button to select the path/source you are going to record. please note that the recording function on Windows is a one-path selector. So, you can select only one default recording source at a time. You may have to restart the recorder program if you switch to a different source. [. . . ] For Dolby Digital Live, you may have to double check that the AV receiver is in that decoding mode. 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, also go to system audio control panel to see the current default recording/input device is right. Remember to turn on the digital monitoring button for that recording source. [. . . ]