Asus Xonar DSX User manual

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ASUS Xonar DS Quick Start Guide
English
E8464
First Edition V1
June 2013
Xonar DS
7.1 PCI Audio card
Quick Start Guide
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ASUS Xonar DS Quick Start Guide
English
Table of content
English ................................................................................................1
Français ................................................................................................6
Deutsch ..............................................................................................10
Italiano ..............................................................................................14
Español ..............................................................................................18
Português ...........................................................................................22
Pyccкий
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Hrvatski ..............................................................................................30
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ASUS Xonar DS Quick Start Guide
English
1. Package contents
Check your ASUS Xonar DS audio card package for the following items:
ASUS Xonar DS PCI audio card
S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1
• LowProleBracketx1
Support CD
Quick Start Guide
2. System requirements
To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar DS card, your computer must meet
the following requirements:
One PCI 2.2 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Vista (32/64bit) / XP (32/64bit) / MCE2005
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 1.4 GHz or AMD
®
Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU
• 256MB(orabove)DRAMsystemmemory
• 60MBavailableHDDspacefordriverinstallationpackage
• CD-ROMdrive(orDVD-ROMdrive)forsoftwareinstallation
High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital or DTS
decoder,toenjoytheultra-highdelitysoundofthecard
3. Hardware introduction
3.1 Xonar DS card layout
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ASUS Xonar DS Quick Start Guide
English
No Item Description
1 Microphone In port
Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm port for
voiceinput.Built-inhigh-qualityMicrophonepre-amplier.
1 Line In port
ConnectanalogdeviceslikeMP3players,CDplayers,
musicsynthesizersandotherline-levelsoundsourcesto
this 3.5mm port for audio recording or processing. (Through
Ultra-highdelity102dBSNRA-Dconverter)
2 Headphone/Front
Out port
Connect your headphones or 2/2.1 channel speakers to this
3.5mm port. For multi-channel speaker systems, connects to
the front left/right input on the powered speakers.
3 Side Surround Out
port
Connects to the surround channel input on 4/4.1/5.1/6.1/7.1
powered analog speakers.
4 Center/Subwoofer
Out port
Connects to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1/6.1/7.1
powered analog speakers.
5 Rear/back Surround
Out port
ConnectstotheBackSurroundinputon6.1/7.1powered
analog speakers.
5 S/PDIF Out port
Optical TOSLINK digital output port. Connects to external
digital decoder or digital speaker systems, Home Theater
systems,AVreceiversforoutputtingdigitalaudioincluding
PCM, DTS Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro, etc.
6 Front panel audio
header
Intel HDA front-panel compatible and supports HP jack-
detection and automatically switch audio output from the
back panel to the front panel.
Supports both front-panel and sound card mic input mixing
7 Aux Input Header
Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of TV tuner card
or other sound source inside your PC system. (To monitor
yourTVtunercard’saudiofromthisAux-In,youmustenable
the “monitor” function for Aux-In in the Xonar DS Audio
Center‘srecordingmixer.)
8 S/PDIF Out header
Connects to the graphics card with HDMI support.
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ASUS Xonar DS Quick Start Guide
English
3.2 Card installation
Beforeyouproceedwiththefollowinginstallationsteps,it’srecommendedthat
youdisableyouronboardaudiodeviceinyourBIOSsettings,oruninstallany
otheraudiocardsonyourPC.(ForBIOSsettingoruninstallationofothersound
cards, refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and audio card.)
Installing the Xonar DS card
1. Power OFF the computer, the monitor, and
allotherperipheraldevicesconnectedto
your computer.
2. Unplug the computer power cord from your
computer and power outlet.
3. Touch the metal back or side panel of the
computertoavoidstaticelectricity.
4. Removethechassiscover.
5. RemovethemetalbracketfromanavailablePCIslotfortheXonarDSaudio
card.
6. Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI slot. Ensure the audio card sits
properly in place.
7. Secure the audio card with screws and the metal bracket.
8. Putbackthechassiscover.
9. Reconnectallcables.
10. Plug the power cord to the computer and to a power outlet.
11. Power ON the computer.
4. Driver installation
Installing the Xonar DS card driver
1. AfteryouhaveinstalledtheXonarDScard,turnonyourcomputer.Windows
®
automaticallydetectstheaudiocardandsearchesfordevicedrivers.When
promptedforthedrivers,clickCancel.
2. InsertthesupportCDintotheopticaldrive.IfAutorunisenabledinyour
system, the setup starts automatically. If not, run setup.exe from your
support CD.
3. Followtheonscreeninstructionstonishtheinstallation.
TheversionandcontentofthesupportCDaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
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