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Xonar DSX 7.1 PCIE Audio card User manual.
ii E7797 First Edition V1 October 2012 Copyright © 2012 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, tra.
iii Contents Contents ...................................................................................................... iii Notices ......................................................................................................... iv Safety information .
iv Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
v This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products. Safety information • Before installing the device on a motherboard, carefully read all the manuals that came with the package.
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1 ASUS Xonar DSX 1. Introduction 1.1 Package contents • ASUS Xonar DSX PCIE audio card • S/PDIF T OSLINK optical adapter x1 • Low Prole Bracket x1 • Support CD • Quick Start Guide 1.
2 ASUS Xonar DSX 1.3 Specications summary (continued on the next page) Items Description Audio Performance Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A- Weighted): Up to 107dB Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A- Weighted): 100 dB Output T otal Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted): Up to 0.
3 ASUS Xonar DSX *Specications are subject to change without notice. Items Description Digital S/PDIF Output High-bandwidth Optical Connector supports 192KHz/24bit (shared with Back surround output.
4 ASUS Xonar DSX 2. Xonar DSX card layout 1 2 3 4 5 Audio ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
5 ASUS Xonar DSX 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-amplier . 1 Line In port Connect analog devices like MP3 players, CD players, music synthesizers and other line-level sound sources to this 3.
6 ASUS Xonar DSX 3. Installing the hardware 3.1 Installing the audio card 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.
7 ASUS Xonar DSX 3.2 Connecting to a TV tuner card 1. If you have a traditional PCIE or PCIE TV tuner card on your PC, you may need to connect it to the Xonar DSX card to send the tuner card’s sound to your PC speakers. 2. Secure the PCIE/PCIE TV tuner card and screw it into the back-panel.
8 ASUS Xonar DSX 4. Installing software Installing the card driver Ensure that you have installed the audio card driver before installing the Xonar DSX driver . Otherwise, driver installation error may occur . 1. After you have installed the Xonar DSX card, turn on your computer .
9 ASUS Xonar DSX 5. Connecting speakers and peripherals 5.1 Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater) The Xonar DSX supports DTS Interactive technology , which transcodes any audio, including games and music, into industry-standard DTS surround bit-streams.
10 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.2 Connecting stereo headphones 5.2.1 Connecting Stereo Headphones Headphone Out No Item Description 1 Front Out/Headphone Jack The Front Out jack has a built-in high-quality amplier to drive headphones. Connect your stereo headphones directly to this jack.
1 1 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.2.2 Connecting 5.1 channel Headphones 1 2 3 No Item Description 1 Front Out Connect the front-channel 3.5mm plug of your 5.1 headphones into this jack. 2 Side Surround Out Connect the surround-channel 3.5mm plug of your 5.1 headphone into this jack.
12 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.3 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 5.3.1 Connecting Analog Power Amplier 1 2 3 4 No Item Description 1 Front Out Connects to the “left front” and “right front” input ports of the analog amplier with the mini-jack to RCA cable.
13 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.3.2 Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers No Item Description 1 Front Out/Headphone Jack Connect the 2/2.1 speaker set’s 3.5mm plug into this Front Out jack.
14 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.3.3 Connecting 4/4.1 Channel Speakers No Item Description 1 Front Out Connects to the Front input port of the 4/4.1 speakers with the mini- jack cable. 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 4/4.1 speakers with the mini-jack cable.
15 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.3.4 Connecting 5.1 Channel Speakers 5.3.5 Connecting 6.1/7.1 Channel Speakers No Item Description 1 Front Out Connects to the Front input port of the 5.1 speakers with the mini-jack cable. 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 5.
16 ASUS Xonar DSX No Item Description 1 Front Out Connects to the Front input port of the 6.1/7.1 speakers with the mini-jack cable. 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 6.1/7.1 speakers with the mini-jack cable. 3 Center/Subwoofer Connects to the Center/Subwoofer input port of the 6.
17 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.4 Connecting a microphone Mic In 1 2 1 1 2 Headphone Out No Item Description 1 Microphone Input Jack Connect the microphone’s 3.5mm plug into this Mic-In jack for voice communication, recording, or karaoke. 2 Headphone Jack The Front Out jack has a built-in high-quality amplier to drive headphones.
18 ASUS Xonar DSX 5.5 Connecting Line-In audio sources Line In 1 No Item Description 1 Line Input Jack Connect the 3.5mm plug of the CD/MP3 Player or any other Line level analog audio sources into this Line-In jack for sound recording or real-time Dolby sound processing through the Monitoring path (See the “Mixer” section of the driver guide).
19 ASUS Xonar DSX 6. Xonar Audio Center 6.1 Xonar Audio Center GUI 1. After the driver installation is complete and your computer has been rebooted, you will nd the Xonar Audio Center’s icon in the system tray on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
20 ASUS Xonar DSX No Item Description 1 Support link Clicking this button will lead you to the ASUS ofcial website. 2 Display Area This display area shows the 10-band signal meter , volume level, and the status of the Dolby/DTS technologies, EQ, and DSP modes.
21 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2 Main Setting 6.2.1 Sample Rate The sample rate determines the number of audio samples per second that the Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC) and S/PDIF digital interface will output. The Xonar DSX card can support sample rates up to 192KHz (44.
22 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2.2 Analog Out mode No Item Description 1 Analog Out The Analog Out setting is used to adjust audio to your actual speaker setting, such as headphones, 2 speakers (or 2.1), 4 speakers (or 4.1), 5.1 speakers, 7.1 speakers, Front Panel Headphone and Front Panel 2 speakers (or 2.
23 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2.3 SPDIF Out / DTS Interactive Xonar DSX is capable of producing DTS Interactive audio, which is audio transcoded real-time into industry-standard DTS Digital bit-streams on-the-y . This is ideal for playback through a home theater system, creating an immersive and impressive cinema surround sound experience.
24 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2.4 Audio Channels (For Windows ® Vista only) This setting only appears in Windows ® Vista. V ista will deliver the audio channels to the audio driver according to this setting no matter what the original audio content is or how many channels they have.
25 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2.5 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter The 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter has the following major features: • Expanding/upmixing audio to 7.
26 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.2.6 DTS Neo:PC DTS Neo:PC 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 from MP3s, CDs, and TV programs into immersive 5.1 or 7.
27 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.3 Mixer/V olume The mixer page is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the Xonar DSX. In addition, the Xonar DSX also provides a high-quality digital monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers.
28 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.3.2 Recording/Monitoring V olume No Item Description 1 Recording V olume T ab Click this button to show the recording volume page. 2 Recording volume slider Drag this slider down to decrease the recording volume; drag up to increase the recording volume.
29 ASUS Xonar DSX 6 Source / path name This area indicates the source name for each volume control slider: S/PDIF-In : S/PDIF digital input source MIC : recording from MIC jack Mix : Stereo Mix will r.
30 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.4 Effects 6.4.1 Environment Effects Environment effects can be used to create realistic listening experiences that mimic different environments. There are a total of 27 environment options, which can be applied to music and other 2D sound sources.
31 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.4.2 10-Band Equalizer The equalizer can modify the audio output for different frequencies, and be used to compensate for deciencies in your speakers/systems. There are 12 default patterns and you can also make your own settings.
32 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.5 Karaoke The Xonar DSX provides powerful features for Karaoke, including Key-Shifting, V ocal Cancellation, and Microphone Echo. Microphone Echo can generate natural echo effects on your singing voice just like a karaoke machine.
33 ASUS Xonar DSX The following message appears when Mic Echo is selected: The pop-up window allows you to select a recording source. With Mic, you will only record audio source from microphone with echo effects; but you are able to record all audio sources from W ave, Aux, and Mic with microphone echo effect.
34 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.6 FlexBass FlexBass, an advanced bass management and enhancement mechanism, allows you to select each satellite speaker’s type for optimal sound performance from the speakers. (Small: common speaker that cannot produce low frequencies; Large: wide-band speakers that can produce low frequencies well).
35 ASUS Xonar DSX 0dB (Full-scale) - -10 dB Music 1 Music 2 SVN Off SVN On T 6.7 Smart V olume Normalization Smart V olume NormalizationTM (SVN) automatically keeps all music or video/ TV audio output at a constant level to reduce manual adjustment inherent with sound sources of different loudness.
36 ASUS Xonar DSX No Item Description 1 SVN On/Off Click this button to enable SVN. This button is outlined blue when active. 2 SVN blue light When SVN is enabled, the master volume knob will be illuminated by a blue light. It will be lit red if the volume is muted.
37 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.8 DS3D GX and DSP Modes Xonar DSX introduces an innovative technology – DirectSound 3D Game Extensions v2.5 (DS3D GX 2.5) - to restore DirectSound 3D Hardware acceleration mode and its subsidiary EAX effects on Windows ® Vista for 3D games.
38 ASUS Xonar DSX No Item Description 1 GX Mode DirectSound 3D Game Extensions mode supports EAX and DirectSound 3D Hardware extensions for many DirectX/ DirectSound3D games on Windows ® Vista and Windows ® XP .
39 ASUS Xonar DSX 6.9 V ocalFX V ocalFX is an innovative voice processing technology that can immerse your voice in a realistic game landscape (V oiceEX) or imitate background scenes while chatting online (ChatEX). It also allows you to change your voice pitch to disguise who you are (Magic V oice).
40 ASUS Xonar DSX For 3D Games 1. T ick the check box of V oiceEX and Local V oiceEX. 2. Make sure you and your team member can talk to each other in the game. For VOIP 1. Click the App List button. 2. If your VOIP application is not displayed on the list, press Add .
41 ASUS Xonar DSX 4. The VOIP application will be added to the list. 5. T ick the check box for ChatEX and Magic V oice. 6. ChatEX and Magic V oice will be enabled for use when you chat online. The following message appears when you enable the V ocalFX feature: The record device will be set to microphone.
42 ASUS Xonar DSX 7. Troubleshooting and FAQs [T roubleshooting] The audio card driver could not be installed on my PC. Instructions: 1. Make sure that you have properly plugged the audio card in the PCIE slot on your motherboard. 2. Check that the Windows hardware device manager has discovered a multimedia audio device.
43 ASUS Xonar DSX 3. Ensure that the device master volume or the software player has NOT been muted on the Xonar DSX Audio Center . 4. If you are using the DTS encoder through the S/PDIF output, the analog output will be muted to get rid of the interference between your digital speaker system and analog speakers or headphones.
44 ASUS Xonar DSX 3. If you are using a TV tuner card with digital audio output instead of analog, check that the sound is not muted and whether other applications can play sound out. If you still have problems, refer to the TV tuner card’s software user guide.
45 ASUS Xonar DSX Q5: Why do I need DTS for PC games? Answer: DTS Interactive and Neo:PC are available on the latest game consoles, like XBOX360 and PS3. DTS can provide the best gaming sound experience and compatibility with home theater or TV systems.
46 ASUS Xonar DSX Q9: Why are sound effects not available when playing 96K or 192KHz sound sources? Answer: The sound effects feature on the Xonar DSX currently supports standard 44.1K and 48KHz sound sources. However , users are assured of high delity playback for 96K sound sources.
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