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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 Revision History Rev 1.1e Date Jun.13.07 Initial PW Note Initial public release
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 Revision History Rev 1.1e Date Jun.13.07 Initial PW Note Initial public release
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 Table of Contents Revision History...2 Table of Contents ...3 List of Figures...4 Introduction ...5 System Requirement ...6 Display Mode ...7 Simple Mode ...7 Full Mode...8 Panel Detail ...9 Top Panel ...9 Bottom Panel...10 Configuration Panels ...11 Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Mixer Configuration Panel 13 Effects Configuration Panel 16 Jack Configuration Panel 18 S/PDIF Configuration Panel 21 System Information Panel 22 Tool Tips ...24 Task Bar ...25 Magic 5.1 ...26
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 Table of Contents Revision History...2 Table of Contents ...3 List of Figures...4 Introduction ...5 System Requirement ...6 Display Mode ...7 Simple Mode ...7 Full Mode...8 Panel Detail ...9 Top Panel ...9 Bottom Panel...10 Configuration Panels ...11 Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Mixer Configuration Panel 13 Effects Configuration Panel 16 Jack Configuration Panel 18 S/PDIF Configuration Panel 21 System Information Panel 22 Tool Tips ...24 Task Bar ...25 Magic 5.1 ...26
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Jack Configuration Panel - Jack Detect Event Occur 19 Figure 18 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Magic 5.1 - Simple Mode Adeck 7 Figure 2 - Effects Configuration Panel - Effects Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration Panel - Tool Tip ...24 Figure 25 - Task Bar Icon with Hot Key 23 Figure 24 - Top Panel ...9 Figure 4 - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - Recording Device ...
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Jack Configuration Panel - Jack Detect Event Occur 19 Figure 18 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Magic 5.1 - Simple Mode Adeck 7 Figure 2 - Effects Configuration Panel - Effects Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration Panel - Tool Tip ...24 Figure 25 - Task Bar Icon with Hot Key 23 Figure 24 - Top Panel ...9 Figure 4 - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - Recording Device ...
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With the advanced audio control interface, users can make the best use of S/PDIF input/output device Supports hot Keys Supports multi-language Supports speaker testing Supports multi-device selection for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments. The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 5 Introduction Audio ...
With the advanced audio control interface, users can make the best use of S/PDIF input/output device Supports hot Keys Supports multi-language Supports speaker testing Supports multi-device selection for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments. The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 5 Introduction Audio ...
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 6 System Requirement Adeck only supports the VIA HD audio chip series with DirectX 9.0C Minimum System Requirement Intel Pentium III 1.0GHz or above Minimum of 256MB of RAM Minimum of 10MB of available hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or above Recommended System Requirement Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz or above 512MB of RAM or above Microsoft Window XP Professional Service Pack 2 with VIA HD audio driver installed.
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 6 System Requirement Adeck only supports the VIA HD audio chip series with DirectX 9.0C Minimum System Requirement Intel Pentium III 1.0GHz or above Minimum of 256MB of RAM Minimum of 10MB of available hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or above Recommended System Requirement Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz or above 512MB of RAM or above Microsoft Window XP Professional Service Pack 2 with VIA HD audio driver installed.
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The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of the panel. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 7 Display Mode Simple Mode Once Adeck has been launched, the panel will enter full mode for detailed control. These buttons are activated, the Adeck system will be displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of channels, S/PDIF out status or sound effect status, etc. When any of windows desktop. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to ...
The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of the panel. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 7 Display Mode Simple Mode Once Adeck has been launched, the panel will enter full mode for detailed control. These buttons are activated, the Adeck system will be displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of channels, S/PDIF out status or sound effect status, etc. When any of windows desktop. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to ...
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Full Mode Adeck Figure 2 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 8 Full Mode In the full mode, the bottom part of Adeck in the expanded portion. Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode.
Full Mode Adeck Figure 2 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 8 Full Mode In the full mode, the bottom part of Adeck in the expanded portion. Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode.
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In the simple mode, only the top panel will be enabled at the same time. Top Panel The top panel consists of two parts; Channels Display: On the right of the peak meter, there is a display showing the number of audio channels that is a row of channels used in the system. The number of peak meters changes according to the number of buttons. Configuration Panels: On the bottom of channels can not be visible. Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management Mute button: This is located below the Channel Display. The number of the top panel, there is being used in the system. ...
In the simple mode, only the top panel will be enabled at the same time. Top Panel The top panel consists of two parts; Channels Display: On the right of the peak meter, there is a display showing the number of audio channels that is a row of channels used in the system. The number of peak meters changes according to the number of buttons. Configuration Panels: On the bottom of channels can not be visible. Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management Mute button: This is located below the Channel Display. The number of the top panel, there is being used in the system. ...
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Jack Configuration Panel: As Figure 15 shows, the user can program the hot keys. The user can be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to see if it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. Additionally, the user can re-task every jack's usage and active jack detection. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 10 Bottom Panel The Bottom Panel is already expanded, the contents can select which playback or recording device to ...
Jack Configuration Panel: As Figure 15 shows, the user can program the hot keys. The user can be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to see if it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. Additionally, the user can re-task every jack's usage and active jack detection. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 10 Bottom Panel The Bottom Panel is already expanded, the contents can select which playback or recording device to ...
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There are up to hear the test audio clip. On the right side of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can adjust the volume level for Center/LFE Swapping. To test a speaker, single-click on the headphone icon at the bottom-right corner. This function is selected the right side of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is a check box for each speaker separately. Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled Once a channel configuration is used to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE ...
There are up to hear the test audio clip. On the right side of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can adjust the volume level for Center/LFE Swapping. To test a speaker, single-click on the headphone icon at the bottom-right corner. This function is selected the right side of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is a check box for each speaker separately. Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled Once a channel configuration is used to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE ...
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To switch back to speaker control Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 - Headphone Volume Setting in Figure 6. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 12 The headphone volume controls are as shown in Speaker Control Panel Click here to return to the speaker volume controls, click on the speaker icon at the bottom-right corner.
To switch back to speaker control Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 - Headphone Volume Setting in Figure 6. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 12 The headphone volume controls are as shown in Speaker Control Panel Click here to return to the speaker volume controls, click on the speaker icon at the bottom-right corner.
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Mixer Configuration Panel -- User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to line out control check box. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 13 Mixer Configuration Panel On the Mixer Configuration Panel, there are four mixer devices that can also select the default playback device from a drop-down menu. On the bottom-left of the Playback items has a volume, balance and mute control. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo ...
Mixer Configuration Panel -- User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to line out control check box. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 13 Mixer Configuration Panel On the Mixer Configuration Panel, there are four mixer devices that can also select the default playback device from a drop-down menu. On the bottom-left of the Playback items has a volume, balance and mute control. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo ...
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On the bottom-left side of this page, there are shown. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. Mixer Configuration Panel - User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Headphone On the bottom-right is enabled. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as the "Playback" mixer controls, but it is only visible when the "Independent Headphone" feature is an AEC (acoustic echo...
On the bottom-left side of this page, there are shown. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. Mixer Configuration Panel - User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Headphone On the bottom-right is enabled. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as the "Playback" mixer controls, but it is only visible when the "Independent Headphone" feature is an AEC (acoustic echo...
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 15 The "Front Microphone" configuration panel is shown in the figure below contains on mixer control because the front microphone only has one input jack. Mixer Configuration Panel - Figure 10 - Front Microphone
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 15 The "Front Microphone" configuration panel is shown in the figure below contains on mixer control because the front microphone only has one input jack. Mixer Configuration Panel - Figure 10 - Front Microphone
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Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled The equalizer settings will cause the surrounding bands to be affected so as to be selected: Classical, Dance, Pop, Rock, Vocal, Jazz and Party. To delete a setting, select the setting to produce a smoother sound. Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled If "Smooth Slider" is selected, the user will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & ...
Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled The equalizer settings will cause the surrounding bands to be affected so as to be selected: Classical, Dance, Pop, Rock, Vocal, Jazz and Party. To delete a setting, select the setting to produce a smoother sound. Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled If "Smooth Slider" is selected, the user will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & ...
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The "Bass Management" feature allows the user to control the low frequency limits for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to have a different low frequency limit. When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for the subwoofer) can enhance the bass by clicking on the picture of the "Bass Management" controls. Figure 14 - Bass Management User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. Each speaker (except for front-left speaker and change the "...
The "Bass Management" feature allows the user to control the low frequency limits for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to have a different low frequency limit. When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for the subwoofer) can enhance the bass by clicking on the picture of the "Bass Management" controls. Figure 14 - Bass Management User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. Each speaker (except for front-left speaker and change the "...
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The "Back Panel" lists all the jacks at the front side of the computer system. And the "Headphone" and "Front Mic" will be listed in Figure 15, the jacks can be able to configure all the jacks at the rear side of the computer system. Each of the jacks can easily revert to set jack function Default Jack Function Jack Color Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 15 - Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Front Panel Jack Configuration Panel - In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the...
The "Back Panel" lists all the jacks at the front side of the computer system. And the "Headphone" and "Front Mic" will be listed in Figure 15, the jacks can be able to configure all the jacks at the rear side of the computer system. Each of the jacks can easily revert to set jack function Default Jack Function Jack Color Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 15 - Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Front Panel Jack Configuration Panel - In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the...
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Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will also be displayed. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. There the user can assign the jack to it. An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. When the jack insertion is selected. Indicates a jack has been inserted Suggest Jack Function Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function Figure 17 - Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is plugged-in, a new panel will be displayed if the "Auto Show Dialog"...
Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will also be displayed. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. There the user can assign the jack to it. An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. When the jack insertion is selected. Indicates a jack has been inserted Suggest Jack Function Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function Figure 17 - Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is plugged-in, a new panel will be displayed if the "Auto Show Dialog"...
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For example, the user can be chosen: "Independent Headphone" or "Redirected Headphone". The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that can use a multi-channel device (such as 5.1 surround sound) to watch a movie while simultaneously using the independent headphone feature to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. Headphone Configuration There are two headphone configurations that is being used. Please note that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Figure 18 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, ...
For example, the user can be chosen: "Independent Headphone" or "Redirected Headphone". The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that can use a multi-channel device (such as 5.1 surround sound) to watch a movie while simultaneously using the independent headphone feature to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. Headphone Configuration There are two headphone configurations that is being used. Please note that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Figure 18 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, ...
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Please note that some S/PDIF decoders do not support 176.4 and 192kHz. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to configure S/PDIF related control. For optimal performance, the selected sampling rate should match the sampling rate of the incoming stream. S/PDIF In User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck...
Please note that some S/PDIF decoders do not support 176.4 and 192kHz. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to configure S/PDIF related control. For optimal performance, the selected sampling rate should match the sampling rate of the incoming stream. S/PDIF In User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck...