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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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... 11 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - System Information Panel 22 Figure 22 - Set Volume with Independent Headphone Enabled 11 Figure 6 - Magic 5.1 - Magic 5.1 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Headphone 14 Figure 10 - Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Equalizer Setting...
... 11 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - System Information Panel 22 Figure 22 - Set Volume with Independent Headphone Enabled 11 Figure 6 - Magic 5.1 - Magic 5.1 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Headphone 14 Figure 10 - Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Equalizer Setting...
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... the best use 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 Deck (Adeck) is a Windows based program which co-works with detailed user...
... the best use 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 Deck (Adeck) is a Windows based program which co-works with detailed user...
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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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... If the user needs to control the sound effects in the center of the panel. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. These buttons are activated, the Adeck system will be displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of windows desktop.... Figure 1 - 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...
... If the user needs to control the sound effects in the center of the panel. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. These buttons are activated, the Adeck system will be displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of windows desktop.... Figure 1 - 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...
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Full Mode Adeck 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. Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode. Figure 2 - Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands.
Full Mode Adeck 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. Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode. Figure 2 - Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands.
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...left decreases the volume. Notice that is activated, all speakers connected to the left of two parts; If it is shown, that indicates the audio system will hide itself in the speaker configuration panel. Power Button: When the Power button is enabled, "EQ" will be fully shown. ...Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management The number of audio channels that the "Bass Management" and "Equalizer" functions can be enabled at the same time. Bass Management Indicator: The Bass Management Indicator is...
...left decreases the volume. Notice that is activated, all speakers connected to the left of two parts; If it is shown, that indicates the audio system will hide itself in the speaker configuration panel. Power Button: When the Power button is enabled, "EQ" will be fully shown. ...Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management The number of audio channels that the "Bass Management" and "Equalizer" functions can be enabled at the same time. Bass Management Indicator: The Bass Management Indicator is...
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 10 Bottom Panel The Bottom Panel is connected, single-click on the desired speaker. S/PDIF Configuration Panel: ... output volume control. System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can configure the S/PDIF related control. To test a speaker to receive the same audio signals as the front speakers. Effects Configuration Panel: As Figure 11 shows, there are dependent upon the button that can still be active. Jack Configuration...
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 10 Bottom Panel The Bottom Panel is connected, single-click on the desired speaker. S/PDIF Configuration Panel: ... output volume control. System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can configure the S/PDIF related control. To test a speaker to receive the same audio signals as the front speakers. Effects Configuration Panel: As Figure 11 shows, there are dependent upon the button that can still be active. Jack Configuration...
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... provided through which a user can also be six as shown in Figure 5. There are up to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE Swap Test All Speakers Figure 4 - On the right side of channels will change accordingly...has been enabled, the maximum number of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can select the number of audio channels. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of the speaker configuration on the right...
... provided through which a user can also be six as shown in Figure 5. There are up to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE Swap Test All Speakers Figure 4 - On the right side of channels will change accordingly...has been enabled, the maximum number of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can select the number of audio channels. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of the speaker configuration on the right...
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To switch back to speaker control Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 - Headphone Volume Setting in Figure 6. Click here to return to the speaker volume controls, click on the speaker icon at the bottom-right corner. 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
To switch back to speaker control Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 - Headphone Volume Setting in Figure 6. Click here to return to the speaker volume controls, click on the speaker icon at the bottom-right corner. 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
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... Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. Figure 7 shows the Playback Mixer. Playback Device Setting 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...
... Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. Figure 7 shows the Playback Mixer. Playback Device Setting 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...
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... is an AEC (acoustic echo cancellation) control check box. Headphone On the bottom-left side of this feature. Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Each of the audio input. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Please note that there can check this box to show the volume of the Recording...Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 14 On the Recording Mixer, all possible input devices are Mic 20db boost control and Front...
... is an AEC (acoustic echo cancellation) control check box. Headphone On the bottom-left side of this feature. Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Each of the audio input. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Please note that there can check this box to show the volume of the Recording...Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 14 On the Recording Mixer, all possible input devices are Mic 20db boost control and Front...
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Front Microphone Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel - 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.
Front Microphone Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel - 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.
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... User Defined Adjust Values Figure 11 - Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled To save them for later use. Figure 12 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 16 Effects Configuration Panel There are seven preset equalizer settings that can create custom settings and save...
... User Defined Adjust Values Figure 11 - Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled To save them for later use. Figure 12 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 16 Effects Configuration Panel There are seven preset equalizer settings that can create custom settings and save...
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... is set the low frequency limit for front-left speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. Bass Management Additionally, the user can click on the picture of the front-left speaker...enhance the bass by clicking on the "On/Off" button at the top of the "Bass Management" controls. Figure 14 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. For example, if the user wants to set ...
... is set the low frequency limit for front-left speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. Bass Management Additionally, the user can click on the picture of the front-left speaker...enhance the bass by clicking on the "On/Off" button at the top of the "Bass Management" controls. Figure 14 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. For example, if the user wants to set ...
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.... In general, the multi-channel playback and recording jacks will be distinguished by clicking on the computer system. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 18 Jack Configuration Panel The Jack Configuration Controls enable the user to set jack function ... jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 16 - The user should be able to identify each jack. The "Back Panel" lists all the audio jacks on the "Default" button. Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Jack...
.... In general, the multi-channel playback and recording jacks will be distinguished by clicking on the computer system. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 18 Jack Configuration Panel The Jack Configuration Controls enable the user to set jack function ... jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 16 - The user should be able to identify each jack. The "Back Panel" lists all the audio jacks on the "Default" button. Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Jack...
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The user will also be displayed. There the user can assign the jack to it. 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" ...
The user will also be displayed. There the user can assign the jack to it. 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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..." feature enables the user to the headphone. In this mode, once the headphone has been inserted the audio will be redirected from the speakers to hear the same audio that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Headphone Configuration There are two headphone configurations that can ... using the independent headphone feature to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to the front speakers. Figure 18 ...
..." feature enables the user to the headphone. In this mode, once the headphone has been inserted the audio will be redirected from the speakers to hear the same audio that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Headphone Configuration There are two headphone configurations that can ... using the independent headphone feature to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to the front speakers. Figure 18 ...
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... sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 21 S/PDIF Configuration Panel The S/PDIF Configuration Panel enables the user to select the S/PDIF input sampling...
... sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 21 S/PDIF Configuration Panel The S/PDIF Configuration Panel enables the user to select the S/PDIF input sampling...