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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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... 25 - Bass Management 17 Figure 15 - Front Panel 18 Figure 17 - S/PDIF In 21 Figure 21 - Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Task Bar Icon for Adeck 25 Figure 26 - Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled 11 Figure 6 - Jack Configuration Panel - Headphone Configuration 20 Figure 19 - Hot Key Configuration Panel 22 Figure 23 -
... 25 - Bass Management 17 Figure 15 - Front Panel 18 Figure 17 - S/PDIF In 21 Figure 21 - Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Task Bar Icon for Adeck 25 Figure 26 - Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled 11 Figure 6 - Jack Configuration Panel - Headphone Configuration 20 Figure 19 - Hot Key Configuration Panel 22 Figure 23 -
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... 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 customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of S/PDIF input/output device Supports hot Keys Supports multi-language Supports speaker testing Supports multi-device selection...
... 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 customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of S/PDIF input/output device Supports hot Keys Supports multi-language Supports speaker testing Supports multi-device selection...
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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 lower part of the panel. To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. Figure 1 - When any of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of channels, S/PDIF out status or sound effect status...
... the lower part of the panel. To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. Figure 1 - When any of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of channels, S/PDIF out status or sound effect status...
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... is located to the right of several parts as shown in the speaker configuration panel. When any of two parts; In the full mode, both the top and bottom panel will be changed in Figure 3. Mute button: This is controlled using a slider. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of the buttons are activated (except the "Power" button), the bottom panel...
... is located to the right of several parts as shown in the speaker configuration panel. When any of two parts; In the full mode, both the top and bottom panel will be changed in Figure 3. Mute button: This is controlled using a slider. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of the buttons are activated (except the "Power" button), the bottom panel...
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... 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 be selected: "Equalizer" or "Bass Management". The user can select which playback or recording device to see if it . System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can configure the S/PDIF related control. Speaker Configuration Panel: As...
... 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 be selected: "Equalizer" or "Bass Management". The user can select which playback or recording device to see if it . System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can configure the S/PDIF related control. Speaker Configuration Panel: As...
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...-click on the headphone icon at the bottom-right corner. There are up to hear the test audio clip. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to 8 channels available. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 11 Configuration Panels Speaker Configuration Panel As Figure 4 shows, the Speaker Configuration Panel is selected the right side of the panel will be changed.
...-click on the headphone icon at the bottom-right corner. There are up to hear the test audio clip. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to 8 channels available. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 11 Configuration Panels Speaker Configuration Panel As Figure 4 shows, the Speaker Configuration Panel is selected the right side of the panel will be changed.
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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 To switch back to speaker control Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 -
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... Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. Mixer Configuration Panel -- On the bottom-left of the Playback items has a volume, balance and mute control. User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to Analog Path Figure 7 - Playback Device Setting User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows...
... Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. Mixer Configuration Panel -- On the bottom-left of the Playback items has a volume, balance and mute control. User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to Analog Path Figure 7 - Playback Device Setting User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows...
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... of this feature. Headphone 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 Mic 20db boost control check boxes. Mixer Configuration Panel - Mixer Configuration Panel - Each of the audio input. On the bottom-right is enabled. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as...
... of this feature. Headphone 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 Mic 20db boost control check boxes. Mixer Configuration Panel - Mixer Configuration Panel - Each of the audio input. On the bottom-right is enabled. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as...
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Front Microphone Figure 10 - 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 -
Front Microphone Figure 10 - 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 -
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... two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". 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 the current equalizer setting, click on the "Delete" button. The equalizer settings will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu...
... two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". 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 the current equalizer setting, click on the "Delete" button. The equalizer settings will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu...
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... speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for the speakers. Additionally, the user can enable the "Bass Management" features by checking the "Bass Boost" checkbox. Each speaker (except for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. Effects Configuration Panel - The "Bass Management" feature allows the user to 310Hz. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows...
... speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for the speakers. Additionally, the user can enable the "Bass Management" features by checking the "Bass Boost" checkbox. Each speaker (except for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. Effects Configuration Panel - The "Bass Management" feature allows the user to 310Hz. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows...
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... Configuration Panel - The user should be re-assigned. Front Panel 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 configure all the jacks at the rear side of the computer system. Back Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 16 - The "Front Panel" lists...
... Configuration Panel - The user should be re-assigned. Front Panel 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 configure all the jacks at the rear side of the computer system. Back Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 16 - The "Front Panel" lists...
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is selected. An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will be displayed. There the user can assign the jack to it. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. Indicates...
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is selected. An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will be displayed. There the user can assign the jack to it. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. Indicates...
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The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Figure 18 - Headphone Configuration User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. There are two headphone configurations that can use a multi-channel device (such as 5.1 surround...
The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. Figure 18 - Headphone Configuration User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. There are two headphone configurations that can use a multi-channel device (such as 5.1 surround...
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... checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. 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 rate. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling...
... checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. 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 rate. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling...
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 22 System Information Panel The System Information Panel displays the current system information, allows the user to select the language for Adeck and enables the user to set hot keys for controlling the volume and muting. Figure 21 - Figure 22 - To use the hot keys, "Enable Hot Key Function" must first be checked. System Information Panel The "Hot Key" Configuration Panel allows the user to visit the VIA web site. Hot Key Configuration Panel
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 22 System Information Panel The System Information Panel displays the current system information, allows the user to select the language for Adeck and enables the user to set hot keys for controlling the volume and muting. Figure 21 - Figure 22 - To use the hot keys, "Enable Hot Key Function" must first be checked. System Information Panel The "Hot Key" Configuration Panel allows the user to visit the VIA web site. Hot Key Configuration Panel
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...No part of this document may be accurate and reliable as of the publication date of this document are the properties of the information in this document is believed to its users. The information and product specifications within this document. All trademarks are subject to change ... patent rights of this document is for any errors in any form or by this document. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 28 Copyright © 2007 VIA Technologies Incorporated. The material in this document and for the use of VIA Technologies, Inc.
...No part of this document may be accurate and reliable as of the publication date of this document are the properties of the information in this document is believed to its users. The information and product specifications within this document. All trademarks are subject to change ... patent rights of this document is for any errors in any form or by this document. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 28 Copyright © 2007 VIA Technologies Incorporated. The material in this document and for the use of VIA Technologies, Inc.