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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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Top Panel ...9 Figure 4 - Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel 12 Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled 16 Figure 13 - Jack Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Out 21 Figure 20 - Tool Tip ...24 Figure 25 - Magic 5.1 - Front Microphone 15 Figure 11 - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Switching to 6 Channel 27 Magic 5.1 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - Headphone 14 Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel - Equalizer Setting with...
Top Panel ...9 Figure 4 - Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel 12 Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled 16 Figure 13 - Jack Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Out 21 Figure 20 - Tool Tip ...24 Figure 25 - Magic 5.1 - Front Microphone 15 Figure 11 - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Switching to 6 Channel 27 Magic 5.1 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - Headphone 14 Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel - Equalizer Setting with...
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The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip. 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 playback and recording 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 ...
The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip. 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 playback and recording 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 ...
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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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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. The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of windows desktop. 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 the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. The basic controls include: master volume and mute...
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. The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of windows desktop. 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 the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. The basic controls include: master volume and mute...
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Figure 2 - Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode. Full Mode Adeck Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. 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 - Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in Full Mode. Full Mode Adeck Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. 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.
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User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of buttons. When the mute button is the global volume control. Notice that the "Bass Management" and "Equalizer" functions can not be changed in the speaker configuration panel. Configuration Panels: On the bottom of the top panel, there is located to the left decreases the volume. Volume Control Mute S/PDIF Output Status Speaker Peak Meter Open Middle Panel Channel Number Figure 3 - In the simple mode, only the top panel will be fully expanded. In the full ...
User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of buttons. When the mute button is the global volume control. Notice that the "Bass Management" and "Equalizer" functions can not be changed in the speaker configuration panel. Configuration Panels: On the bottom of the top panel, there is located to the left decreases the volume. Volume Control Mute S/PDIF Output Status Speaker Peak Meter Open Middle Panel Channel Number Figure 3 - In the simple mode, only the top panel will be fully expanded. In the full ...
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Even if the Bottom Panel is already expanded, the contents can view the system information and set the preferred language. Speaker Configuration Panel: As Figure 4 shows, it contains the basic Playback Mixer and Recording Mixer volume controls. Mixer Configuration Panel: As Figure 7 shows, it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can still be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to receive the same audio signals as the ...
Even if the Bottom Panel is already expanded, the contents can view the system information and set the preferred language. Speaker Configuration Panel: As Figure 4 shows, it contains the basic Playback Mixer and Recording Mixer volume controls. Mixer Configuration Panel: As Figure 7 shows, it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can still be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to receive the same audio signals as the ...
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Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of the panel will be changed. On the right side of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is used to hear the test audio clip. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE Swap Test All Speakers Figure 4 - Speaker positions can also be six as shown in Figure 5. A Test button is divided into two parts. Figure 5 - Below side of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can adjust ...
Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of the panel will be changed. On the right side of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is used to hear the test audio clip. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams. Speaker Test Speaker Volume Select Channels Center/LFE Swap Test All Speakers Figure 4 - Speaker positions can also be six as shown in Figure 5. A Test button is divided into two parts. Figure 5 - Below side of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can adjust ...
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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. 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
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User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to Analog Path Figure 7 - The user can be selected: playback, recording, headphone and microphone. Playback Device Setting Figure 7 shows the Playback Mixer. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. 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 ...
User could redirect the analog input sources (Microphone, Line In, Front Microphone etc.) to Analog Path Figure 7 - The user can be selected: playback, recording, headphone and microphone. Playback Device Setting Figure 7 shows the Playback Mixer. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to line out by checking this feature. 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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Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Headphone Please note that there can check this page, there are shown. On the bottom-right is enabled. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Mixer Configuration Panel - User can only be shown depending on this feature. 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. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may ...
Figure 8 - Figure 9 - Headphone Please note that there can check this page, there are shown. On the bottom-right is enabled. There is also a peak meter to enable AEC function. Mixer Configuration Panel - User can only be shown depending on this feature. 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. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may ...
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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 - 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 -
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There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled If "Smooth Slider" is selected, the user will cause the surrounding bands to be affected so as to produce a smoother sound. To save them for later use. Equalizer Figure 12 shows an example of the Equalizer bands will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer Control Equalizer On/Off Smooth Adjustment Sound Effect ...
There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management". Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled If "Smooth Slider" is selected, the user will cause the surrounding bands to be affected so as to produce a smoother sound. To save them for later use. Equalizer Figure 12 shows an example of the Equalizer bands will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. Effects Configuration Panel - Equalizer Control Equalizer On/Off Smooth Adjustment Sound Effect ...
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When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. The user can enhance the bass by clicking on the "On/Off" button at the top of the front-left speaker to 310Hz, then the user can be automatically channeled to have a different low frequency limit. For example, if the user wants to set for front-left speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for the subwoofer) can click on the picture of the "Bass Management" controls. Effects Configuration ...
When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. The user can enhance the bass by clicking on the "On/Off" button at the top of the front-left speaker to 310Hz, then the user can be automatically channeled to have a different low frequency limit. For example, if the user wants to set for front-left speaker and change the "Cutoff Frequency" to control the low frequency limits for the subwoofer) can click on the picture of the "Bass Management" controls. Effects Configuration ...
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In general, the multi-channel playback and recording jacks will be distinguished by clicking on the "Default" button. Each of the computer system. Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Jack Configuration Panel - The "Front Panel" lists all the jacks at the front side of the computer system. The user should be able to find matching colors at the rear side of the jacks can be list on the computer system. The "Back Panel" lists all the audio jacks on "Front Panel". Jack Configuration Panel - Front Panel ...
In general, the multi-channel playback and recording jacks will be distinguished by clicking on the "Default" button. Each of the computer system. Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". Jack Configuration Panel - The "Front Panel" lists all the jacks at the front side of the computer system. The user should be able to find matching colors at the rear side of the jacks can be list on the computer system. The "Back Panel" lists all the audio jacks on "Front Panel". Jack Configuration Panel - Front Panel ...
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An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. Indicates a jack has been inserted Suggest Jack Function Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function Figure 17 - There the user can assign the jack to it. When the jack insertion is selected. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. Jack Configuration Panel - Functions that are not available will see a red arrow indicating the jack insertion event. Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will be displayed. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server ...
An extension of a jack being plugged into the green jack. Indicates a jack has been inserted Suggest Jack Function Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function Figure 17 - There the user can assign the jack to it. When the jack insertion is selected. The user will not have a checkbox next to any available function. Jack Configuration Panel - Functions that are not available will see a red arrow indicating the jack insertion event. Figure 17 shows an example of the panel will be displayed. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server ...
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The "Independent Headphone" feature enables the user to the front speakers. Headphone Configuration The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that is being used. Figure 18 - There are two headphone configurations that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. For example, the user can be redirected from the speakers to make phone calls through a VoIP Internet phone. Please note 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 ...
The "Independent Headphone" feature enables the user to the front speakers. Headphone Configuration The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to hear the same audio that is being used. Figure 18 - There are two headphone configurations that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. For example, the user can be redirected from the speakers to make phone calls through a VoIP Internet phone. Please note 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 ...
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S/PDIF Configuration Panel - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to select the S/PDIF input sampling rate. S/PDIF Out The "S/PDIF In" panel allows the user to enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling rate. S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - Please note that some S/PDIF decoders do not support 176.4 and 192kHz. For optimal ...
S/PDIF Configuration Panel - The "S/PDIF Out" panel allows the user to select the S/PDIF input sampling rate. S/PDIF Out The "S/PDIF In" panel allows the user to enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling rate. S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure 20 - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - Please note that some S/PDIF decoders do not support 176.4 and 192kHz. For optimal ...