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... [FAQ 42 iii Installing the hardware 6 3.1 Preparing your computer 6 3.2 Installing the Xonar Essence STX card 7 3.3 Connecting to a TV tuner card 8 4. Xonar Audio Center 15 6.1 Xonar Audio Center GUI 15 6.2 Main Setting 17 6.3 Mixer/Volume 25 6.4 Effects 28 ...6.5 Karaoke 30 6.6 FlexBass 31 6.7 Smart Volume Normalization 33 6.8 DS3D GX and DSP Modes 35 6.9 VocalFX 37 7. Xonar Essence STX card layout 4 3. Contents Notices...iv Safety information v Trademarks v License...v 1. Connecting speakers and peripherals 10 5.1 Connecting ...
... [FAQ 42 iii Installing the hardware 6 3.1 Preparing your computer 6 3.2 Installing the Xonar Essence STX card 7 3.3 Connecting to a TV tuner card 8 4. Xonar Audio Center 15 6.1 Xonar Audio Center GUI 15 6.2 Main Setting 17 6.3 Mixer/Volume 25 6.4 Effects 28 ...6.5 Karaoke 30 6.6 FlexBass 31 6.7 Smart Volume Normalization 33 6.8 DS3D GX and DSP Modes 35 6.9 VocalFX 37 7. Xonar Essence STX card layout 4 3. Contents Notices...iv Safety information v Trademarks v License...v 1. Connecting speakers and peripherals 10 5.1 Connecting ...
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1. Introduction 1.1 Package contents • ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI Express audio card • 3.5mm-to-RCA cable x1 • 3.5mm-to-6.3mm adapter x1 • S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1 • Support CD ... drive ) for software installation • High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital decoder, to enjoy the ultra-high fidelity sound of the card ASUS Xonar Essence STX
1. Introduction 1.1 Package contents • ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI Express audio card • 3.5mm-to-RCA cable x1 • 3.5mm-to-6.3mm adapter x1 • S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1 • Support CD ... drive ) for software installation • High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital decoder, to enjoy the ultra-high fidelity sound of the card ASUS Xonar Essence STX
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Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz rmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz 0.0003% (-110dB) for Front-out 0.001% (-100dB) for Headphone-out 0.0002% (-113dB) for Line-in sponse (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz format):
Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz rmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz 0.0003% (-110dB) for Front-out 0.001% (-100dB) for Headphone-out 0.0002% (-113dB) for Line-in sponse (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz format):
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ASUS Xonar Essence STX Dolby Pro-Logic II DirectSound3D Game EXtensions 2.0 & 1.0 (DS3D GX 2.0) VocalFXTM Smart Volume NormalizerTM Karaoke Functions FlexBassTM Xear 3DTM Virtual Speaker Shifter Other Effects 3D Gaming ... Engines/APIs ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: environment from as few as two speakers. Dolby Pro-Logic II is the well-known technology to change without notice. Xonar Essence STX provides VocalFX, the latest vocal effect technologies for gaming and VoIP, including: -VoiceEX: produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice to others in EAX games...
ASUS Xonar Essence STX Dolby Pro-Logic II DirectSound3D Game EXtensions 2.0 & 1.0 (DS3D GX 2.0) VocalFXTM Smart Volume NormalizerTM Karaoke Functions FlexBassTM Xear 3DTM Virtual Speaker Shifter Other Effects 3D Gaming ... Engines/APIs ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: environment from as few as two speakers. Dolby Pro-Logic II is the well-known technology to change without notice. Xonar Essence STX provides VocalFX, the latest vocal effect technologies for gaming and VoIP, including: -VoiceEX: produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice to others in EAX games...
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Xonar Essence STX card layout 6 7 8 1 2 9 3 4 5 No Item 1 Front Right Out port 2 Front Left Out port 3 Headphone Out port 4 Microphone In port Description Connect the Right audio cable (red) ... systems, connects to match your headphone, before the connection, adjust the headphone impedance settings in high-quality Microphone pre-amplifier. (continued on the next page) ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connect your speakers to this port. DO NOT connect your external PC microphone to the headphone out port. 2. NOTE: - Built-in the...
Xonar Essence STX card layout 6 7 8 1 2 9 3 4 5 No Item 1 Front Right Out port 2 Front Left Out port 3 Headphone Out port 4 Microphone In port Description Connect the Right audio cable (red) ... systems, connects to match your headphone, before the connection, adjust the headphone impedance settings in high-quality Microphone pre-amplifier. (continued on the next page) ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connect your speakers to this port. DO NOT connect your external PC microphone to the headphone out port. 2. NOTE: - Built-in the...
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...HDMI output. otherwise, there will be no audio output from this Aux-In, you must enable the "monitor" function for Aux-In in the Xonar Essence STX Audio Center's recording mixer.) Connects to this 6.3mm port for outputting digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro, etc. Connects ... to the Analog Audio output of TV tuner card or other sound source inside your PC system. (To monitor your power supply unit. ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connects to a graphics card with the other line-level sound sources to the power cable of decoding DDL; Connect one end of the...
...HDMI output. otherwise, there will be no audio output from this Aux-In, you must enable the "monitor" function for Aux-In in the Xonar Essence STX Audio Center's recording mixer.) Connects to this 6.3mm port for outputting digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro, etc. Connects ... to the Analog Audio output of TV tuner card or other sound source inside your PC system. (To monitor your power supply unit. ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connects to a graphics card with the other line-level sound sources to the power cable of decoding DDL; Connect one end of the...
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Unplug the computer power cord from an available PCI Express x1 slot for the Xonar Essence STX audio card. 6. Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI Express x1 slot. Touch the metal back or side panel of your motherboard and sound ... sound cards on your computer Before you proceed with the following installation steps, it is recommended that you disable the onboard audio device in place. ASUS Xonar Essence STX Installing the hardware 3.1 Preparing your PC.
Unplug the computer power cord from an available PCI Express x1 slot for the Xonar Essence STX audio card. 6. Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI Express x1 slot. Touch the metal back or side panel of your motherboard and sound ... sound cards on your computer Before you proceed with the following installation steps, it is recommended that you disable the onboard audio device in place. ASUS Xonar Essence STX Installing the hardware 3.1 Preparing your PC.
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Reconnect all . Power ON the computer. If the power cable is not connected properly, the audio card will not work at all cables. 5. Put back the chassis cover. 4. Connect the 4-pin power cable of the audio card. 3. ASUS Xonar Essence STX The PCI Express high-quality audio card requires additional power from your power supply unit to a power outlet. 6. Plug the power cord to the computer and to the power connector of your computer. Secure the audio card with screws and the metal bracket. 2. 3.2 Installing the Xonar Essence STX card 1.
Reconnect all . Power ON the computer. If the power cable is not connected properly, the audio card will not work at all cables. 5. Put back the chassis cover. 4. Connect the 4-pin power cable of the audio card. 3. ASUS Xonar Essence STX The PCI Express high-quality audio card requires additional power from your power supply unit to a power outlet. 6. Plug the power cord to the computer and to the power connector of your computer. Secure the audio card with screws and the metal bracket. 2. 3.2 Installing the Xonar Essence STX card 1.
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... PC speakers. 2. If you have a traditional PCI or PCI Express TV tuner card on sound effects such as the recording source in the Xonar Essence STX Center's recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this setup, you can even turn on your PC, you may need to connect...5.1 or 7.1 channel surround sound. Select Aux-In as Pro-Logic IIx to expand the stereo TV audio to your TV set. ASUS Xonar Essence STX For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar HDAV uses ADC recording to the audio output. Using this signal to digitize the signal and loops it into the back-panel. 3. 3.3...
... PC speakers. 2. If you have a traditional PCI or PCI Express TV tuner card on sound effects such as the recording source in the Xonar Essence STX Center's recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this setup, you can even turn on your PC, you may need to connect...5.1 or 7.1 channel surround sound. Select Aux-In as Pro-Logic IIx to expand the stereo TV audio to your TV set. ASUS Xonar Essence STX For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar HDAV uses ADC recording to the audio output. Using this signal to digitize the signal and loops it into the back-panel. 3. 3.3...
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...installation finishes, you have connected the additional power cable from your support CD. 3. If it before installing the Xonar Essence STX driver. Insert the support CD into the optical drive. ASUS Xonar Essence STX You can choose to complete the installation. If not, run setup.exe from your system, the setup...Ensure that you have installed the VGA card driver before you go on your computer. After you have installed the Xonar Essence STX card, turn off the computer to the card. If Autorun is not connected properly, the card will remind you to restart ...
...installation finishes, you have connected the additional power cable from your support CD. 3. If it before installing the Xonar Essence STX driver. Insert the support CD into the optical drive. ASUS Xonar Essence STX You can choose to complete the installation. If not, run setup.exe from your system, the setup...Ensure that you have installed the VGA card driver before you go on your computer. After you have installed the Xonar Essence STX card, turn off the computer to the card. If Autorun is not connected properly, the card will remind you to restart ...
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... 2 Optical cable Description Plug the optical TOSLINK adapter into the S/PDIF-Out combo connector. 5. Connecting speakers and peripherals 5.1 Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater) The Xonar Essence STX supports Dolby Digital Live technology, which transcodes any of your decoder's S/PDIF-In port to the S/PDIF-Out combo jack and connect the other end...
... 2 Optical cable Description Plug the optical TOSLINK adapter into the S/PDIF-Out combo connector. 5. Connecting speakers and peripherals 5.1 Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater) The Xonar Essence STX supports Dolby Digital Live technology, which transcodes any of your decoder's S/PDIF-In port to the S/PDIF-Out combo jack and connect the other end...
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Connect your stereo headphones to drive headphones. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 11 5.2 Connecting stereo headphones Headphone Out The Headphone Out port has a built-in high-quality amplifier to the Headphone Out port son the Xonar Essence STX card.
Connect your stereo headphones to drive headphones. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 11 5.2 Connecting stereo headphones Headphone Out The Headphone Out port has a built-in high-quality amplifier to the Headphone Out port son the Xonar Essence STX card.
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5.3 Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers 2 Speakers 2.1 Speakers 1 1 1 Front Right Out Front Left Out No Item 1 Front Left/Right Out Description The Left/Right Front Out ports have a built-in high-quality amplifier to the Front Left/Right Out ports on the Xonar Essence STX card. 12 ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connect the 2/2.1 speaker set's 3.5mm plug to the bundled RCA-to-3.5mm Y cable, and then connect the Left/Right ends to drive headphones.
5.3 Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers 2 Speakers 2.1 Speakers 1 1 1 Front Right Out Front Left Out No Item 1 Front Left/Right Out Description The Left/Right Front Out ports have a built-in high-quality amplifier to the Front Left/Right Out ports on the Xonar Essence STX card. 12 ASUS Xonar Essence STX Connect the 2/2.1 speaker set's 3.5mm plug to the bundled RCA-to-3.5mm Y cable, and then connect the Left/Right ends to drive headphones.
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5.4 Connecting microphone 1 2 2 1 Front Right Out Front Left Out Mic In 2 No Item Description Front Left/Right Out port/Headphone port Connect the headphone's 3.5mm plug to the bundled RCAto-3.5mm Y cable, and then connect the Left/Right ends to the to Front Left/Right Out ports on the Xonar Essence STX card. 1 Microphone Input port Connect your external PC microphone to this port by using the bundled 6.3mm-to-3.5mm adapter for voice communication, recording, or karaoke. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 13
5.4 Connecting microphone 1 2 2 1 Front Right Out Front Left Out Mic In 2 No Item Description Front Left/Right Out port/Headphone port Connect the headphone's 3.5mm plug to the bundled RCAto-3.5mm Y cable, and then connect the Left/Right ends to the to Front Left/Right Out ports on the Xonar Essence STX card. 1 Microphone Input port Connect your external PC microphone to this port by using the bundled 6.3mm-to-3.5mm adapter for voice communication, recording, or karaoke. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 13
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5.5 Connecting Line-In audio sources 1 Line In No Item 1 Line Input Jack Description Connect the CD/MP3 Player or any other Line level analog audio sources to this Line-In port by using the bundled 6.3mm-to-3.5mm adapter for sound recording or real-time Dolby sound processing through the Monitoring path (See the Mixer section of the driver guide). 14 ASUS Xonar Essence STX
5.5 Connecting Line-In audio sources 1 Line In No Item 1 Line Input Jack Description Connect the CD/MP3 Player or any other Line level analog audio sources to this Line-In port by using the bundled 6.3mm-to-3.5mm adapter for sound recording or real-time Dolby sound processing through the Monitoring path (See the Mixer section of the driver guide). 14 ASUS Xonar Essence STX
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... in more detail. 4 Minimize button 1 Close button 2 5 6 7 8 3 9 ASUS Xonar Essence STX 15 6. After the driver installation is the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the Xonar Essence STX driver. You can control the functions and features of the Xonar Essence STX driver on the bottom right-hand corner of the Xonar Audio Center. The Xonar Audio Center is complete and your computer has...
... in more detail. 4 Minimize button 1 Close button 2 5 6 7 8 3 9 ASUS Xonar Essence STX 15 6. After the driver installation is the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the Xonar Essence STX driver. You can control the functions and features of the Xonar Essence STX driver on the bottom right-hand corner of the Xonar Audio Center. The Xonar Audio Center is complete and your computer has...
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... website. it again will display a blue light when enabled. Clicking this button will display a red light when playback is OFF. 16 ASUS Xonar Essence STX No Item 1 Support link 2 Display Area 3 Setting Menu Panel 4 Information icon 5 Menu Open/Close 6 Master Volume 7 Mute Button 8 SVN Button 9 DSP Mode Description Clicking this ...
... website. it again will display a blue light when enabled. Clicking this button will display a red light when playback is OFF. 16 ASUS Xonar Essence STX No Item 1 Support link 2 Display Area 3 Setting Menu Panel 4 Information icon 5 Menu Open/Close 6 Master Volume 7 Mute Button 8 SVN Button 9 DSP Mode Description Clicking this ...
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The Xonar Essence STX card can reduce total harmonic distortion (THD+N) by -140dB. 1 No Item 1 Sample Rate...44.1KHz; -The audio of ) your playback sources, for your setting differs from the audio source's sample rate, the Xonar Essence STX engine will output. Even if your playback sources to 192KHz (44.1K, 48K, 96K, 192KHz). Please select the corresponding... is 48KHz; -DVD-Audio or other HD media may contain 96KHz or 192KHz high-definition audio content. The Xonar Essence STX card supports sample rates up to get the best audio fidelity. DVD-Video uses 48KHz; DVD-Audio or other...
The Xonar Essence STX card can reduce total harmonic distortion (THD+N) by -140dB. 1 No Item 1 Sample Rate...44.1KHz; -The audio of ) your playback sources, for your setting differs from the audio source's sample rate, the Xonar Essence STX engine will output. Even if your playback sources to 192KHz (44.1K, 48K, 96K, 192KHz). Please select the corresponding... is 48KHz; -DVD-Audio or other HD media may contain 96KHz or 192KHz high-definition audio content. The Xonar Essence STX card supports sample rates up to get the best audio fidelity. DVD-Video uses 48KHz; DVD-Audio or other...
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... "play the channels and do the proper 3D/Dolby sound processing accordingly. Select the correct speaker type for FP Headphone. 18 ASUS Xonar Essence STX The setting is used to show the speaker test window in the right pane. Clicking this button to match your actual speaker ...setting, such as headphones and 2/2.1 speakers. Xonar Essence STX will play " button to test each speaker one by one or click each speaker manually to your connected speakers. 6.2.2 Analog Out mode 1 ...
... "play the channels and do the proper 3D/Dolby sound processing accordingly. Select the correct speaker type for FP Headphone. 18 ASUS Xonar Essence STX The setting is used to show the speaker test window in the right pane. Clicking this button to match your actual speaker ...setting, such as headphones and 2/2.1 speakers. Xonar Essence STX will play " button to test each speaker one by one or click each speaker manually to your connected speakers. 6.2.2 Analog Out mode 1 ...
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... (Pulse Code Modulation, which is a real-time encoder that transcodes any audio, including games and music, into industrystandard Dolby Digital bit-streams on-the-fly. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 19 It enables a single digital connection to carry high quality Dolby Digital surround audio from your PC to digital speakers and AV Receivers. 2 3 1 No Item...
... (Pulse Code Modulation, which is a real-time encoder that transcodes any audio, including games and music, into industrystandard Dolby Digital bit-streams on-the-fly. ASUS Xonar Essence STX 19 It enables a single digital connection to carry high quality Dolby Digital surround audio from your PC to digital speakers and AV Receivers. 2 3 1 No Item...