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...System requirements 1 Specifications summary 2 Xonar Essence ST card layout 5 Chapter 2: Getting started Before you proceed 7 Installing the audio card 7 Connecting to a TV tuner card 8 Installing the audio card driver 9 Chapter 3: Connecting speakers and peripherals Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater 10 Connecting stereo headphones 11 Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers 12 Connecting a microphone 13 Connecting Line-In audio sources 14 Chapter 4: Xonar Audio Center Xonar Audio Center 15 Main Setting 17 Mixer/Volume 25 Effects 28 Karaoke 30 FlexBass 31 Smart Volume...
...System requirements 1 Specifications summary 2 Xonar Essence ST card layout 5 Chapter 2: Getting started Before you proceed 7 Installing the audio card 7 Connecting to a TV tuner card 8 Installing the audio card driver 9 Chapter 3: Connecting speakers and peripherals Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater 10 Connecting stereo headphones 11 Connecting 2/2.1 channel speakers 12 Connecting a microphone 13 Connecting Line-In audio sources 14 Chapter 4: Xonar Audio Center Xonar Audio Center 15 Main Setting 17 Mixer/Volume 25 Effects 28 Karaoke 30 FlexBass 31 Smart Volume...
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... generates, uses and can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is no guarantee that may cause undesired operation. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any interference received including interference that interference will not occur in a residential installation. If you require assistance, please call ASUS Customer Service at...
... generates, uses and can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is no guarantee that may cause undesired operation. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any interference received including interference that interference will not occur in a residential installation. If you require assistance, please call ASUS Customer Service at...
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... Studio driver is a trademark and software of electronic products. "Dolby" and "Dolby Digital Live", "Dolby Pro Logic IIx", "Dolby Virtual Speaker", "Dolby Headphone" are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company and product names may be exposed to fix it may be placed in any area where it by yourself. Do not place the product in municipal waste. Trademarks Xonar and ASUS logo are correctly connected.
... Studio driver is a trademark and software of electronic products. "Dolby" and "Dolby Digital Live", "Dolby Pro Logic IIx", "Dolby Virtual Speaker", "Dolby Headphone" are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company and product names may be exposed to fix it may be placed in any area where it by yourself. Do not place the product in municipal waste. Trademarks Xonar and ASUS logo are correctly connected.
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... of the Xonar Essense ST. • Chapter 2: Getting Started This chapter discusses how to install the audio card and its driver. • Chapter 3: Connecting speakers and peripherals This chapter discusses how to connect the speakers and peripherals to the audio card. • Chapter 4: Xonar Audio Center This chapter provides information on ASUS hardware and software products. Where to find more information Refer to complete a task. Optional documentation Your product...
... of the Xonar Essense ST. • Chapter 2: Getting Started This chapter discusses how to install the audio card and its driver. • Chapter 3: Connecting speakers and peripherals This chapter discusses how to connect the speakers and peripherals to the audio card. • Chapter 4: Xonar Audio Center This chapter provides information on ASUS hardware and software products. Where to find more information Refer to complete a task. Optional documentation Your product...
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... Panel: Driver Features Operating System Dolby® Digital Live Dolby® Headphone Dolby® Virtual Speaker Dolby® Pro-Logic II DirectSound3D Game EXtensions 2.0 & 1.0 (DS3D GX 2.0) RCA jack *2 (Front R/ Front L) 6.30mm jack *1 (Headphone out) 6.30mm jack *1 (Shared by Line-In/Mic-In) High bandwidth Coaxial/TOSLINK combo port supports 192kHz/24bit Aux-In (4-pin header on the card) Shared by Headphone out/ 2 channels out/ Microphone in Windows® Vista (32/64-bit) / XP (32/64-bit) / MCE2005 Dolby® Digital Live encodes any native stereo or 5.1-channel audio...
... Panel: Driver Features Operating System Dolby® Digital Live Dolby® Headphone Dolby® Virtual Speaker Dolby® Pro-Logic II DirectSound3D Game EXtensions 2.0 & 1.0 (DS3D GX 2.0) RCA jack *2 (Front R/ Front L) 6.30mm jack *1 (Headphone out) 6.30mm jack *1 (Shared by Line-In/Mic-In) High bandwidth Coaxial/TOSLINK combo port supports 192kHz/24bit Aux-In (4-pin header on the card) Shared by Headphone out/ 2 channels out/ Microphone in Windows® Vista (32/64-bit) / XP (32/64-bit) / MCE2005 Dolby® Digital Live encodes any native stereo or 5.1-channel audio...
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... the headphone impedance settings in the Xonar Essence ST Audio Center to match your headphone. This is to prevent damage to your headphone impedance. For multi-channel speaker systems, connect to the Front Right In port on the powered speakers. 3 Headphone Out port Connect your headphones to this port. • DO NOT connect your speakers to the headphone out port. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Xonar Essence ST card layout 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 9 5 10 1 Front Right Out port Connect the Right audio cable (red) from your 2/2.1 channel speakers to this port. For multi-channel speaker...
... the headphone impedance settings in the Xonar Essence ST Audio Center to match your headphone. This is to prevent damage to your headphone impedance. For multi-channel speaker systems, connect to the Front Right In port on the powered speakers. 3 Headphone Out port Connect your headphones to this port. • DO NOT connect your speakers to the headphone out port. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Xonar Essence ST card layout 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 9 5 10 1 Front Right Out port Connect the Right audio cable (red) from your 2/2.1 channel speakers to this port. For multi-channel speaker...
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... or digital speaker systems, Home Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, and WMA-Pro. 6 Front panel audio header Connect one end of the front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header on the Xonar Essence ST card, with the other end to the chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module. 7 Aux Input Header Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of your power supply unit. ASUS Xonar Essence ST It has a built-in the Xonar Essence ST Audio Center's recording mixer. 8 Power connector Connects to this 6.3mm port for audio...
... or digital speaker systems, Home Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, and WMA-Pro. 6 Front panel audio header Connect one end of the front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header on the Xonar Essence ST card, with the other end to the chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module. 7 Aux Input Header Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of your power supply unit. ASUS Xonar Essence ST It has a built-in the Xonar Essence ST Audio Center's recording mixer. 8 Power connector Connects to this 6.3mm port for audio...
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... other sound cards, refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and sound cards. • Turn off your computer and disconnect all peripherals connected to it. • Unplug the computer's power cord from the PCI slot's metal bracket. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI slot. Remove the chassis cover of your 2 computer. 3. Remove the metal bracket of a PCI slot at the rear panel...
... other sound cards, refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and sound cards. • Turn off your computer and disconnect all peripherals connected to it. • Unplug the computer's power cord from the PCI slot's metal bracket. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI slot. Remove the chassis cover of your 2 computer. 3. Remove the metal bracket of a PCI slot at the rear panel...
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... 7.1 channel surround sound. Replace the chassis cover. 7 Plug the computer's power cord into the rear panel with a screw. 2. Secure the PCI TV tuner card into a power outlet. 8. Using this setup, you can even turn on sound effects such as the recording source in the Xonar Essence ST Center's recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this signal to the Aux-In header of your PC speakers. Connect the audio output header from the TV tuner card to the audio output. For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar...
... 7.1 channel surround sound. Replace the chassis cover. 7 Plug the computer's power cord into the rear panel with a screw. 2. Secure the PCI TV tuner card into a power outlet. 8. Using this setup, you can even turn on sound effects such as the recording source in the Xonar Essence ST Center's recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this signal to the Aux-In header of your PC speakers. Connect the audio output header from the TV tuner card to the audio output. For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar...
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... later. 5. When the installation is enabled in your support CD. 3. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Otherwise, driver installation error may occur. After you are prompted to restart your computer. Click Finish. Installing the audio card driver Ensure that you have installed the Xonar Essence ST card, turn on your computer. To install the audio card driver: 1. Follow the onscreen instructions to restart my computer now or No, I want to complete the installation. 4. When prompted for device drivers.
... later. 5. When the installation is enabled in your support CD. 3. ASUS Xonar Essence ST Otherwise, driver installation error may occur. After you are prompted to restart your computer. Click Finish. Installing the audio card driver Ensure that you have installed the Xonar Essence ST card, turn on your computer. To install the audio card driver: 1. Follow the onscreen instructions to restart my computer now or No, I want to complete the installation. 4. When prompted for device drivers.
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... ST supports Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive technologies, which transcode any digital speakers or AV Receivers with Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 decoding capabilities. 1 SPDIF Out 2 1 Optical adapter Plug the optical TOSLINK adapter into the S/PDIF-Out combo connector. 2 Optical cable Connect your decoder's S/PDIF-In port to the optical adapter with the TOSLINK optical cable. You can carry high-quality Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 digital audio from any of your PC audio sources to any audio, including games and music, into industry-standard Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 surround bit...
... ST supports Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive technologies, which transcode any digital speakers or AV Receivers with Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 decoding capabilities. 1 SPDIF Out 2 1 Optical adapter Plug the optical TOSLINK adapter into the S/PDIF-Out combo connector. 2 Optical cable Connect your decoder's S/PDIF-In port to the optical adapter with the TOSLINK optical cable. You can carry high-quality Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 digital audio from any of your PC audio sources to any audio, including games and music, into industry-standard Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 surround bit...
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ASUS Xonar Essence ST 15 Connecting Line-In audio sources 1 Line In 1 Line Input Jack 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 the Mixer section of the driver's user manual. Refer to -3.5mm adapter for sound recording or real-time Dolby/DTS sound processing through the Monitoring path.
ASUS Xonar Essence ST 15 Connecting Line-In audio sources 1 Line In 1 Line Input Jack 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 the Mixer section of the driver's user manual. Refer to -3.5mm adapter for sound recording or real-time Dolby/DTS sound processing through the Monitoring path.
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... Digital Live advanced upmixing option This advanced setting will automatically upmix stereo (2ch) content to 5.1 channel surround with Dolby Pro-Logic II when using Dolby Digital Live output. This is ideal for playback through a home theater system, creating an impressive cinema surround sound experience. SPDIF Out/DDL Xonar Essence ST is capable of these formats: • PCM (Pulse Code Modulation, which is a real-time encoder that transcodes any audio, including games and music, into industrystandard Dolby Digital bit...
... Digital Live advanced upmixing option This advanced setting will automatically upmix stereo (2ch) content to 5.1 channel surround with Dolby Pro-Logic II when using Dolby Digital Live output. This is ideal for playback through a home theater system, creating an impressive cinema surround sound experience. SPDIF Out/DDL Xonar Essence ST is capable of these formats: • PCM (Pulse Code Modulation, which is a real-time encoder that transcodes any audio, including games and music, into industrystandard Dolby Digital bit...
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... volume. Mixer/Volume The Mixer feature is designed to control the volume for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers. Playback Volume 1 6 2 3 4 5 1 Playback volume tab Click this button to show the playback volume page. 2 Left / Right balance The horizontal slider controls the volume between the left and right channels. 3 Volume slider Drag this slider down to increase the volume. control the playback volume of the MIDI files • CD: CD-ROM digital playback (CD-DA) volume control • LEFT, RIGHT: the volume control for each speaker/channel Windows® Vista...
... volume. Mixer/Volume The Mixer feature is designed to control the volume for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers. Playback Volume 1 6 2 3 4 5 1 Playback volume tab Click this button to show the playback volume page. 2 Left / Right balance The horizontal slider controls the volume between the left and right channels. 3 Volume slider Drag this slider down to increase the volume. control the playback volume of the MIDI files • CD: CD-ROM digital playback (CD-DA) volume control • LEFT, RIGHT: the volume control for each speaker/channel Windows® Vista...
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... speaker output. Windows® Vista does not support WAVE recording. 8 Reset Click to reset all DSP effects will be applied to your TV audio, CD, MP3, or stereo game console audio from digital wave audio you are playing on your PC. • Aux: Recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources. • Line-In: Recording from Line-in jack for a two-speaker setup. 6 Monitoring button Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio to the default settings...
... speaker output. Windows® Vista does not support WAVE recording. 8 Reset Click to reset all DSP effects will be applied to your TV audio, CD, MP3, or stereo game console audio from digital wave audio you are playing on your PC. • Aux: Recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources. • Line-In: Recording from Line-in jack for a two-speaker setup. 6 Monitoring button Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio to the default settings...
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... have connected the speakers properly and that the Windows® hardware device manager has discovered a multimedia audio device. I cannot hear any sound from my analog speakers. • Ensure that the power cable of the audio card. • Ensure that you have properly plugged the audio card in the PCI slot on the taskbar, click Start > All Programs > ASUS Xonar Essence ST Audio > Xonar Essence Audio Center to the power connector of your motherboard. • Check that the speakers are turned...
... have connected the speakers properly and that the Windows® hardware device manager has discovered a multimedia audio device. I cannot hear any sound from my analog speakers. • Ensure that the power cable of the audio card. • Ensure that you have properly plugged the audio card in the PCI slot on the taskbar, click Start > All Programs > ASUS Xonar Essence ST Audio > Xonar Essence Audio Center to the power connector of your motherboard. • Check that the speakers are turned...
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... you are using Windows® Vista, go to the system audio control panel to ensure that the current default recording/input device is correct. • Remember to turn on the digital monitoring button on the recording mixer page. • IIf you are using a Dolby Digital Live encoder through the S/PDIF output. For Dolby Digital output, double-check that you have problems, read the TV tuner card's software user manual. 42 ASUS Xonar Essence ST If this is the case, the analog output is...
... you are using Windows® Vista, go to the system audio control panel to ensure that the current default recording/input device is correct. • Remember to turn on the digital monitoring button on the recording mixer page. • IIf you are using a Dolby Digital Live encoder through the S/PDIF output. For Dolby Digital output, double-check that you have problems, read the TV tuner card's software user manual. 42 ASUS Xonar Essence ST If this is the case, the analog output is...
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... sample rate to carry Dolby Digital audio. In addition, Xonar Essence ST also provides Dolby Pro-Logic IIx to upmix TV and other music to make your home theater system or high-end multi-channel speakers. In addition, Xonar Essence ST supports unique DS3D GX on Windows® Vista for HTPC and multi-channel speakers? The Xonar Essence ST supports Dolby Digital Live, which allows a single digital connection to your audio, you can recover DirectSound 3D hardware and EAX gaming sound effects on Windows...
... sample rate to carry Dolby Digital audio. In addition, Xonar Essence ST also provides Dolby Pro-Logic IIx to upmix TV and other music to make your home theater system or high-end multi-channel speakers. In addition, Xonar Essence ST supports unique DS3D GX on Windows® Vista for HTPC and multi-channel speakers? The Xonar Essence ST supports Dolby Digital Live, which allows a single digital connection to your audio, you can recover DirectSound 3D hardware and EAX gaming sound effects on Windows...
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.../DTS data. Will PCM sound output through the S/PDIF output port. Hence, when a user selects PCM output for regular stereo headphones, speaker headphones and speakers. For attaining 5.1 channel surround sounds, you can select Dolby Digital Live encoding output from the S/PDIF out menu, which allows the Xonar Essence ST to 24bit/192KHz for all inputs and outputs. • ASIO 2.0: Xonar Essence ST includes an ASIO 2.0 driver for DVD movies, and even stereo music. 44 ASUS Xonar Essence ST What are the best 3D sound positioning, spatial modeling and 5.1-channel...
.../DTS data. Will PCM sound output through the S/PDIF output port. Hence, when a user selects PCM output for regular stereo headphones, speaker headphones and speakers. For attaining 5.1 channel surround sounds, you can select Dolby Digital Live encoding output from the S/PDIF out menu, which allows the Xonar Essence ST to 24bit/192KHz for all inputs and outputs. • ASIO 2.0: Xonar Essence ST includes an ASIO 2.0 driver for DVD movies, and even stereo music. 44 ASUS Xonar Essence ST What are the best 3D sound positioning, spatial modeling and 5.1-channel...
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... default audio playback device on Windows® Vista, there are usually two audio devices: Speakers and Digital Out Device such as S/PDIF. In most software DVD players' audio settings, you keep the settings in this device to enjoy the complete features of the Xonar sound card. For Xonar sound cards on Windows® Vista, the sound effects and UI controls do not even need to play stereo HiFidelity audio contents or encoded audio formats such as analog Front channel output in "Speakers" to fully control the sound effects on HDAV1.3. Use...
... default audio playback device on Windows® Vista, there are usually two audio devices: Speakers and Digital Out Device such as S/PDIF. In most software DVD players' audio settings, you keep the settings in this device to enjoy the complete features of the Xonar sound card. For Xonar sound cards on Windows® Vista, the sound effects and UI controls do not even need to play stereo HiFidelity audio contents or encoded audio formats such as analog Front channel output in "Speakers" to fully control the sound effects on HDAV1.3. Use...