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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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... 9 - Effects Configuration Panel - System Information Panel 22 Figure 22 - Set Volume with Smooth Slider Disabled 16 Figure 13 - Mixer Configuration Panel - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Magic 5.1 - Effects Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration Panel - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel 12 Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Equalizer Setting with Hot Key 23 Figure 24...
... 9 - Effects Configuration Panel - System Information Panel 22 Figure 22 - Set Volume with Smooth Slider Disabled 16 Figure 13 - Mixer Configuration Panel - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - S/PDIF Configuration Panel - Magic 5.1 - Effects Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration Panel - Playback Device Setting 13 Figure 8 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel 12 Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Equalizer Setting with Hot Key 23 Figure 24...
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... a Windows based program which co-works with detailed user customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for playback and recording 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 independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments...
... a Windows based program which co-works with detailed user customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for playback and recording 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 independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments...
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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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... displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). When any of the panel. Figure 1 - Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound...
... displayed in detail, he can simply click on the lower part of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). When any of the panel. Figure 1 - Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound...
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... several parts as shown in the system tray. Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of buttons. In the full mode, both the top and bottom panel will be visible. Volume control: This is enabled, "BM" will be fully shown. If it is located below the Channel Display. Power Button: When the Power button...
... several parts as shown in the system tray. Top Panel Power Equalizer Bass Management User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of buttons. In the full mode, both the top and bottom panel will be visible. Volume control: This is enabled, "BM" will be fully shown. If it is located below the Channel Display. Power Button: When the Power button...
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... Recording Mixer volume controls. Additionally, the user can be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to see if it . To test a speaker to it is beneath the top panel. To test all speakers, just click the Test button. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003...
... Recording Mixer volume controls. Additionally, the user can be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Bottom Panel are two sound enhancement functions that activated to see if it . To test a speaker to it is beneath the top panel. To test all speakers, just click the Test button. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003...
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... each speaker separately. Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled A Test button is divided into two parts. Speaker Configuration Panel If the "Independent Headphone" feature has been enabled, the maximum number of channels will change accordingly. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. 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...
... each speaker separately. Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled A Test button is divided into two parts. Speaker Configuration Panel If the "Independent Headphone" feature has been enabled, the maximum number of channels will change accordingly. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. 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...
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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 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.
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... etc.) to line out control check box. 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 select the default playback device from a drop-down menu. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to Analog Path Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Figure 7 shows the...
... etc.) to line out control check box. 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 select the default playback device from a drop-down menu. Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Volume Mute Next Page Enable/Disable Pseudo Analog to Analog Path Figure 7 - Mixer Configuration Panel -- Figure 7 shows the...
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There is enabled. Figure 9 - Figure 8 shows the Recording Mixer. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. Figure 8 - The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as the "Playback" mixer controls, but it is only visible...
There is enabled. Figure 9 - Figure 8 shows the Recording Mixer. Recording Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. Figure 8 - The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as the "Playback" mixer controls, but it is only visible...
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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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... from 31Hz to 16kHz. Figure 13 - 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. To save them for later use. There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management...
... from 31Hz to 16kHz. Figure 13 - 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. To save them for later use. There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck: "Equalizer" and "Bass Management...
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... picture of the "Bass Management" controls. The user can be automatically channeled to have a different low frequency limit. Effects Configuration Panel - When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for the speakers. Figure 14 - Each speaker (except for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17...
... picture of the "Bass Management" controls. The user can be automatically channeled to have a different low frequency limit. Effects Configuration Panel - When the low frequency limit is set the low frequency limit for the speakers. Figure 14 - Each speaker (except for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to the subwoofer. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17...
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... of the computer system. Jack Configuration 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 front side of the computer system. In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the "Back Panel" controls. Back Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Auto show jack retasking dialog when...
... of the computer system. Jack Configuration 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 front side of the computer system. In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the "Back Panel" controls. Back Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Auto show jack retasking dialog when...
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... to it. Functions that are not available will be displayed. Jack Configuration Panel - When the jack insertion is detected, Adeck will see a red arrow indicating the jack insertion event. 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 not have a checkbox next to any available function...
... to it. Functions that are not available will be displayed. Jack Configuration Panel - When the jack insertion is detected, Adeck will see a red arrow indicating the jack insertion event. 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 not have a checkbox next to any available function...
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..." feature enables the user to hear the same audio that is being used. Headphone Configuration 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 play separate music on the headphone and speaker. Figure 18 - There are two headphone configurations that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. In this mode...
..." feature enables the user to hear the same audio that is being used. Headphone Configuration 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 play separate music on the headphone and speaker. Figure 18 - There are two headphone configurations that the "Independent Headphone" function requires two channels. In this mode...
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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 enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling rate. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure...
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 enable S/PDIF output support and select the S/PDIF output sampling rate. S/PDIF Output Control Enable S/PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 - Before enabling these higher sampling rates, please checking the external S/PDIF decoder first. S/PDIF Input Control Input Sample Rate Figure...
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Figure 22 - Figure 21 - System Information Panel The "Hot Key" Configuration Panel allows the user to set hot keys for Adeck and enables the user to select the language for controlling the volume and muting. Hot Key Configuration Panel To use the hot keys, "Enable Hot Key Function" must first be checked. 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 visit the VIA web site.
Figure 22 - Figure 21 - System Information Panel The "Hot Key" Configuration Panel allows the user to set hot keys for Adeck and enables the user to select the language for controlling the volume and muting. Hot Key Configuration Panel To use the hot keys, "Enable Hot Key Function" must first be checked. 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 visit the VIA web site.
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..., mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise without obligation to its users. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are subject to make changes in this document. VIA Technologies Incorporated reserves the right to change . User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 28 Copyright © 2007 VIA Technologies Incorporated. Furthermore, VIA Technologies assumes no warranties, implied or...
..., mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise without obligation to its users. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are subject to make changes in this document. VIA Technologies Incorporated reserves the right to change . User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 28 Copyright © 2007 VIA Technologies Incorporated. Furthermore, VIA Technologies assumes no warranties, implied or...