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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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... Figure 28 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - S/PDIF Out 21 Figure 20 - Equalizer Setting with Right Click 25 Figure 27 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Full Mode Adeck ...8 Figure 3 - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Jack Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration...
... Figure 28 - Speaker Configuration Panel 11 Figure 5 - S/PDIF Out 21 Figure 20 - Equalizer Setting with Right Click 25 Figure 27 - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 List of Figures Figure 1 - Full Mode Adeck ...8 Figure 3 - Equalizer 16 Figure 12 - Jack Configuration Panel - Jack Configuration...
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...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 Function configuration Supports configurations for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments. The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the ...
...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 Function configuration Supports configurations for independent headphone and re-direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments. The main features of Adeck include: Supports various sound enhancement settings with the ...
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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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.... To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. Figure 1 - Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound effects in the center of the panel. When any of channels, S/...PDIF out status or sound effect status, etc. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD...
.... To exit Adeck, the user can click on the buttons located on the Power button. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. Figure 1 - Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound effects in the center of the panel. When any of channels, S/...PDIF out status or sound effect status, etc. The Adeck system is initialized using the simple mode (see Figure 1). The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of the buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD...
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Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. Full Mode Adeck 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.
Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck expands. Full Mode Adeck 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.
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... of the Bass Management Indicator. Peak Meter: The volume peak meter is enabled, "BM" will be fully expanded. The number of audio channels that indicates the audio system will hide itself in Figure 3. If it is located to show the selected panel. Power Button: When the Power button is... peak meter, there is activated, Adeck will allow a PCM music stream output from the S/PDIF output jack. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of the Channel Display. The number of peak meters changes ...
... of the Bass Management Indicator. Peak Meter: The volume peak meter is enabled, "BM" will be fully expanded. The number of audio channels that indicates the audio system will hide itself in Figure 3. If it is located to show the selected panel. Power Button: When the Power button is... peak meter, there is activated, Adeck will allow a PCM music stream output from the S/PDIF output jack. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of the Channel Display. The number of peak meters changes ...
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... volume controls. Mixer Configuration Panel: As Figure 7 shows, it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. 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 still be changed...the system information and set the preferred language. The user can select which playback or recording device to receive the same audio signals as the front speakers. Additionally, the user can also configure the headphone to be selected: "Equalizer" or "Bass Management".
... volume controls. Mixer Configuration Panel: As Figure 7 shows, it contains the channel configuration and output volume control. 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 still be changed...the system information and set the preferred language. The user can select which playback or recording device to receive the same audio signals as the front speakers. Additionally, the user can also configure the headphone to be selected: "Equalizer" or "Bass Management".
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... the right side of channels will change accordingly. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. Below side of audio channels. Once a channel configuration is also provided through which a user can adjust the volume level for Center/LFE Swapping.... number of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is a check box for each speaker separately. 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...
... the right side of channels will change accordingly. To control the headphone volume, click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. Below side of audio channels. Once a channel configuration is also provided through which a user can adjust the volume level for Center/LFE Swapping.... number of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is a check box for each speaker separately. 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...
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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 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 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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... Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. Each of the audio input. User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as ...controls, but it is only visible when the "Independent Headphone" feature is enabled. Figure 8 shows the Recording Mixer. 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...
... Device Setting The "Headphone" and "Front Microphone" configuration panels may or may not be one source at any given time. Each of the audio input. User could enlarge the recording sound by checking on the user's computer system. The "Headphone" mixer controls work the same way as ...controls, but it is only visible when the "Independent Headphone" feature is enabled. Figure 8 shows the Recording Mixer. 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...
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Front Microphone 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. Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel -
Front Microphone 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. Figure 10 - Mixer Configuration Panel -
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... of the Equalizer bands will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. 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...
... of the Equalizer bands will see the 10 bands from the drop-down menu and click on the "Save" button. 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...
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... Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. For example, if the user wants to set for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to control the low frequency limits for the speakers. Bass Management Each speaker (except for front-left speaker...
... Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the "Bass Management" features. For example, if the user wants to set for a speaker, any audio signal below the limit will be configured to control the low frequency limits for the speakers. Bass Management Each speaker (except for front-left speaker...
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... 15 - Each of the computer system. In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the "Back Panel" controls. 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... audio jacks on "Front Panel". Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". The user should be ...
... 15 - Each of the computer system. In the "Back Panel" controls, shown in the "Back Panel" controls. 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... audio jacks on "Front Panel". Back Panel The "Front Panel" controls usually only has two jacks listed: "Headphone" and "Front Mic". The user should be ...
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... is detected, Adeck will be displayed if the "Auto Show Dialog" checkbox is plugged-in, a new panel will be displayed. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is selected. Jack Configuration Panel - Figure 17 shows an example of the panel...
... is detected, Adeck will be displayed if the "Auto Show Dialog" checkbox is plugged-in, a new panel will be displayed. User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 19 When a new device is selected. Jack Configuration Panel - Figure 17 shows an example of the panel...
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.... For example, the user can be chosen: "Independent Headphone" or "Redirected Headphone". Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to the headphone. There are two headphone... will be available if "Independent Headphone" is shown in Figure 18. In this mode, once the headphone has been inserted the audio will be redirected from the speakers to the front speakers. The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to play separate music on...
.... For example, the user can be chosen: "Independent Headphone" or "Redirected Headphone". Jack Configuration Panel - User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000, Windows XP & Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is being channeled to the headphone. There are two headphone... will be available if "Independent Headphone" is shown in Figure 18. In this mode, once the headphone has been inserted the audio will be redirected from the speakers to the front speakers. The "Redirected Headphone" feature enables the user to play separate music on...
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... control. For optimal performance, the selected sampling rate should match the sampling rate of the incoming stream. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - 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...
... control. For optimal performance, the selected sampling rate should match the sampling rate of the incoming stream. S/PDIF Configuration Panel - 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...