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Introduction 1.1 Package contents • ASUS Xonar D1 audio card • ASUS Xonar D1 support CD (including RMAA V6.0.6 utility) • Additional low-profile bracket • S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1 • Quick Installation Guide 1.2 System requirements • One PCI compatible slot for the audio card • Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005 • Intel®... • High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or digital speakers with Dolby Digital decoder to enjoy the Ultra-High Fidelity sounds of the card ASUS Xonar D1 1.
Introduction 1.1 Package contents • ASUS Xonar D1 audio card • ASUS Xonar D1 support CD (including RMAA V6.0.6 utility) • Additional low-profile bracket • S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1 • Quick Installation Guide 1.2 System requirements • One PCI compatible slot for the audio card • Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005 • Intel®... • High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or digital speakers with Dolby Digital decoder to enjoy the Ultra-High Fidelity sounds of the card ASUS Xonar D1 1.
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Items Description 1.3 Specifications summary AItuedmios Performance OAuutdpioutPSeigrfnoarlm-toa-nNcoeise Ratio (A-Weighted): Description 116 dB for Front-out 111126ddBBfoforroFtrhoenrt-cohuatnnels IOnuptuptutSiSginganla-lt-ot-oN-NoiosieseRRataitoio(A(A-W-Weiegihgthetde)d:): Items 1D111e22sddcrBBipfotiroonther channels OInuptuptutSiTgontaall-Htoa-rNmooisneicRDaitsioto(rAti-oWne+igNhoteisde):at 1kHz (A-u3ddiBo) P: erformance 01.1020d0B56% (-105dB) for Front-out IOnuptuptutToTtoatlaHl HaramrmonoincicDDisitsotrotritoinon++NNoiosieseatat1k1HkHz z (O(--u33tddpBBu))t ::Signal-to-Noise Ratio ...
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...the Analog Audio output of the front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header on the D1 card, the other sound source inside your PC system. (To monitor your TV tuner card's audio from this Aux-In, you must enable the "monitor" function for voice input. Connect ...one end of TV tuner card or other end to the chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module on your headphones or 2/2.1 channel speakers to this jack. ASUS Xonar D1...
...the Analog Audio output of the front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header on the D1 card, the other sound source inside your PC system. (To monitor your TV tuner card's audio from this Aux-In, you must enable the "monitor" function for voice input. Connect ...one end of TV tuner card or other end to the chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module on your headphones or 2/2.1 channel speakers to this jack. ASUS Xonar D1...
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... of the Xonar D1 audio card toward the back panel of other sound cards, refer to section 3.1. 12 ASUS Xonar D1 Power off your computer and insert the audio card gently into the PCI Express slot. (Warning! Make sure it and try again.) 2. Remove the metal brackets from one unused PCI slot for the audio card. 3.2 Installing the audio card 1. Make...
... of the Xonar D1 audio card toward the back panel of other sound cards, refer to section 3.1. 12 ASUS Xonar D1 Power off your computer and insert the audio card gently into the PCI Express slot. (Warning! Make sure it and try again.) 2. Remove the metal brackets from one unused PCI slot for the audio card. 3.2 Installing the audio card 1. Make...
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... audio card to send the tuner card's sound to the Aux-In header of the audio card, as the recording source in the figure below. For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar uses ADC recording to digitize the signal and loops it into the back-panel. 3. Using this signal to DAC playback. TV tuner card Xonar D1 14 ASUS Xonar D1 3.4 Connecting...
... audio card to send the tuner card's sound to the Aux-In header of the audio card, as the recording source in the figure below. For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar uses ADC recording to digitize the signal and loops it into the back-panel. 3. Using this signal to DAC playback. TV tuner card Xonar D1 14 ASUS Xonar D1 3.4 Connecting...
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The Xonar D1 audio card will switch the right window to increase volume (move speakers further away) Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate counterclockwise Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate ... has the following major features: • Expanding/upmixing audio to 7.1-channel surround sound • Virtualizing 7.1 surround sound over any set of speakers • Shiftable virtual speaker positioning allows you to manually drag each speaker or the listener with your mouse. ASUS Xonar D1 31 Click + to the Speaker Shifter page for manual adjustments. Clicking the...
The Xonar D1 audio card will switch the right window to increase volume (move speakers further away) Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate counterclockwise Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate ... has the following major features: • Expanding/upmixing audio to 7.1-channel surround sound • Virtualizing 7.1 surround sound over any set of speakers • Shiftable virtual speaker positioning allows you to manually drag each speaker or the listener with your mouse. ASUS Xonar D1 31 Click + to the Speaker Shifter page for manual adjustments. Clicking the...
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...audio you are playing on PC MIC: recording from MIC jack Aux: recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources Line-In: recording from Line-in jack for external audio devices WAVE: recording from digital wave audio you ... console audio from speaker outputs. Therefore, the recording volume will be applied to apply Dolby Pro-Logic IIx 7.1-ch spreading for two-speaker environment. 36 ASUS Xonar D1 6.3.2 Recording/Monitoring Volume 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 8 9 No Item Description 1 Recording Volume Tab Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio...
...audio you are playing on PC MIC: recording from MIC jack Aux: recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources Line-In: recording from Line-in jack for external audio devices WAVE: recording from digital wave audio you ... console audio from speaker outputs. Therefore, the recording volume will be applied to apply Dolby Pro-Logic IIx 7.1-ch spreading for two-speaker environment. 36 ASUS Xonar D1 6.3.2 Recording/Monitoring Volume 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 8 9 No Item Description 1 Recording Volume Tab Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio...
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... frequency (50~250Hz) for normal high-fidelity audio playback mode. 42 ASUS Xonar D1 AEC is an innovative feature to avoid signal clipping and distortion. The ...sound echoes into your microphone during gaming or music playback • Effectively suppress background or system noises into your microphone for online chatting in some of AEC function, the ideal system requirements are low distortion (max. After you on Xonar D1...into the microphone to make Xonar D1 the best sound card choice for easier conversation experience. THD < 2%) 2. It's suggested to get ...
... frequency (50~250Hz) for normal high-fidelity audio playback mode. 42 ASUS Xonar D1 AEC is an innovative feature to avoid signal clipping and distortion. The ...sound echoes into your microphone during gaming or music playback • Effectively suppress background or system noises into your microphone for online chatting in some of AEC function, the ideal system requirements are low distortion (max. After you on Xonar D1...into the microphone to make Xonar D1 the best sound card choice for easier conversation experience. THD < 2%) 2. It's suggested to get ...
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... RightMark Audio Analyzer (RMAA) v5.6, a popular software intended for testing the quality of any channel processing over RMAA stereo signals in the Audio Center. 1 2 3 54 ASUS Xonar D1 Select the sample rate you will be it a sound card, portable MP3 player, consumer CD/DVD player, or a speaker system. Use the settings below: 1. 7. Turn off all...
... RightMark Audio Analyzer (RMAA) v5.6, a popular software intended for testing the quality of any channel processing over RMAA stereo signals in the Audio Center. 1 2 3 54 ASUS Xonar D1 Select the sample rate you will be it a sound card, portable MP3 player, consumer CD/DVD player, or a speaker system. Use the settings below: 1. 7. Turn off all...
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Click loop-back mode test button 5 58 ASUS Xonar D1 4. Go to the Sound Card tab and select "DirectSound" as the Driver Model (because Windows MME mode doesn't support high-resolution 24bit audio playback and the data may be manipulated by Windows so that the real hardware quality can not be measured properly.) 4 5.
Click loop-back mode test button 5 58 ASUS Xonar D1 4. Go to the Sound Card tab and select "DirectSound" as the Driver Model (because Windows MME mode doesn't support high-resolution 24bit audio playback and the data may be manipulated by Windows so that the real hardware quality can not be measured properly.) 4 5.
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7.3 RMAA Testing Results Open the html file you can also try testing the performance for other sample rates and bit-depths with the same procedure. 62 ASUS Xonar D1 The following report is for both output and input (one of the world's finest sound cards, it will display the report with both data and plots in the test above, and it has higher quality than most CE devices.) You can see how high-fidelity and crystal-clean the Xonar D1 audio card is a sample and you created and saved in your browser.
7.3 RMAA Testing Results Open the html file you can also try testing the performance for other sample rates and bit-depths with the same procedure. 62 ASUS Xonar D1 The following report is for both output and input (one of the world's finest sound cards, it will display the report with both data and plots in the test above, and it has higher quality than most CE devices.) You can see how high-fidelity and crystal-clean the Xonar D1 audio card is a sample and you created and saved in your browser.
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... it visible in the PCI slot on the Xonar D1 Audio Center 3. If no device is the case. 68 ASUS Xonar D1 I can't hear any sound from my analog speakers Instructions: 1. hand corner of the interference between your Windows. 4. Please ensure that you have properly installed the audio card in the system tray again. 4. Please check if...
... it visible in the PCI slot on the Xonar D1 Audio Center 3. If no device is the case. 68 ASUS Xonar D1 I can't hear any sound from my analog speakers Instructions: 1. hand corner of the interference between your Windows. 4. Please ensure that you have properly installed the audio card in the system tray again. 4. Please check if...
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...play sound out. Currently Xonar D1 effects including Dolby support common 44.1K, 48KHz sound sources processing and will not take effect either when the playback source is 96KHz or 192KHz sample rate to make your PC a powerful media and entertainment center. 70 ASUS Xonar D1 In addition, Xonar D1 supports ...unique DS3D GX 1.0 on Windows Vista, which can 't hear the TV tuner audio from my speakers Instructions: 1. Answer: Yes, the Xonar D1 driver package does support Windows Vista 32/64 bit and most key features are using a TV tuner card ...
...play sound out. Currently Xonar D1 effects including Dolby support common 44.1K, 48KHz sound sources processing and will not take effect either when the playback source is 96KHz or 192KHz sample rate to make your PC a powerful media and entertainment center. 70 ASUS Xonar D1 In addition, Xonar D1 supports ...unique DS3D GX 1.0 on Windows Vista, which can 't hear the TV tuner audio from my speakers Instructions: 1. Answer: Yes, the Xonar D1 driver package does support Windows Vista 32/64 bit and most key features are using a TV tuner card ...
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... a single digital connection to your home theater system or high-end multi-channel speakers. Answer: Yes, Xonar D1 can provide the best gaming sound experience and compatibility with Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, and Smart Volume Normalization effects. Answer: 1. Dolby...for low-latency, low-distortion music creation application 4. Ultimate Fidelity: Xonar D1 has the highest quality of the Xonar D1 for HTPC and multi-channel speakers? Q4: Does the Xonar D1 support EAX on Vista? Q3: Why is the high quality consumer audio card in the world. Answer: 1. ASUS Xonar D1 ...
... a single digital connection to your home theater system or high-end multi-channel speakers. Answer: Yes, Xonar D1 can provide the best gaming sound experience and compatibility with Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, and Smart Volume Normalization effects. Answer: 1. Dolby...for low-latency, low-distortion music creation application 4. Ultimate Fidelity: Xonar D1 has the highest quality of the Xonar D1 for HTPC and multi-channel speakers? Q4: Does the Xonar D1 support EAX on Vista? Q3: Why is the high quality consumer audio card in the world. Answer: 1. ASUS Xonar D1 ...
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...non-PCM AC3/DTS data. For attaining 5.1 channel surround sounds, you have to change the setting: Tools > Options > Device > CD Properties > Playback > Analog. 72 ASUS Xonar D1 Answer: The S/PDIF protocol specification (IEC-60958) can ...select Dolby Digital Live encoding output from the path: Mixer page > Playback > CD? Open the Windows Media Player and do the following to change the playback setting of your CD optical drive to deliver 5.1 surround sound for S/PDIF, the Xonar sound card will allow the Xonar D1...
...non-PCM AC3/DTS data. For attaining 5.1 channel surround sounds, you have to change the setting: Tools > Options > Device > CD Properties > Playback > Analog. 72 ASUS Xonar D1 Answer: The S/PDIF protocol specification (IEC-60958) can ...select Dolby Digital Live encoding output from the path: Mixer page > Playback > CD? Open the Windows Media Player and do the following to change the playback setting of your CD optical drive to deliver 5.1 surround sound for S/PDIF, the Xonar sound card will allow the Xonar D1...