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Page 1: ...ASUS Xonar D2 audio card User Manual ...

Page 2: ...CHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN ...

Page 3: ... TV Tuner Card 10 4 Installing Software 11 4 1 Installing the Audio Card Driver 11 4 2 Installing the PMP software Portable Music Processor 12 4 3 Installing the Ableton Live 13 4 4 Installing the Cakewalk Production Plus Pack 14 4 5 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 16 5 Connecting Speakers and Peripherals 18 5 1 Connecting Digital Speaker Systems Home Theater 18 5 2 Connecting Headphones 19 ...

Page 4: ...Software Guide 52 7 1 Introduction 52 7 2 Converting music in Main Setting Page 54 7 2 Find Converted Music in PMP Music Page 56 8 Ableton Live Software Guide 57 9 Cakewalk Production Plus Pack Software Guide 57 10 RMAA Test Guide 58 10 1 Setting Up Xonar D2 Audio Card 58 10 2 Configuration and Test with RMAA 61 10 3 RMAA Testing Results 66 11 Troubleshooting and FAQs 72 ...

Page 5: ...nce to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving ant...

Page 6: ...ts and circuitry Avoid dust humidity and temperature extremes Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet Place the product on a stable surface If you encounter technical problems with the product contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Trademarks Xonar and ASUS logo are trademarks of ASUSTek Computer Inc Dolby and Dolby Digital Live Dolby Pro Logic IIx Dolby Virtu...

Page 7: ...RCA cables for 8 channel output Dolby Demo CD Quick Start Guide 1 2 System Requirements IBM compatible PC with one PCI 2 1 or higher compatible slot for the audio card Microsoft Windows Vista XP 32 64bit MCE2005 Intel Pentium 4 1 4GHz or AMD K7 1400 CPU or faster CPU 256 MB DRAM system memory 60 MB available HDD space for driver installation package 200MB space available for Ableton Live and 320MB...

Page 8: ...own PCM1796 4 123dB SNR Max 192kHz 24bit 24 bit A D Converter for Analog Inputs Cirrus Logic CS5381 1 120dB SNR Max 192kHz 24bit Sample Rate and Resolution Analog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution 44 1K 48K 96K 192KHz 16 24bit Analog Recording Sample Rate and Resolution 44 1K 48K 96K 192KHz 16 24bit S PDIF Digital Output 44 1K 48K 96K 192KHz 16 24bit Dolby Digital DTS WMA Pro S PDIF Digital Inpu...

Page 9: ... Effects 10 band Equalier 27 Environment Effects 3D Sound Engines APIs EAX 2 0 1 0 A3D 1 0 DirectSound HW SW DirectX DirectX 9 0 or above required for 7 1ch output Software Utility Portable Music Processor utility Converts digital music content or CD audio into regular MP3 WMA files with Dolby Headphone Dolby Virtual Speaker w Pro Logic II and Smart Volume Normalization processing Windows Media Pl...

Page 10: ... ASUS Xonar D2 2 About Hardware 2 1 Xonar D2 Audio Processing Card 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 ...

Page 11: ...players or DVD players for audio recording or loopback 8 S PDIF Output Coaxial and optical TOSLINK combo digital output jack Connects to external digital decoder or digital speaker systems Home Theater systems AV receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM Dolby Digital DTS WMA Pro etc 9 CD Input Header 4 pin header Connects to the Analog Audio output on the back panel of CD DVD ROM drive...

Page 12: ...i DIN MIDI port Connects to the 6 pin mini DIN connector of the MIDI Y cable adaptor to 5 pin DIN standard MIDI I O connectors 3 6 pin Mini DIN MIDI connector Connects to the 2 6 pin mini DIN port on the MIDI board 4 5 pin DIN MIDI input output connectors Female Connects to the input and output DIN male connector of the standard MIDI instrument cable ...

Page 13: ...your BIOS settings or uninstall any other sound cards on your PC For BIOS setting or uninstallation of other sound cards refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and sound card 1 Power off your computer and disconnect the power cord 2 Open the computer s case 3 Remove the metal brackets from two unused PCI slots You can just remove one if you don t need to use the MIDI board in the package ...

Page 14: ...e gold pins of the card s PCI connector are aligned with the motherboard s PCI connector before you insert the card into the PCI slot If it does not fit properly gently remove it and try again 2 Secure the audio card bracket to the back of your computer with the screw that you removed Refer to section 3 1 3 3 Installing the MIDI board 1 Secure the MIDI bracket to another slot on the back of your c...

Page 15: ...audio CD playback on your PC you need to connect the analog cable between the CD ROM drive and the audio card Otherwise you can just skip this section and use ordinary digital CD playback on Windows 2 Connect the CD IN 4 pin header to the analog output on the back of your CD DVD ROM drive with the audio CD cable which is usually included with CD DVD ROM drive ...

Page 16: ...he Aux In header of the audio card as shown in the figure below For optimum TV audio quality Xonar uses ADC recording to digitize the signal and loops it back to DAC playback Please select Aux In as the recording source in the Xonar Audio Center s recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this signal to the audio output Using this setup you can even turn on sound effects such as Pro...

Page 17: ...DVD ROM drive If Windows AutoPlay mode is enabled for your CD ROM drive the CD starts running automatically If it doesn t start the installation double click the setup exe icon located on the CD ROM 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Please read the END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT in the process and make sure you understand and accept it before you continue the install...

Page 18: ...he PMP software Portable Music Processor 1 From the installation CD menu select the option to install the PMP software 2 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation After the installation is complete click Finish ...

Page 19: ...tallation program will start automatically If it does not double click the setup program 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Please read the END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT and make sure you understand and accept it before you continue the installation After the installation is complete click Finish ...

Page 20: ...ly If it does not double click the setup program 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Please read the SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT and make sure you understand and accept it before you continue the installation 4 You may be prompted to select the language installed components and associated file types and to run the VST Adapter Configuration Wizard After the installat...

Page 21: ...o install the Dimension LE program 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Please read the SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT and make sure you understand and accept it before you continue the installation 4 You may be prompted to select the language and installed components After the installation is complete click Finish ...

Page 22: ...u understand and accept it before you continue the installation 4 You may be prompted to select the language installed components and associated file types and to run the VST Adapter Configuration Wizard After the installation is complete click Finish 4 5 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 4 5 1 Uninstalling Software 1 Select the corresponding uninstallation program under the All Programs secti...

Page 23: ... the Add Remove or Change Remove button 6 In the InstallShield Wizard dialog box select the Remove option 7 Restart your computer when prompted 4 5 2 Reinstalling Software 1 Before you reinstall any software it s recommended to uninstall the existing software first 2 After you finish the uninstallation of the software please follow the installation process again to reinstall the same or updated so...

Page 24: ...single digital cable connection can carry high quality Dolby Digital or DTS 5 1 digital audio from any of your PC audio sources to any digital speakers or AV Receivers with Dolby Digital or DTS 5 1 decoding capabilities You can also use a coaxial cable for a S PDIF connection Just plug the coaxial RCA male connector to the S PDIF Out combo jack and connect the other end into the coaxial S PDIF inp...

Page 25: ... Headphones 5 2 1 Connecting Stereo Headphones 1 No Item Description 1 Front Out Headphone Jack The Front Out jack has a built in high quality amplifier to drive headphones Please connect your stereo headphones directly to this jack ...

Page 26: ... Front Out Connect the front channel 3 5mm plug of your 5 1 headphones into this jack 2 Side Surround Out Connect the surround channel 3 5mm plug of your 5 1 headphone into this jack 3 Center Subwoofer Out Connect the Center Bass channel 3 5mm plug of your 5 1 headphone into this jack ...

Page 27: ...h the mini jack to RCA cable 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the left surround and right surround input ports of the analog amplifier with the mini jack to RCA cable 3 Center Subwoofer Connects to the Center and subwoofer input ports of the analog amplifier with the mini jack to RCA cable 4 Back Surround Out Connects to the left back and right back input ports of the analog amplifier with the mini...

Page 28: ...22 ASUS Xonar D2 5 3 2 Connecting 2 2 1 Channel Speakers No Item Description 1 Front Out Headphone Jack Connect the 2 2 1 speaker set s 3 5mm plug into this Front Out jack 1 1 2 Speakers 2 1 Speakers ...

Page 29: ...akers No Item Description 1 Front Out Connects to the Front input port of the 4 4 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 4 4 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 1 2 1 2 4 Speakers 4 1 Speakers ...

Page 30: ...t Connects to the Front input port of the 5 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 5 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 3 Center Subwoofer Connects to the Center Subwoofer input port of the 5 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 1 Speakers 6 1 Speakers ...

Page 31: ...Surround Out Connects to the Surround input port of the 6 1 7 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 3 Center Subwoofer Connects to the Center Subwoofer input port of the 6 1 7 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 4 Back Surround Out Connects to the Back Surround input port of the 6 1 7 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 1 2 3 4 7 1 Speakers ...

Page 32: ... plug into this Mic In jack for voice communication recording or karaoke 1 No Item Description 1 Line Input Jack Connect the 3 5mm plug of the CD MP3 Player or any other Line level analog audio sources into this Line In jack for sound recording or real time Dolby DTS sound processing through the Monitoring path See the Mixer section of the driver guide 1 ...

Page 33: ...CA male connector to the S PDIF In combo jack and connect the other end into the coaxial S PDIF output on the player No Item Description 1 Optical adaptor Plug the optical TOSLINK adaptor into the S PDIF In combo connector 2 Optical cable Connect your MD CD DVD player s S PDIF out port to the optical adaptor with the TOSLINK optical cable 1 2 ...

Page 34: ...open the Xonar Audio Center utility If the icon could not be found in the system tray go to the Windows Control Panel and double click the Xonar D2 Audio Center icon 2 The Xonar D2 Audio Center is the Graphic User Interface GUI for the Xonar D2 driver You can control the functions and features of the Xonar D2 driver on the Audio Center The following picture shows a basic overview of the Xonar D2 A...

Page 35: ...VN Button Click this button to enable the Smart Volume Normalization feature for constant volume from all playback sources It will display a blue light when enabled 5 Mute Button Click this button to mute audio playback it will display a red light when playback is muted 6 DSP Mode These 4 buttons give access to quick sound effects combinations for Music Games DVD Video and effect free Hi Fi modes ...

Page 36: ...ur playback sources to get the best audio fidelity Even if your setting differs from the audio source s sample rate the Xonar D2 engine will do super high fidelity sample rate conversion with a double floating point filter which can reduce total harmonic distortion THD N by 140dB No Item Description 1 Sample Rate Please select the sample rate that corresponds to or exceeds that of your playback so...

Page 37: ... speakers 2 Speaker Test Click this button to show the speaker test window in the right pane Click the play button to test each speaker one by one or click each speaker manually to test note the Speaker Test function is not available on Windows Vista due to a limitation in its audio stack 3 Speaker Swap Clicking this button will pop up an advanced setting window to allow you to Swap center bass ou...

Page 38: ...dio from your PC to digital speakers and AV Receivers No Item Description 1 S PDIF Out enable disable Click this check box to enable S PDIF output 2 S PDIF Output Formats Functions This pull down menu allows you to select one of the following four formats PCM Pulse Code Modulation which is a typical raw audio data format Dolby Digital Live real time 5 1ch encoding DTS Interactive real time 5 1ch e...

Page 39: ... it Please note that this setting is synchronized with Vista s system speaker configuration and changing the setting during playback will cease the audio playback program You may have to restart the program after the change It s recommended that you close all playing programs before you change the setting No Item Description 1 Audio Channels Here are some typical suggestions MP3 WMA AAC CD VCD 2D ...

Page 40: ...each speaker or listener to a different relative position virtually using only your mouse The Xonar D2 audio card will process it and virtualize each speaker position in real time The Subwoofer has no directional sounds and hence can be moved only closer or further away 3 Reset Reset all Speaker Shifter settings to the defaults 4 Increase decrease volume Click to increase volume move speakers clos...

Page 41: ...t window to the Pro Logic IIx page for manual adjustments 2 Music Mode Music mode is the default mode for regular music playback In this mode you can adjust the Center Width and Dimension parameters 3 Center Width This parameter is used to set the spread of the center mainly for the vocal signals of songs and music Drag the scroll bar to the left to centralize the vocal signal Drag to the right si...

Page 42: ...DTS Neo PC page for manual adjustments 2 Music Mode Music mode is the default mode for regular music playback In this mode you can adjust the Center Width and Dimension parameters 3 Center Width This parameter is used to set the spread of the center mainly for the vocal signals of songs and music Drag the scroll bar to the left to centralize the vocal signal Drag to the right side to widen the voc...

Page 43: ...d reduce listener fatigue from long listening over headphones No Item Description 1 Dolby Headphone enable disable Click this check box to enable Dolby Headphone Clicking the text bar will switch the right window to Dolby Headphone page for manual adjusting 2 DH1 Dolby Headphone DH provides three room filters that may be used with any type of audio They differ in the sense of the spatial dimension...

Page 44: ... 5 1 channel surround listening experience from any high quality stereo source No Item Description 1 Dolby Virtual Speaker enable disable Click this check box to enable Dolby Virtual Speaker Clicking the text bar will switch the right window to a Dolby Virtual Speaker page for manual adjusting 2 Reference Mode Dolby Virtual Speaker provides two modes of virtualization The first is Reference mode w...

Page 45: ...ol slider including WAVE All digital audio sources except MIDI files SW Software Synthesizer 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 Note Windows Vista doesn t support WAVE Synthesizer and CD In volume controls 3 Mute Unmute button Click this button to mute or unmute the audio channel 4 Vol...

Page 46: ...r sound sources Line In recording from Line in jack for external audio devices WAVE recording from digital wave audio you are playing on PC Note Windows Vista doesn t support WAVE recording 3 Monitoring button Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio to outputs PC speakers Therefore the recording volume will influence the monitoring signals from speaker outputs The audio will be m...

Page 47: ...centage number from 1 to 100 in terms of the full scale level 6 Left Right Balance This horizontal slider controls the volume between the left and right channels 7 Reset Reset all volume controls to the default settings 8 S PDIF In Advanced Setting Click this button to open the advanced settings for the S PDIF In Enabling Validity Check will check out the PCM audio validity bit of S PDIF input str...

Page 48: ...D sound sources like music No Item Description 1 Default Environments These four buttons activate Bathroom Concert hall Underwater and Music Pub environments respectively 2 More Option Clicking this button will apply the environment effect that you select from the pull down menu on the right side There are another 23 options in this menu 3 Environment Size There are three size settings for each en...

Page 49: ... Equalizer Options There are 12 available equalizer patterns Click one to apply it 2 User Defined You can click this button to apply your own defined parameters saved in the pull down menu 3 Equalier Slider Adjust the gain for each band 30 16KHz 4 Save Name Key in a name for your own User Defined equalizer setting 5 Add Save Click this button to save the parameters into User Defined list 6 Delete ...

Page 50: ...on 1 On Off The switch to turn on or off the functions on this page 2 Mic Effect On Off Check the box to enable or disable mic effects including Microphone Echo for voice or Magic Voice for changing your voice s sound 3 Mic Echo Select the Mic Echo function and adjust the gain for echo signals 30 16KHz 4 Magic Voice Select Magic Voice and choose a mode from 5 options default Monster Cartoon Male a...

Page 51: ... Large speaker option Select the speaker type that you connected If your speaker type cannot perform low frequency signals bass please select Small speaker type and Xonar D2 will filter out the bass signals and send them to the subwoofer channel If those speakers are full range you can select the Large speaker type Note Common cheap PC s 2 channel speakers are usually small type speakers Please re...

Page 52: ...signals 1 2 will become the same level for example 10dB below full scale after you turn on SVN Please note that for lower volume music 2 it will become louder when you turn on SVN and for higher volume music 1 it will become quieter 0dB Full scale 10 dB Music 1 Music 2 SVN Off SVN On T 4 LFE Crossover Frequency Adjusts the cut off frequency 50 250Hz for LFE low frequency effects signals Xonar D2 w...

Page 53: ...utlined blue when active 2 SVN Display When SVN is enabled Smart Volume will be lit up at the bottom of the volume meter and the volume meter will show the level 3 SVN Blue Light When SVN is enabled the master volume knob will be illuminated by a blue light It will be lit red if the volume is muted ...

Page 54: ...ll sound effects It s also recommended to use Hi Fi mode for audio quality tests using RMAA software or another machine based measurement Use the DSP mode button as the quick setup if you don t wish to know the details of the effect setup note no sound effects will be applied to high definition 96KHz 192KHz content No Item Description 1 Music Mode This mode is set for Music playback 2 Movie Mode T...

Page 55: ... D2 package also provides Ableton Live and Sonar LE audio editing software which all support ASIO output The setup reference is described below When Using Ableton Live No Item Description 1 Preferences Step 1 is to open the Preferences window from the Options tab 2 Driver Type Step 2 is to select ASIO as the driver type WDM and MME are other Windows driver types 3 Audio Device Step 3 is to choose ...

Page 56: ...50 ASUS Xonar D2 When Using Sonar LE 1 2 ...

Page 57: ...r After step 2 Sonar LE will display 4 output drivers ASUS Xonar D2 ASIO Out 00 06 Make sure you are using 00 or another one 4 Recording Timing Master After step 2 Sonar LE will display 1 input driver ASUS Xonar D2 ASIO In 00 Make sure you are using it 5 Sample Rate Step 5 is to select the default file sample rate 44 1 48 96 or 192KHz for your Sonar project 6 Bit depth Step 6 is to select the defa...

Page 58: ...on speed up to a maximum of 40 times of the normal playback speed High Speed mode The maximum speed is just for your reference because it s related to your PC s performance and the sound effects you choose to add Using ALT recording technology will be limited up to 2X speed on Windows XP On Vista the speed will be currently limited to normal 1X all the time As of this writing iTunes is not availab...

Page 59: ...icon on the desktop Double click the icon and PMP will show up as below No Item Description 1 Main Setting page Default page to setup and start the music conversion 2 PMP Music page This page will display the converted music files saved in the PMP Music folder 3 Software Update This button is used to check online for upgrades to the PMP software and download it for upgrade make sure your computer ...

Page 60: ...ings My Documents My Music 2 iTunes Music The path is locked and refers to C Documents and Settings My Documents iTunes Music 3 Others The default path refers to C Documents and Settings My Documents My Music but can be designated to other folder by clicking In the right side of the window you will see all of the music files from the selected folders that can be converted by PMP You can select all...

Page 61: ...ogic II virtual surround effect for stereo speakers 3 Destination This tab allows you to choose to save converted music to the default PMP Music folder or to Other folder by clicking 3 Convert Stop The final step is to click the button to start Converting Clicking this button again while PMP is converting files will stop the process Please note that the audio card will suspend operation while PMP ...

Page 62: ...a rate and DH ie Dolby Headphone or DVS ie Dolby Virtual Speaker if the effect is applied For example Original file name ABCD mp3 Converted file name ABCD_192K_DH mp3 meaning the data rate is 192Kbps with Dolby Headphone post processing applied No Item Description 1 PMP Music page This page shows the converted music library stored in the PMP Music folder 2 Music Information This window will displa...

Page 63: ... ASUS Xonar D2 8 Ableton Live Software Guide Please refer to the separate manual for Ableton Live 9 Cakewalk Production Plus Pack Software Guide Please refer to the Help manual for these Cakewalk programs ...

Page 64: ...equency analysis algorithms The following provides a step by step and easiest loop back test guide for your Xonar D2 audio card 10 1 Setting Up Xonar D2 Audio Card Open Xonar D2 Audio Center Do the settings below 1 Select sample rate you will be using with RMAA here we set 48KHz for testing 48KHz 24bit signals 2 Set analog output to 2 speaker mode to get rid of any channel processing over RMAA ste...

Page 65: ...onboard path from the Line Out directly to the Line In This allows you to get realistic output and input quality ratings for the Xonar D2 audio card You may also choose to use an external 3 5mm line cable as follows as short as possible to connect the Front Out jack to Line In jack for loop back testing In that case please select Line In as the recording source on the mixer page 4 3 5mm Line Cable...

Page 66: ...60 ASUS Xonar D2 5 Click Reset on the playback volume mixer page to keep the volume setting on default 6 Turn the master volume to the MAX level 0dB 5 6 ...

Page 67: ...evices as ASUS Xonar D2 Audio 2 Select 24bit and 48KHz for the test signals If you change the format here remember to go back to set the same sample rate output in the Xonar D2 Audio Center 3 Click Test options button in RMAA and check Analyze noise and distortion only in 20Hz 20KHz range audio in band for human hearing in the General tab 1 2 3 ...

Page 68: ...S Xonar D2 4 Go to the Sound Card tab and select DirectSound as the Driver Model because Windows MME mode doesn t support high resolution 24bit and192KHz audio playback 5 Click loop back mode test button 4 5 ...

Page 69: ... are OK the level meter will be green 7 If the recording volume level is not enough check and make the WAVE and Master volume have been at the maximum level Instead if the recording volume level is too high lower the WAVE and Master volume gradually until the level is ok 6 7 ...

Page 70: ... D2 8 Begin the test by clicking the Done button If you cannot get the level to be ok anyway click Done anyway and proceed 9 Enter Xonar D2 Audio Card in the New slot name and select one Empty slot Then click OK 8 9 ...

Page 71: ...65 ASUS Xonar D2 10 RMAA will pop up the Test results window You can click Select checkbox and click to make an HTML report 11 Check and key in the report name options as follows Then click OK 10 11 ...

Page 72: ...ata and plots in your browser The following report is a sample and you can see how high fidelity and crystal clean Xonar D2 audio card is for both output and input one of the world s finest sound cards it has higher quality than most CE devices You can also try to test the performance for other sample rates and bit depths with the same procedure ...

Page 73: ...ce Excellent Frequency response Frequency response from 40 Hz to 15 kHz dB 0 04 0 03 Excellent Noise level dB A 116 6 Excellent Dynamic range dB A 116 6 Excellent THD 0 0004 Excellent IMD Noise 0 0008 Excellent Stereo crosstalk dB 116 5 Excellent IMD at 10 kHz 0 0007 Excellent Frequency range Response From 20 Hz to 20 kHz dB 0 10 0 04 From 40 Hz to 15 kHz dB 0 03 0 04 ...

Page 74: ...68 ASUS Xonar D2 Noise level Dynamic range Parameter Left Right RMS power dB 115 5 115 2 RMS power A weighted dB 116 7 116 5 Peak level dB FS 92 9 92 4 DC offset 0 00 0 00 ...

Page 75: ... dB FS Parameter Left Right Dynamic range dB 115 4 115 3 Dynamic range A weighted dB 116 6 116 4 Dynamic range A weighted dB 0 00 0 00 Parameter Left Right THD 0 0004 0 0005 THD Noise 0 0006 0 0007 THD Noise A weighted 0 0007 0 0008 ...

Page 76: ...70 ASUS Xonar D2 Intermodulation distortion Stereo crosstalk Parameter Left Right IMD Noise 0 0009 0 0007 IMD Noise A weighted 0 0005 0 0005 ...

Page 77: ...RightMark Audio Analyzer 5 6 Parameter Left Right Crosstalk at 100 Hz dB 113 114 Crosstalk at 1 kHz dB 116 115 Crosstalk at 10 kHz dB 114 113 Parameter Left Right IMD Noise at 5 kHz 0 0006 0 0008 IMD Noise at 10 kHz 0 0006 0 0006 IMD Noise at 15 kHz 0 0008 0 0006 ...

Page 78: ...aller will provide a guide to downloading WMP V 10 Please follow that guide and install WMP V 10 or above before you install PMP 4 PMP will also need an MP3 encoder installed to encode music into MP3 format If you don t have it yet the Xonar D2 installer will provide a guide message to download a free MP3 encoder I couldn t find the Xonar D2 Audio Center Instructions 1 Make sure you have installed...

Page 79: ...start your Windows I can t hear any sound from the S PDIF output Instructions 1 Ensure that you have enabled S PDIF output in the Audio Center GUI Main page 2 Ensure that you are connecting the correct S PDIF output jack on the card to the decoder s AV receiver S PDIF input jack 3 You may need to select the correct input and mode of your decoder or AV receiver For Dolby Digital or DTS output you m...

Page 80: ...igh definition audio 96K 192KHz in hi fidelity playback This is also usually the behavior that professional audiophiles and musicians prefer 2 If you still want to have the effects you can use some editing software Ableton Live Cakewalk CoolEdit Soundforge etc to convert the sounds into 48KHz files 3 Please note that the frequency meter on Xonar D2 Audio Center panel will not take effect either wh...

Page 81: ... multi channel surround sound in Home Theater environments Xonar D2 also has Ultra High Fidelity SNR118dB on ALL 7 1 channel analog output at 192K 24bit which is the best quality consumer audio card in the world Therefore it s also the best card to deliver the high quality audio through an analog connection to your home theater system or high end multi channel speakers Q4 Does the Xonar D2 support...

Page 82: ... Normalization effects Q7 Does PMP software decrypt and violate the DRM of the copyright content What s ALT technology in PMP software Answer No PMP software is not able nor intended to decrypt DRMed content It s just a software tool used to record the analog output signal from the line out and then convert it into WMA and MP3 files If you have Windows Media Player 10 or iTunes DRMed music you are...

Page 83: ...nar sound card s S PDIF in loopback enabled to redirect the player s input signal to output to the AV receiver Since SPDIF In Loopback is the hardware s high fidelity pass through path not all sound effects will be applied to the signals Q9 Will PCM sound output through S PDIF be just 2 channels even with different analog output channels Answer The S PDIF protocol specification IEC 60958 can only ...

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