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Soundcard and SPDIF
You will be able to tell if SPDIF is available on the soundcard
by the cinch socket or the digital optical sound connection
labelled with
SPDIF . If you want to use this signal, you will
need a speaker system with a decoder that can process digital
signals. With a digital optical sound connection you will require
a loudspeaker system with decoder which has digital optical
input. Make sure you follow the operating instructions for the
decoder.
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Using the multi-channel audio function (optional) If you
want to find out more about the possibilities of multi-channel
sound, you will find the corresponding information in the
soundcard documentation.
"Sound on Board" sound processing and playback
If your system is equipped with "Sound on Board", then the AC97
sound standard (
A udio C odec 97) or the new Intel
®
High
Definition Audio (HDA) sound standard are available to you.
AC97
( A udio C odec 97)
This is processed by a Codec chip ( Co der Dec oder) which is
located on the motherboard. The AC97 sound standard is
implemented by various chip manufacturers using the
corresponding drivers and the associated programs.
HDA (Intel
®
H igh D efinition A udio)
The new
HDA sound standard, developed under the code name
"Azalia" will be introduced with the new
"
Intel
®
915P " chip
generation. This new audio standard will soon supersede the AC97
standard. It offers considerably improved recording and
reproduction properties. The automatic assignment recognition of
the audio sockets is new. When you assign an audio socket, the
menu for the "
Realtek " player automatically appears with the
associated " Audio Wizard ".