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ASUS Xonar D2X

2.2

MIDI Board/Cable

No Item

Description

MIDI I/O Header

Connects to the MIDI I/O header on the main Xonar D2X
audio card

Mini-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)

6-pin Mini-DIN MIDI

connector

Connects to the #2 6-pin mini-DIN port on the MIDI board

5-pin DIN MIDI input/

output connectors

(Female)

Connects to the input and output DIN male connector of the
standard MIDI instrument cable

Содержание Audio Card Xonar D2X

Страница 1: ...Xonar D2X Audio Card User s manual ...

Страница 2: ...ERCHANTABILITY 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 I...

Страница 3: ...ng Card 9 3 3 Installing the MIDI board 10 3 4 Connecting CD DVD ROM Drive with the analog header 10 3 5 Connecting TV Tuner Card 11 4 Installing Software 12 4 1 Installing the Audio Card Driver 12 4 2 Installing the PMP software Portable Music Processor 13 4 3 Installing the Ableton Live 14 4 4 Installing the Cakewalk Production Plus Pack 15 4 5 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 17 5 Connecti...

Страница 4: ...ion 48 6 9 DS3D GX and DSP Modes 50 6 10 ASIO 2 Driver 51 7 Portable Music Processor Software Guide 55 7 1 Introduction 55 7 2 Converting music in Main Setting Page 57 7 3 Find Converted Music in PMP Music Page 59 8 Ableton Live Software Guide 60 9 Cakewalk Production Plus Pack Software Guide 60 10 RMAA Test Guide 61 10 1 Setting Up Xonar D2X Audio Card 61 10 2 Configuration and Test with RMAA 64 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 7: ... CD Quick Installation Guide 1 2 System Requirements One PCI Express 1 0 or higher compatible slot for the audio card One available 4 pin power cable from PC s power supply unit Microsoft Windows Vista XP 32 64bit MCE2005 Intel Pentium 4 1 4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU 256 MB DRAM system memory 60 MB available HDD space for driver installation package 200MB space available for Ableton ...

Страница 8: ...K 48KHz 24bit Bus Compatibility PCI Express PCI Express Rev 1 0a specification compatible Max full 2 5Gbps bandwidth per direction and optimized latency for high definition audio processing Compatible with X1 X4 X8 X16 PCI Express slots Main Chipset Audio Processor ASUS AV200 High Definition Sound Processor Max 192KHz 24bit 24 bit D A Converter of Digital Sources TI Burr Brown PCM1796 4 123dB SNR ...

Страница 9: ...und listening range and advantages in gaming DirectSound3D Game EXtensions 1 0 DS3D GX 1 0 DirectX DS3D GX 1 0 supports EAX gaming sound effects and DirectSound 3D hardware enhanced functions on Windows Vista DirectX DirectSound 3D compatible Acoustic Echo Cancellation AEC Provides advanced Acoustic Echo Cancellation AEC and noise suppression for best voice communication quality in VOIP applicatio...

Страница 10: ...edia Player 10 or above is required Professional Audio Editing Utility Ableton Live Cakewalk Production Plus Pack SONAR LE Dimension LE and Project5 LE PowerDVD 7 0 Software DVD player with Dolby Digital 5 1 decoder Accessories 3 5mm to RCA adaptor cable 4 8ch S PDIF optical adaptors 2 S PDIF optical cable 1 Additional MIDI card cable and external standard MIDI adaptor Y cable 1 Dolby Demo CD Spec...

Страница 11: ...Xonar D2X Audio Processing Card 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 14 MIC In Red Line In Front Out Side Surround Center Subwoofer Back Surround SPDIF In SPDIF Out Blue Green Orange White Amber No LED No LED LED color definition ...

Страница 12: ...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 using an Analog CD audio cable w...

Страница 13: ...ni 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 ...

Страница 14: ...sed PCI Express x1 slot for the audio card and its adjacent slot for the MIDI board You can just remove one if you don t need to use the MIDI board in the package 3 2 Installing the Audio Processing Card 1 Face the bracket of the Xonar D2X audio card toward the back panel of your computer and insert the audio card gently into an available PCI Express slot Make sure it s completely inserted into th...

Страница 15: ...audio card requires additional power from your computer If the power cable is not connected properly the audio card will not work at all When removing the power cable from the Xonar D2X audio card make sure to pull outward the 4 pin header first then unplug it from the power connector as the following pictures show Do not forcefully remove the header from the power connector doing so may pull up t...

Страница 16: ...rd 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 3 3 Installing the MIDI board 1 Secure the MIDI bracket to another slot on the back of your computer case 2 Connect the 4 pin MIDI header on the ...

Страница 17: ...d to the 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 ...

Страница 18: ...icon located on the CD ROM 3 The installation program will remind you to make sure you have connected the additional power cable from your power supply unit to the card If the power cable is not connected properly the audio card will not work at all If it has not been done please turn off the computer to install the power cable before you go on the installation process 4 Follow the instructions on...

Страница 19: ...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 ...

Страница 20: ...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 ...

Страница 21: ...lly 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 installa...

Страница 22: ...to 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 ...

Страница 23: ...pt 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 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Click the Change...

Страница 24: ...rt 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 software ...

Страница 25: ... 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 in...

Страница 26: ...g 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 ...

Страница 27: ...1 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 ...

Страница 28: ...th 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 min...

Страница 29: ...23 ASUS Xonar D2X 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 ...

Страница 30: ...eakers 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 ...

Страница 31: ...ut 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 ...

Страница 32: ...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 ...

Страница 33: ... 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 ...

Страница 34: ...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 ...

Страница 35: ...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 D2X Audio Center icon 2 The Xonar D2X Audio Center is the Graphic User Interface GUI for the Xonar D2X driver You can control the functions and features of the Xonar D2X driver on the Audio Center The following picture shows a basic overview of the Xonar ...

Страница 36: ...SVN 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...

Страница 37: ...ur playback sources to get the best audio fidelity Even if your setting differs from the audio source s sample rate the Xonar D2X 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 s...

Страница 38: ...d 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 o...

Страница 39: ...udio 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 ...

Страница 40: ... 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 ...

Страница 41: ...each speaker or listener to a different relative position virtually using only your mouse The Xonar D2X 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 clo...

Страница 42: ...ht 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 s...

Страница 43: ... 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 vo...

Страница 44: ...nd 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 dimensio...

Страница 45: ...d 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 which virtualizes the...

Страница 46: ...ntrol slider including WAVE All digital audio sources except MIDI files SW Software Synthesizer control the playback volume of the MIDI files CD CD ROM playback CD DA volume control LEFT RIGHT the volume control for each speaker channel Note Windows Vista does not support WAVE Synthesizer and CD Player volume controls 3 Mute Unmute button Click this button to mute or unmute the audio channel 4 Vol...

Страница 47: ...er 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 ...

Страница 48: ...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...

Страница 49: ...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...

Страница 50: ...t 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...

Страница 51: ... 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 and...

Страница 52: ... 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 D2X 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 r...

Страница 53: ...se omni direction electret microphone with 40dB sensitivity 4 The microphone is more than 30cm far from PC s speakers fix the distance and do NOT turn your speakers too loud 5 Put your microphone 20 30cm away from you fix the distance and do NOT speak too close or too loud into the microphone to avoid signal clipping and distortion Enable microphone boost on Xonar D2X audio center mixer to get pro...

Страница 54: ...ecome 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 No Item Description 1 AEC Click AEC function page 2 Enable AEC Click the checkbox to enable AEC function A alert message will pop up This message implies the speaker configuration will ...

Страница 55: ... enable SVN This button is outlined 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 ...

Страница 56: ...unction after the games Besides the abundant sound effects described above the Xonar D2X also provides quick Digital Sound Processing modes which are configured for typical applications including Music Movies and Games over different output speaker types In addition Xonar D2X also offers a Hi Fi mode for hi fidelity playback without any effect processing to keep the original audio fidelity Every t...

Страница 57: ...VD Movie playback 5 Game Mode This mode is set for Games 6 10 ASIO 2 Driver ASIO Audio Stream Input Output is a proprietary audio driver architecture and a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH The Xonar D2X driver package has included an ASIO2 compatible driver for application programs that have ASIO or ASIO2 output ASIO can ensure lower latency during playback and recording on PCs which...

Страница 58: ...ASIO as the driver type WDM and MME are other Windows driver types 3 Audio Device Step 3 is to choose ASUS Xonar D2X ASIO as the Audio Device 4 Hardware Setup Step 4 is to click the Hardware Setup to configure the Bit depth 16 24bit and latency 1ms 300ms 5 Sample Rate Step 5 is to select the sample rate from 44 1 48 96 192KHz When Using Sonar LE 1 ...

Страница 59: ...53 ASUS Xonar D2X 2 3 4 5 7 6 ...

Страница 60: ...r step 2 Sonar LE will display 4 output drivers ASUS Xonar D2X 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 D2X 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 default ...

Страница 61: ... 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 available...

Страница 62: ... 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...

Страница 63: ...tings 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 al...

Страница 64: ...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 ...

Страница 65: ...ta 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 displ...

Страница 66: ...ASUS Xonar D2X 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 ...

Страница 67: ... The following provides a step by step loop back test guide for your Xonar D2X audio card 10 1 Setting Up Xonar D2X Audio Card Open the Xonar D2X Audio Center Use the settings below 1 Select the 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 stereo signals in the driver 3...

Страница 68: ...rd loop back path from the Line out directly to the Line In This allows you to get realistic output and input quality ratings for the Xonar D2X 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 the 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 ...

Страница 69: ...63 ASUS Xonar D2X 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 ...

Страница 70: ...es as ASUS Xonar D2X Audio 2 Select 24bit and 48KHz for the test signals If you change the format here please remember to go back to set the same sample rate output in the Xonar D2X 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 ...

Страница 71: ...t 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 5 Click loop back mode test button 4 5 ...

Страница 72: ...he level meter will be green 7 If the recording volume level is not high enough please check and make the WAVE and Master Volume have been at the maximum level Instead if the recording volume level is too high please lower the WAVE and Master volumes gradually until the level is ok 6 7 ...

Страница 73: ...in the test by clicking the Done button If you cannot get the level to be OK after the previous step click Done anyways and proceed 9 Enter Xonar D2X Audio Card in the New slot name and select one Empty slot Then click OK 8 9 ...

Страница 74: ...8 ASUS Xonar D2X 10 RMAA will pop up the Test results window You can click the Select checkbox and click to Make html report 11 Check and key in the report name options as follows and then click OK 10 11 ...

Страница 75: ... and plots in your browser The following report is a sample and you can see how high fidelity and crystal clean the Xonar D2X 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 testing the performance for other sample rates and bit depths with the same procedure ...

Страница 76: ...chain External loopback line out line in Sampling mode 24 bit 48 kHz Summary General performance Excellent Frequency response Frequency response from 40 Hz to 15 kHz dB 0 04 0 02 Excellent Noise level dB A 116 4 Excellent Dynamic range dB A 116 3 Excellent THD 0 0005 Excellent IMD Noise 0 0011 Excellent Stereo crosstalk dB 115 3 Excellent IMD at 10 kHz 0 0006 Excellent ...

Страница 77: ...71 ASUS Xonar D2X Noise level Dynamic range Parameter Left Right RMS power dB 115 2 115 1 RMS power A weighted dB 116 5 116 4 Peak level dB FS 92 6 92 5 DC offset 0 00 0 00 ...

Страница 78: ...Noise at 3 dB FS Parameter Left Right Dynamic range dB 115 1 115 1 Dynamic range A weighted dB 116 2 116 3 DC offset 0 00 0 00 Parameter Left Right THD 0 0004 0 0006 THD Noise 0 0006 0 0007 THD Noise A weighted 0 0007 0 0009 ...

Страница 79: ...73 ASUS Xonar D2X Intermodulation distortion Stereo crosstalk Parameter Left Right IMD Noise 0 0011 0 0011 IMD Noise A weighted 0 0005 0 0005 ...

Страница 80: ... Parameter Left Right Crosstalk at 100 Hz dB 111 111 Crosstalk at 1 KHz dB 115 114 Crosstalk at 10 KHz dB 112 112 Parameter Left Right IMD Noise at 5 KHz 0 0006 0 0006 IMD Noise at 10 KHz 0 0005 0 0006 IMD Noise at 15 KHz 0 0005 0 0006 ...

Страница 81: ... If it hasn t the Xonar D2X installer 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 D2X installer will provide a guide message to download a free MP3 encoder I couldn t find the Xonar D2X Audio Center Instructi...

Страница 82: ...aker system and analog speakers or headphones Please check if this is the case 5 Please go to the sound and audio device of Windows Control Panel to check if the playback default device is set to Xonar D2X Audio Device instead of other onboard AC97 or HDA codec device or Xonar D2X Audio Converter Xonar D2X Audio Converter is the driver for PMP music converting not for normal playback If it s not p...

Страница 83: ...analog please check that the sound is not muted and whether other applications can play sound out If you still have problem please read the TV tuner card s software user guide I don t see MIDI device MPU 401 on Windows Vista How could I use it Instructions Windows Vista doesn t show MPU 401 MIDI port on system However Xonar D2X did support MIDI I O and you can directly use it to connect MIDI instr...

Страница 84: ...2X supports unique DS3D GX 1 0 on Windows Vista which can recover DirectSound 3D hardware and EAX gaming sound effects on Vista for a lot of existing DirectX games Q2 Why does the Xonar D2X support Dolby and DTS technologies Answer Dolby DTS are the ONLY brands and technologies recognized by the CE industry and available on a wide range of audio equipment Xonar includes these features to make your...

Страница 85: ...ll inputs and outputs 3 ASIO 2 0 Xonar D2X includes an ASIO 2 0 driver for low latency low distortion music creation application 4 Bundled Music Creation Software Professional grade Ableton Live and Cakewalk Production Plus Pack Sonar LE Dimension LE Project5 LE 5 Xonar D2X comes with an additional MIDI bracket board for music creators to connect dedicated MIDI devices 6 Xonar D2X contains the Por...

Страница 86: ...s to the Xonar D2X s S PDIF input and then connect its SPDIF output to an AV receiver or decoder When you would like to send the player device s audio to the AV receiver you need to have the Xonar 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 ...

Страница 87: ...ers the device will reduce the recording volume When the situation happens remove the device and try the function again Q12 Why is it that while playing audio CD I cannot adjust volume from the path Mixer page Playback CD Answer If you are using the Microsoft Windows Media Player to play audio files you have to change the playback setting of your CD optical drive to Analog Open the Windows Media P...

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