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Asus Xonar Essence ST/A [4/53] Appendix troubleshooting and faqs

Appendix: Troubleshooting and FAQs

Troubleshooting ......................................................................................... 39

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ....................................................... 41

ASUS Contact information ........................................................................ 45

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Second edition v1 october 2012 2
Chapter 1 product introduction 3
Chapter 2 getting started 3
Chapter 3 connecting speakers and peripherals 3
Chapter 4 xonar audio center 3
Contents 3
Appendix troubleshooting and faqs 4
Australia statement notice 5
Canadian department of communications statement 5
Federal communications commission statement 5
Notices 5
License 6
Safety information 6
Trademarks 6
About this guide 7
Conventions used in this guide 7
How this guide is organized 7
Where to find more information 7
Chapter 1 8
Chapter 1 product introduction 8
Package contents 8
Product introduction 8
System requirements 8
Specifications summary 9
Xonar essence st card layout 12
Before you proceed 14
Chapter 2 14
Chapter 2 getting started 14
Getting started 14
Installing the audio card 14
Connecting to a tv tuner card 15
Installing the audio card driver 16
Chapter 3 18
Chapter 3 connecting speakers and peripherals 18
Connecting digital speaker systems home theater 18
Connecting speakers and peripherals 18
The xonar essence st supports dolby digital live and dts interactive technologies which transcode any audio including games and music into industry standard dolby digital or dts 5 surround bit streams this makes playback through your home theater system possible creating an immersive and impressive cinema surround sound experience a single digital cable connection can carry high quality dolby digital or dts 5 digital audio from any of your pc audio sources to any digital speakers or av receivers with dolby digital or dts 5 decoding capabilities 18
Connecting stereo headphones 19
Connecting 2 2 channel speakers 20
Speakers 2 speakers 20
Asus xonar essence st 21
Connect the headphone s 3 mm plug to the bundled rca to 3 mm y cable and then connect the left right ends to the to front left right out ports on the xonar essence st card 21
Connect your external pc microphone to this port by using the bundled 6 mm to 3 mm adapter for voice communication recording or karaoke 21
Connecting a microphone 21
Front left right out port headphone port 21
Microphone input port 21
Connecting line in audio sources 22
Chapter 4 24
Chapter 4 xonar audio center 24
The xonar audio center the graphic user interface gui of the xonar essence st allows you to control the functions and features of the xonar essence st 24
To launch the xonar audio center double click the xonar audio center icon on the taskbar 24
Xonar audio center 24
Main setting 26
Sample rate 26
The sample rate determines the number of audio samples per second that the digital to analog converters dac and s pdif digital interface will output the xonar essence st card can support sample rates up to 192khz 44 k 48k 96k 192khz usually audio cds and mp3 files are 44 khz dvd video uses 48khz dvd audio or other hd media may contain 96khz or 192khz high definition audio content select the corresponding sample rate for your playback sources to get the best audio fidelity even if your setting differs from the audio source s sample rate the xonar essence st engine will process super high fidelity sample rate conversions with a double floating point filter which can reduce total harmonic distortion thd n by 140db 26
Analog out mode 27
Spdif out ddl 28
Xonar essence st is capable of outputting dolby digital live which is a real time encoder that transcodes any audio including games and music into industry standard dolby digital bit streams on the fly this is ideal for playback through a home theater system creating an impressive cinema surround sound experience it enables a single digital connection to carry high quality dolby digital surround audio from your pc to digital speakers and av receivers 28
Audio channels for window 29
Vista window 29
Expanding upmixing audio to 7 channel surround sound 30
Shiftable virtual speaker positioning allows you to adjust the best sound field easily without moving physical speakers and wires 30
The 7 virtual speaker shifter has the following major features 30
Virtual speaker shifter 30
Virtualizing 7 surround sound over any set of speakers 30
Dolby pro logic iix 31
Dolby pro logic iix is a 7 surround upmixing technology and is widely used in home theater systems tvs game consoles and car audio systems it can expand stereo audio such as mp3 cd and tv programs into immersive 5 or 7 channel surround 31
Dolby headphone 32
Dolby headphone creates a stunning multi channel surround experience over ordinary stereo headphones for playing 3d games watching 5 dvd movies and listening to music dolby headphone produces surround sound cues so realistic that you will believe you are listening over speakers in a well controlled studio dolby headphone can also improve listening comfort and reduce listener fatigue from long listening over headphones 32
Dolby virtual speaker 33
Dolby virtual speaker technology simulates a 5 speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers dolby virtual speaker also creates a wider two channel environment during playback of stereo cds and mp3 content and when combined with dolby pro logi 33
Ii processing delivers a virtual 5 channel surround listening experience from any high quality stereo source 33
Mixer volume 34
Playback volume 34
The mixer feature is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the xonar essence st in addition the xonar essence st also provides a high quality digital monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers you can also process the input signals with all playback sound effects such as dolby and dts technologies 34
Recording monitoring volume 35
Effects 37
Environment effects 37
Use environment effects to create realistic listening experiences that mimic different environments there are a total of 27 environment options that can be applied to all 2d sound sources such as music 37
Band equalizer 38
The equalizer modifies the audio output for different frequencies and is used to compensate for deficiencies in your speakers sound systems there are 12 default patterns and you can also customize your own settings 38
Karaoke 39
The xonar essence st provides powerful features for karaoke including key shifting vocal cancellation and microphone echo key shifting changes the pitch of karaoke background music and vocal cancellation reduces the original vocal in songs and keep the music and symphony for karaoke 39
Flexbass 40
Flexbass an advanced bass management and enhancement technology allows you to select each satellite speaker s type for optimal sound performance from the speakers the speaker types are 40
Flexbass comes with an adjustable crossover frequency for the boundary of the bass signals it filters out the bass signals from small speaker channels and redirects them all to the subwoofer or large speakers 40
Large wide band speakers that can produce low frequencies well 40
Small common speaker that cannot produce low frequencies 40
Smart volume normalization 41
Smart volume normalizationtm svn automatically keeps all music or video tv audio output at a constant level to reduce manual adjustment inherent with sound sources of different loudness it allows you to listen to various content like mp3 tv program dvd video and even games at a consistent sound level the following graph shows how signals 1 and 2 adjust to the same level for example 10db below full scale after you turn on svn please note that lower volume music 2 becomes louder when you turn on svn while higher volume music 1 becomes quieter 41
Ds3d gx and dsp modes 43
Vocalfx 45
Vocalfx is an innovative voice processing technology that can immerse your voice in a realistic game landscape voiceex or imitate background scenes while chatting online chatex it also allows you to change your voice pitch to disguise who you are magic voice 45
Tick the chatex and magic voice checkboxes to chat online 47
Your voip application will be added to the list 47
Appendix 48
Appendix troubleshooting and faqs 48
Troubleshooting 48
Troubleshooting and faqs 48
Frequently asked questions faqs 50
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Asus contact information 53
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Technical support 53

Asus Xonar Essence ST/A [4/53] Appendix troubleshooting and faqs

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