Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices .......................................................................................................... v
Safety information ...................................................................................... vi
Trademarks .................................................................................................. vi
License ........................................................................................................ vi
1.
Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
1.1
Package contents .............................................................. 1
1.2 System requirements ......................................................... 1
1.3 Specifications summary ..................................................... 2
2. Hardware overview ......................................................................... 4
2.1
Xonar HDAV card layout .................................................... 4
2.2 H6 DAC extension board layout ......................................... 6
3. Installing the hardware ................................................................... 7
3.1
Preparing your computer ................................................... 7
3.2 Installing the Xonar HDAV 1.3 card.................................... 8
3.3 Connecting to a TV tuner card ......................................... 10
4. Installing software ..........................................................................11
4.1
Installing the card driver ....................................................11
4.2 Installing the TotalMedia Theatre software ....................... 12
5. Connecting speakers and peripherals ........................................ 13
5.1
Connecting digital speaker systems (Home Theater) ...... 13
5.2 Connecting Headphones ................................................. 14
5.3 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems .............................. 16
5.4 Connecting Microphone ................................................... 23
5.5 Connecting Line-In Audio Sources ................................... 24
5.6 Connecting Digital Audio Sources .................................... 25
6. Xonar HDAV Center ....................................................................... 26
6.1
Xonar HDAV Center GUI.................................................. 26
6.2 Audio-Main Setting ........................................................... 28
6.3 Mixer/Volume ................................................................... 38
6.4 Effects .............................................................................. 41
6.5 Karaoke ............................................................................ 43
6.6 FlexBass .......................................................................... 44
6.7 AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) ................................... 46
6.8 Smart Volume Normalization ........................................... 48