Asus Xonar DG SI, User Manual

Page 1: ...Xonar DG SI PCI 7 1 Headphone Amp Audio Card User manual ...

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Page 3: ...stallation 7 5 Connecting speakers and peripherals 9 5 1 Connecting digital speaker systems Home Theater 9 5 2 Connecting stereo headphones 10 5 3 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 12 5 4 Connecting microphone 17 5 5 Connecting Line In audio sources 18 6 Xonar Audio Center 19 6 1 Xonar Audio Center GUI 19 6 2 Main Setting 21 6 3 Mixer Volume 28 6 4 Effects 31 6 5 Karaoke 33 6 6 FlexBass 35 6 7 Sma...

Page 4: ...ng measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio n...

Page 5: ... To avoid short circuits keep paper clips screws and staples away from connectors sockets 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 trademar...

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Page 7: ...onic Distortion Noise at 1kHz A Weighted Up to 0 0022 93dB Frequency Response 3dB 24 bit 96kHz input 10Hz to 48kHz Output Input Full Scale Voltage 1Vrms 3Vp p Headphone Impedance Optimized for 32 150Ω Bus Compatibility PCI PCI v2 2 or above bus compatible Main Chipset Audio Processor C Media CMI8786 High Definition Sound Processor D A Converter of Digital Sources Cirrus Logic CS4245 1 104dB DNR Ma...

Page 8: ...nces your 3D sound listening range and advantages in gaming VocalFXTM The latest vocal effect technologies for gaming and VoIP including VoiceEX produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice in EAX games ChatEX emulates different background environment effects when you chat online Magic Voice changes your voice pitch to different types Monster Cartoon for disguising your real voice or ...

Page 9: ...3 ASUS Xonar DG SI 2 Xonar DG SI card layout 1 2 3 4 5 Audio ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For details on using these audio ports refer to the section Connecting speakers and peripherals ...

Page 10: ...nter subwoofer input on 5 1 6 1 7 1 powered analog speakers 5 Rear Back Surround Out port Connects to the Back surround input on 6 1 7 1 powered analog speakers S PDIF Out port Optical TOSLINK digital output port Connects to external digital decoder or digital speaker systems Home Theater systems AV receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM DTS Digital DTS WMA Pro etc 6 Front panel audi...

Page 11: ...and all other peripheral devices connected to your computer 2 Unplug the computer power cord from your computer and power outlet 3 Touch the metal back or side panel of your computer to avoid static electricity 4 Remove the chassis cover 5 Remove the metal bracket from an available PCI slot for the Xonar DG SI audio card 6 Carefully insert the audio card into the PCI slot Ensure the audio card sit...

Page 12: ...the Aux In header of the Xonar DG SI card For optimum TV audio quality Xonar DG SI uses ADC recording to digitize the signal and loops it back to DAC playback Select Aux In as the recording source in the Xonar DG SI 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 Dolby Headphone to expand ...

Page 13: ...river installation error may occur 1 After you have installed the Xonar DG SI card turn on your computer Windows automatically detects the audio card and searches for device drivers When prompted for the drivers click Cancel 2 Download the driver from ASUS support website Open the driver folder and run setup exe 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation ...

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Page 15: ...ur PC audio sources to any digital speakers or AV Receivers No Item Description 1 Optical adapter Plug an optical TOSLINK adapter into the S PDIF Out combo connector 2 Optical cable Connect your decoder s S PDIF In port to the optical adapter using the TOSLINK optical cable SPDIF Out You can also use a coaxial cable for a S PDIF connection Just plug the coaxial RCA male connector to the S PDIF Out...

Page 16: ...ng stereo headphones 5 2 1 Connecting Stereo Headphones No Item Description 1 Front Out Headphone Jack The Front Out jack has a built in high quality amplifier to drive headphones Connect your stereo headphones directly to this jack 1 ...

Page 17: ... 1 Front Out Connect the front channel 3 5mm plug of your 5 1 headphone 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 18: ...eft front and right front input ports of the analog amplifier with 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 ...

Page 19: ...13 ASUS Xonar DG SI 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 2 Speakers 2 1 Speakers 1 ...

Page 20: ...peakers 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 4 Speakers 4 1 Speakers 1 2 1 2 ...

Page 21: ...e 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 5 1 Speakers 1 2 3 5 3 5 Connecting 6 1 7 1 Channel Speakers 1 2 3 4 6 1 Speakers ...

Page 22: ... 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 7 1 Speakers 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 23: ... Description 1 Microphone Input Jack Connect the microphone s 3 5mm plug into this Mic In jack for voice communication recording or karaoke 2 Headphone Jack The Front Out jack has a built in high quality amplifier to drive headphones Connect your stereo headphones directly to this jack ...

Page 24: ...e In audio sources Line In 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 See the Mixer section of the driver guide ...

Page 25: ... the screen Double click this icon to open the Xonar Audio Center utility If the icon could not be found in the system tray click Start All Programs ASUS Xonar DG SI Audio Xonar DG SI Audio Center to launch the Xonar Audio Center from the Windows desktop 2 Xonar Audio Center is the Graphic User Interface GUI for the Xonar DG SI driver You can control the functions and features of the Xonar DG SI d...

Page 26: ... playback volume Drag the small circle inside it to change the volume level 4 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 2 buttons give access to quick ga...

Page 27: ... Audio or other HD media may contain 96KHz high definition audio content Please select the corresponding sample rate for your playback sources to get the best audio fidelity No Item Description 1 Sample Rate Select the sample rate that corresponds to or exceeds that of your playback sources for optimal audio fidelity The Xonar DG SI card supports sample rates up to 192KHz 44 1K 48K 96K 192KHz Typi...

Page 28: ...ur connected 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 3 HP Advanced Setting Click this button to select the gain tuning according to your headphone impedance The setting is also available for FP Headphone 4 Dolby Headphone enable disable Tick this checkbox...

Page 29: ...speakers 7 1 speakers Front Panel Headphone and Front Panel 2 speakers or 2 1 Xonar DG SI will play the channels and do the proper 3D surround sound processing accordingly Select the correct speaker type for your connected 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 ...

Page 30: ...y Select the correct speaker type for your connected 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 3 Speaker Swap Click this button to view the advanced setting window to allow you to Swap center bass outputs for 5 1 7 1 speaker set ups Swap Side Back Surround ...

Page 31: ...n to carry high quality audio from your PC to digital speakers and AV Receivers 2 No Item Description 1 S PDIF Out enable disable Tick this checkbox to enable S PDIF output 2 S PDIF Output Formats Functions PCM Pulse Code Modulation which is a typical raw audio data format 1 ...

Page 32: ...each speaker or listener to a different relative position virtually using only your mouse The Xonar DG SI 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 closer ...

Page 33: ...al Speaker Shifter and Dolby Pro Logic IIx can be selected only when Dolby Headphone is enabled 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 they impart DH1 Reference Room Small acoustically damped room 3 DH2 DH2 Livelier Room More acoustically live than DH1 4 DH3 DH3 Larger Room Larger room than DH1 ...

Page 34: ...es except MIDI files SW Software Synthesizer that controls 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 3 Mute button Click this button to mute the audio channel Click this button again to restore the audio output 4 Volume slider Drag this slider down to decrease the volume drag it up to increase the vo...

Page 35: ... level 4 Recording Selector button Click this button to select the path source you are going to record Note that the recording function on Windows is a one path selector So you can select only one default recording source at a time You may have to restart the recorder program if you switch to a different source 5 Microphone In Advanced Setting Click this button to open the advanced settings for th...

Page 36: ...ed to the source 7 Source path name This shows the source name for each volume control slider including Mix Stereo Mix which will record analog inputs MIC and Aux and digital wave audio Wave you are playing on PC MIC Recording from MIC jack Aux Recording from Aux In for typically TV tuner card audio or other sound sources Line In Recording from Line in jack for external audio devices WAVE Recordin...

Page 37: ... 2D 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 options Click this button to apply the environment effect that you selected 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 38: ...ault 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 Del...

Page 39: ...ny for karaoke No Item Description 1 On Off Click the switch to turn on or off the functions on this page 2 Key Shifting Tick this box to enable or disable the key shifting feature for music playback from 4 semitones below to 4 semitones above 3 Vocal Cancellation Tick this box to enable or disable the vocal cancellation function and adjust the voice cancellation level from 0 to 100 100 will elimi...

Page 40: ...et according to your requirement With Mic you will only record audio source from microphone with echo effects But you are able to record all audio sources from Wave Aux and Mic with microphone echo effect Click OK to accept it or Cancel if you want to enable it later Tick Don t remind me again and this message will not show up again ...

Page 41: ...peaker type and Xonar DG SI 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 Usually low cost PC s 2 channel speakers are small type speakers Refer to the speaker s specification If you have any questions consult your speaker vendor However common 2 1 speakers with a subwoofer should be categorized a...

Page 42: ...sles inherent with sound sources of different loudness It allows you to listen to various content like MP3 TV program DVD video and even games with consistent sound level The following graph shows how different 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 h...

Page 43: ...tlined 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 3 1 2 ...

Page 44: ... DS3D GX technology Before you start EAX and DS3D HW games enable DS3D GX on the Xonar Audio Center and disable the function after the games In addition Xonar DG SI also offers a Hi Fi mode for hi fidelity playback without any effect processing to keep the original audio fidelity Every time you turn on Hi Fi mode Xonar DG SI will clear all sound effects Use Hi Fi mode for audio quality tests using...

Page 45: ...de to support EAX and DirectSound 3D Hardware extensions for lots of DirectX DirectSound3D games on Windows 7 XP 2 Hi Fi Mode This mode is set for Hi Fidelity playback where all effects will be cleared to keep the original digital data and analog output quality as high as possible 1 2 ...

Page 46: ...em Description 1 VoiceEX It produces realistic and dynamic environmental reverberation for your voice in 3D gaming communication 2 Local VoiceEX It produces realistic and dynamic environmental reverberation for your voice in 3D gaming communication You can hear your voice form speakers 3 App List You can add VOIP application into VOIP application List 4 ChatEX It emulates different background envi...

Page 47: ...eckboxes 2 Ensure you and your team member can talk to each other in the game For VOIP 1 Click App List 2 If you do not see your VOIP application in the list click Add Ensure that you are using the latest Skype and MSN Messenger version 3 Find the application and launch it ...

Page 48: ...calFX function then a prompt message will pop up This message implies the record device will be set to microphone Make sure the GX function is enabled Click OK to accept it or Cancel if you want to enable it later Tick Don t remind me again if you do not want to see this message pop up again Microphone input source must be selected from advanced setting under MIC volume control slider in Mixer pag...

Page 49: ...ter utility 3 If the icon could not be found in the system tray go to the Windows Control Panel and double click the Xonar DG SI Audio Center icon to make it visible in the system tray again 4 After the driver installation is completed reboot your computer to complete the setup If the icon still does not appear please try installing the driver package again I cannot hear any sound from my analog s...

Page 50: ...the recording source and remember to turn on the digital monitoring button on the recording mixer page If you are using a TV tuner card which has digital audio output instead of analog check that the sound is not muted and whether other applications can play sound out If you still have problem read the TV tuner card s software user guide FAQ Does the Xonar DG SI support Windows 7 Yes the Xonar DG ...

Page 51: ...data or non PCM AC3 DTS data So when a user selects PCM output for S PDIF the Xonar sound card will always deliver 2 channel PCM data through the S PDIF output port Why is it that there are no sound effects when playing 96K sound sources Currently Xonar DG SI effects support common 44 1K 48KHz sound sources processing and will assure high definition audio 192K in hi fidelity playback This is also ...

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