Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
User Manual
E8237
First Edition (V1)
April 2013
Table of Content
2.
Introduction...................................................................................... 4
1.1
1.2
System requirements.......................................................... 4
1.3
General Specification.......................................................... 5
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1.
Hardware........................................................................................... 7
Xonar U7 Audio Card......................................................................... 7
Top view ............................................................................................ 7
Rear view........................................................................................... 7
Bottom view........................................................................................ 7
3.
Driver Installation............................................................................. 9
3.1
5.
6.
4.2
Output connection............................................................. 13
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
Troubleshooting............................................................................. 42
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1.
Introduction
1.1
Package contents
Check your ASUS Xonar U7 audio card package for the following items:
Driver CD
USB Cable x 1
1.2
System requirements
To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar U7 audio card, make sure that
your computer meets the following requirements:
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General Specification
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1.3
Description
Audio Performance
Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (AWeighted)
up to 114dB
110dB
up to 0.0006% (104dB)
up to 0.0001% (-100dB)
Bus Compatibility
USB audio class
Main Chipset
Audio Processor
44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
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Description
I/O Ports
Analog Output Jack
Button
Driver Features
Operation System
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Windows 8 / 7 / XP (32/64bit)
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Hardware
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Microphone In port
Line In port
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Microphone Volume
Control
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Output Selection
Indicator
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Output Selection/
Volume Control
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Center/Subwoofer Out
port
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USB Port
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USB Audio 1.0/2.0 switch is located at the bottom side of the audio card. USB
Audio 1.0 connection has the following limitations:
7.1 speakers, Headphone, Mic In / Line-In, and SPDIF Out can only
support sample rates of 44.1KHz/48KHz @16-bit.
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Driver Installation
3.1
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3.
After installing the Xonar U7 audio card on your computer, you need to install
the device driver that enables the Xonar U7 audio card to work with Windows
operating system.
The driver is required only when you connect the Xonar U7 to a PC or
notebook.
The version and content of the support CD are subject to change without
notice.
Insert the ASUS Xonar U7 support CD into your optical drive. If Autorun is
enabled, the ASUS Xonar Card Driver screen appears automatically. Go to
step 4. If Autorun is not enabled in your computer, perform step 2.
2.
Click My Computer on your desktop and double-click the optical drive icon.
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When the installation finishes, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
You can choose to restart the computer at a later time.
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Select the program that you want to remove and then click Add/Remove (or
Change/Remove) button.
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Input connection
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AVR
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Output connection
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HP Out
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Headphone Out
Port
Description
The Headphone Out port has a built-in high-quality
amplifier to drive headphones. Connect your stereo
headphones directly to this port.
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Front (R) Out port
Connects
the front right input port of 7.1 channel
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Center/Subwoofer
Connects to the Center/Subwoofer input port of 7.1
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5.1
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5.
After finishing the driver installation and rebooting your computer, you will find the
Xonar U7 Audio Centers icon in the system tray on the bottom right-hand corner of
the screen. Double click this icon to 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 U7 Audio Center icon.
5.1.1
Xear Audio Center provides serveral sound effects. There is a pop menu for each
output / input device and you can enter the sound effect page to enjoy music,
movie and gaming.
To open the pop-up menu:
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Playback (Speaker
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Indicates the input default device.
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Indicates the sample rate of playback sources.
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Switch to Profile
Panel button
Volume Adjustment
bar
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Mute / Unmute
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5.1.3
Profile Panel
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This profile panel for sound effect contains a preset mode and a user-defined
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Click to select the presets in profile mode.
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Add Profile
Adjust specific sound effects (EQ, EM etc) settings and
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click + to create a user-defined mode.
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Delete Profile
Click to delete
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Volume Control
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Function Introduction
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Speaker Settings
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Function Introduction
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Setting items
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Speaker Test
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LFE / Center
Channel Swap
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Headphone Settings
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5.2.4
Function Introduction
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This function allows you to configure gain settings based on you headphones
impedence.
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Low Gain
Medium Gain
High Gain
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Sample Rate
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Function Introduction
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EQ enable / disable Click to enable / disable EQ.
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EQ band controller Change the gain setting for each band (30/ 60/ 120/ 250/
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500/ 1K/ 2K/ 4K/ 8K/ 16K).
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Change the gain setting for each band, key in a name 9
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the input field and then click save to add your new setting.
setting will9appear in the Manual Mode List. Click
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trash to delete settings.
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Preset mode
Select a preset mode for equalizer that is designed
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Environment Effect
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Function Introduction
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Environment Effect
enable/disable
switch
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Environment Effect
mode
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Manually Rotation
Mode
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Auto Rotation
Mode
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Each virtual speaker virtualizes one channel of the 7.1
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Use the pointer to click and drag to move the location of13
Moving
individual virtual speakers.
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Flex Bass II
Function Introduction
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Small Speaker w/o bass
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subwoofer.
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sound resonance more obvious and reverberation from
subwoofer.
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Speaker Diagram
You can also check the speaker size from this home
theater diagram.
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Function Introduction
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Function Introduction
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Function Introduction
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Max enable/disable
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Tick to enable or disable the Xear Surround Max function.
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5.3
Function Introduction
Click the device icon on the left side to open the pop-up menu.
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Sample Rate
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Function Introduction
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5.4
English
This page lists the driver information and the technologies trademark logo. You
can get both hardware/software details and legal information references here.
Click the Information button on the upper right corner of the user interface to
display the detailed information of the device.
5.5
Open the CPL Tray Icon Function List by right-clicking the tray icon in the system
tray area.
1.
Open: Click the Open item to restore the USB Audio Software CPL.
2.
Volume Control: Click the Volume Control item to launch the Volume Mixer
of Windows OS, which allows you to control the volume of speakers and
other audio devices seperately.
3.
Windows Media Player: Click the Windows Media Player item to launch
the Microsoft Windows Media Player.
4.
Sound Recorder: Click the Sound Recorder item to open the Windows
Sound recorder.
5.
(1) Select the Speakers device and then click the properties button.
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(2) Click the Advanced tab and click the dropdown list to open default
format support list as shown in the diagram below.
(3) Follow the same step to change the sample rate & bit rate for
Microphone device.
6.
(1) Show System Tray Icon: Check Show System Tray Icon box to show
the Xear Audio center icon in the system tray.
(4) Dont show start up message: Check the box to hide or show the start
up message.
7.
Exit: Click Exit to exit the tray Icon from the system tray.
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Troubleshooting
I cannot install the audio card driver in my PC.
(1). Ensure that you have switched the USB sound card to USB Audio 2.0 and
plugged it to the USB port.
(2). Make sure that the LEDs light up.
(3). Ensure that you have the latest driver version.
(4). Check that the Windwos hardware Device Manager has detected the device.
(5). Restart your computer.
(6). Try to plug the device into another USB port.
(3). If you cannot find the icon in the system tray, go to the Windows Control
Panel and double click the Xonar U7 Audio Center icon to make it visible in
the system tray again.
(4). After the driver installation is complete, its recommended that you reboot
your computer to complete the setup. If the icon still doesnt appear, please
try installing the driver package again.
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(4). If you are using Dolby Digital Live encoder through the S/PDIF output, the
analog output will be muted to get rid of the interference between your digital
speaker 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
whether the playback default device is set to Xonar U7 Audio Device, instead
of other onboard AC97 or HDA codec device. If its not, please set it to Xonar
U7 Audio Device and restart your applications.
(6). Restart your computer.
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