Asus XONAR D1 - Sound Card - Low Profile User manual

E4008
First Edition V1
June 2008
Xonar D1
PCI audio card
Quick start guide

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1.1 System requirements
To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar D1 audio card, your computer must
meet the following requirements:
• One PCI compatible slot for the audio card
• 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
• CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation
• High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or digital speakers with
Dolby Digital decoder to enjoy the Ultra-High Fidelity sounds of the card
1.2 Package contents
Check your ASUS Xonar D1 audio card package for the following items:
• ASUS Xonar D1 audio card
• ASUS Xonar D1 support CD (including RMAA V6.0.6 utilities)
• Additional low-profile bracket
• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x1
• Quick installation guide

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1.3 Card installation
To install the Xonar D1 audio card:
1. Power OFF the computer, the monitor, 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 the computer to avoid static electricity.
4. Remove the chassis cover.
5. Locate an empty PCI slot on the motherboard.
7. Align and insert the audio card into the PCI slot until it seats in place. Make
sure the goldfingers are properly inserted to the slot.
8. Secure the bracket screw that holds the audio card in place. Refer to the
picture below for the bracket screw hole.
9. Put back the chassis cover.
10. Reconnect all cables.
11. Power ON the computer.

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After installing the Xonar D1 audio card on your computer, you need to install
the device driver that enables the Xonar D1 audio card to work with Windows
operating system.
If you have already installed the ASUS Xonar D1 audio card, the Found New
Hardware Wizard window may pop up before or during driver installation. See
figure below.
1.4 Driver installation
To install the device driver:
1. Click Cancel from the Found New Hardware wizard window.
2. Insert the ASUS Xonar D1 support CD into your optical drive.
If autorun is enabled, the ASUS Xonar Card Driver screen appears
automatically. Go to step 5.
If Autorun is not enabled in your computer, perform step 3.
3. Click My Computer on your desktop and double-click the optical drive icon.
4. Double-click the setup.exe icon located on the optical drive.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Read the “END
USER LICENSE AGREEMENT” in the process and make sure that you
understand and accept it before continuing the installation.
6. When the installation finishes, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
You can choose to restart the computer later if desired.
1.4.1 Installing the audio card driver
The version and content of the driver CD are subject to change without notice.

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1.5 Connecting audio device
1.5.2 Connecting analog speakers
2 Speakers
1.5.1 Back ports
Front Out
Side Surround
Center & Subwoofer
Back Surround
Line / Mic In
SPDIF Out
Front Out

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4 Speakers
2.1 Speakers
Front Out
Front Out
Side Surround

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5.1 Speakers
4.1 Speakers
Front Out
Side Surround
Front Out
Side Surround
Center & Subwoofer

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7.1 Speakers
6.1 Speakers
Front Out
Side Surround
Center & Subwoofer
Back Surround
Front Out
Side Surround
Center & Subwoofer
Back Surround

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1.5.3 Connecting digital speakers
SPDIF Out
Plug the optical TOSLINK adapter into the S/PDIF-Out port. Then, connect your
decoder’s S/PDIF In port to the optical adapter with the TOSLINK optical cable.
1.5.4 Connecting Line-In audio sources
SPDIF Out
Line In

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1.5.5 Connecting headphone / microphone