Asus Audio Card Xonar D2X User manual

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ASUS Xonar D2X Quick Installation Guide
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Xonar D2X
Audio Card
Quick Installation Guide

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1.1 Installation requirements
To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar D2X audio card, your computer must
meet the following requirements:
• One PCI Express 1.0 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card
• One available 4-pin power cable from PC’s power supply unit
• 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; > 200MB space
available for Ableton Live and > 320MB for Cakewalk package
• CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation
• High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or digital speakers with
Dolby Digital or DTS decoders to enjoy the Ultra-High Fidelity sounds of the
card
Before the installation, check your ASUS Xonar D2X audio card package for the
following items:
• ASUS Xonar D2X audio card
• ASUS Xonar D2X support CD
• Ableton™ Live Lite software CD
• Cakewalk™ Production Plus Pack CD
(Sonar LE, Dimension LE, and Project5 LE)
• PowerDVD 7.0 software DVD player CD
• Additional MIDI bracket and adaptor cable x1
• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adaptors x2
• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical cable x1
• 3.5mm-to-RCA cables for 8-channel output x4
• Dolby Demo CD
• Quick Installation Guide

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1.2 Card installation
To install the Xonar D2X audio card:
1. Touch the metal back or side panel of the computer to avoid static electricity.
2. Power OFF the computer, the monitor, and all other peripheral devices
connected to your computer.
3. Unplug the computer power cord from your computer and power outlet.
4. Remove the chassis cover.
5. Locate an empty PCIE slot on the motherboard.
6. Connect the power cable of the power supply to the power connector on the
audio card.
7. Align and insert the audio card into the PCIE slot until it seats in place. Make
sure the goldngers 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. Plug the power cord to the computer
and to a power outlet.
12. Power ON the computer.
the PCI Express high-quality audio
card requires additional power
from your computer. If the power
cable is not connected properly,
the audio card will not work at all.
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When removing the power cable from the Xonar D2X audio card, make sure to
pull outward the 4-pin header rst, then unplug it from the power connector as
the following pictures show. Do not forcefully remove the header from the power
connector; doing so may pull up the power connector from the audio card and
cause damage!
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After installing the Xonar D2X audio card on your computer, you need to install
the device driver that enables the Xonar D2X audio card to work with Windows
operating system.
If you have already installed the ASUS Xonar D2X audio card, the Found New
Hardware Wizard window may pop up before or during driver installation. See
gure below.
1.3 Driver installation
To install the device driver:
1. Click Cancel from the Found New Hardware wizard window.
2. Insert the ASUS Xonar D2X 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 nishes, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
You can choose to restart the computer later if desired.
1.3.1 Installing the Audio Card Driver
The version and content of the driver CD are subject to change without notice.

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1.4 Connecting speakers
For Analog Spakers
2 Speakers
This audio card comes with LEDs in different colors that denes each port.
MIC In
Red
Line In
Front Out
Side Surround
Center & Subwoofer
Back Surround
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Blue
Green
Orange
White
Amber
No LED
No LED
LED color denition

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4 Speakers
2.1 Speakers

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5.1 Speakers
4.1 Speakers

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7.1 Speakers
6.1 Speakers

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SPDIF In
You can also use a coaxial cable for a S/PDIF digital connection. Just plug the
coaxial RCA male connector to the S/PDIF-In combo jack and connect the other
end into the coaxial S/PDIF output on the player.
Plug the optical TOSLINK adaptor into the S/PDIF-In combo connector. Then,
connect your MD/CD/DVD player’s S/PDIF out port to the optical adaptor with the
TOSLINK optical cable
For Digital Speakers
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 combo jack and connect the other end
into the coaxial S/PDIF input on your decoder.
Plug the optical TOSLINK adaptor into the S/PDIF-Out combo connector. Then,
connect your decoder’s S/PDIF in port to the optical adaptor with the TOSLINK
optical cable

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Connecting Line-In audio sources
Connecting headphone / microphone