Asus Xonar U7 User manual

A7856
First Edition (V1)
November 2012
Xonar U7
7.1-Channel USB Audio Card
Quick Start Guide

Table of content
English ............................................................................................... 1
繁體中文 .......................................................................................... 16
󰒫󰚸 .......................................................................................... 29
日本語 ............................................................................................. 42
한국어 ............................................................................................. 55
Bahasa Indonesia ............................................................................. 68
............................................................................................. 81

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1. Introduction
1.1 Package contents
Check your ASUS Xonar™ U7 audio card package for the following items:
• ASUS XonarTM U7 7.1-Channel USB Audio Card
• Driver CD
• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x 1
• Quick Start Guide
1.2 System requirements
To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar U7 audio card, ensure that your
computer must meet the following requirements:
• IBM compatible PC with one USB1.1 (or higher) compatible port for the USB
audio device
• Microsoft®Windows®XP (32/64bit) / Windows®7 (32/64bit) / Windows®8
(32/64bit)
• Intel®Pentium®4 1.4GHz, AMD Athlon 1400 CPU, or faster CPU
• More than 256 MB system memory
• More than 60 MB available storage space for driver installation
• CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation
• High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital
decoder, to enjoy the audio card’s high delity sound

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2. Hardware
Xonar U7 Audio Card
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Top view
Rear view
Bottom view
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No Item Description
1 Headphone Out port Connect your headphone to this port.
2
Microphone In port
Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm
port for voice input. Built-in high-quality Microphone
pre-amplier.
Line In port
Connect analog devices like MP3 players, CD players,
music synthesizers, and other line-level sound sources
to this 3.5mm port for audio recording or processing.
3Microphone Volume
Control
Press to increase or decrease microphone volume.
4Output Selection
Indicator
LED indicator indicates different output selection
(Headphone/Speaker/S/PDIF).
5Output Selection/
Volume Control
Rotate to adjust the playback volume. Press to select
an output source.
6 Front (R) Out port For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to
the front right input on the powered speakers.
7 Front (L) Out port For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to
the front left input on the powered speakers.
8Side Surround Out
port
Connects to the surround channel input on 7.1 powered
analog speakers.
9Center/Subwoofer Out
port
Connects to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1/7.1
powered analog speakers.
10 Rear Out port Connects to the back surround input on 4/5.1/7.1
powered analog speakers.
11 S/PDIF Out port
Coaxial digital output port. Connects to an external
digital decoder or digital speaker systems, Home
Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting digital
audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-
Pro, etc. Connects to the surround channel input on
4/5.1/7.1 powered analog speakers.
12 USB Port Connects to your computer using a USB Type B-A lead.
13 USB Audio 1.0/2.0
switch
Move this switch to toggle between USB Audio 2.0
and USB Audio 1.0 connection. Use USB Audio 1.0
for plug and play. Use USB Audio 2.0 on a mac (Apple
computer).
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:
• Only supports playback features.
• 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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3. Driver Installation
3.1 Installing the Xonar U7 Card Driver
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 version and content of the support CD are subject to change without notice.
To install the device driver:
1. 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 Computer on your desktop and double-click the optical drive icon.
3. Double-click setup.exe located on the optical drive.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Read,
understand, and accept the END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT before
continuing the installation.
5. When the installation nishes, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
You can choose to restart the computer at a later time.
3.2 Uninstalling or Reinstalling the Xonar U7 Card
Driver
3.2.1 Uninstalling the Xonar U7 Card Driver
To uninstall the Xonar U7 card driver:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Right-click the driver you want to remove, and then click Uninstall.
3. In the InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select Remove.
4. Restart your computer when prompted.
3.2.2 Reinstalling the Xonar U7 Card Driver
To reinstall the Xonar U7 card driver:
1. Uninstall the existing software or driver.
2. Follow the installation process to reinstall the driver.

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USB
OR
NB
PC
4. Connecting Speakers and Peripherals
4.1 Input connection
4.1.1 Connecting to a USB 2.0 port on your computer
No Item Description
1 USB Port Connects to your computer using a USB Type B-A
lead.
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AVR
S/PDIF
4.1.2 Connecting digital audio systems
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No Item Description
1 S/PDIF Out port Connect an AVR (Audio/Video Receiver) to this
S/PDIF output port.

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HP Out Mic In/Line In
4.1.3 Connecting microphone / Line-In
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No Item Description
1 Microphone In /
Line In port
Connect the microphone’s 3.5mm plug into this Mic-In
port for voice communication, recording, or karaoke.
Connect the 3.5mm plug of the CD/MP3 Player or any
other Line level analog audio sources into this Line-In
port for sound recording.
OR

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HP Out Mic In/Line In
4.2 Output connection
4.2.1 Connecting Stereo Headphones
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No Item Description
1 Headphone Out
Port
The Headphone Out port has a built-in high-quality
amplier to drive headphones. Connect your stereo
headphones directly to this port.

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No Item Description
1 Front (R) Out port Connects to the front right input port of 5.1 channel
headphones using the RCA cable.
2 Front (L) Out port Connects to the front left input port of 5.1 channel
headphones using the RCA cable.
3 Center/Subwoofer
Out port
Connect the Center/Bass-channel 3.5mm plug of your
5.1 channel headphone into this jack.
4 Rear Surround
Out port
Connects to the rear surround input port of your 5.1
channel headphone.
4.2.2 Connecting 5.1 channel headphones
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4.2.3 Connecting analog speaker systems
Connecting 2 channel speakers
No Item Description
1 Front (R) Out port Connects to the front right input port of 2 channel
speakers using the RCA cable.
2 Front (L) Out port Connects to the front left input port of 2 channel
speakers using the RCA cable.
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Connecting 4.1 channel speakers / power amplier
No Item Description
1 Front (R) Out port Connects to the front right input port of 4.1 channel
speakers.
2 Front (L) Out port Connects to the front left input port of 4.1 channel
speakers.
3 Rear Surround Out
port
Connects to the rear surround input port of 4.1 channel
speakers.
Amplifier
OR
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Connecting 5.1 channel speakers
No Item Description
1 Front (R) Out port Connects to the front right input port of 5.1 channel
speakers.
2 Front (L) Out port Connects to the front left input port of 5.1 channel
speakers.
3 Center/Subwoofer
Out port
Connects to the Center and Subwoofer input ports of 5.1
channel speakers.
4 Rear Surround Out
port
Connects to the rear surround input port of 5.1 channel
speakers.
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Connecting 7.1 channel speakers
No Item Description
1 Front (R) Out port Connects to the front right input port of 7.1 channel
speakers.
2 Front (L) Out port Connects to the front left input port of 7.1 channel
speakers.
3 Side Surround Out
port
Connects to the Left surround and Right surround input
ports of 7.1 channel speakers.
4 Center/Subwoofer
Out port
Connects to the Center/Subwoofer input port of 7.1
channel speakers using the mini-jack cable.
5 Rear Surround Out
port
Connects to the rear surround input port of 7.1 channel
speakers.
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󰄑    
󰏫󰖔󰎲󰒯
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  󰅿
     
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󰖌󰀟
   󰌨󰌨󰌨
󰗝
󰖌   󰖌   
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  󰏫󰉻󰌊󰌊󰀟  󰌊󰏫󰉻󰌊󰌊󰀟  󰌊
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 󰙉󰙉
    󰙉   󰙉󰙉󰙉
   󰂋󰙉 󰂋󰙉 󰂋󰙉 
    
󰙉󰀟󰌨
請依照以下步驟安裝音效卡驅動程式：
    󰙉󰀟󰉻   󰙉󰀟󰉻󰙉󰀟󰉻󰙉󰀟󰉻
  󰙉󰙉󰙉
󰆸
󰆸
 󰑤󰌐󰑤󰌐󰓱󰉻
 󰓱󰉻  󰎇󰓱󰉻  󰎇󰎇󰎇
 󰁎󰈂󰙹󰁎󰈂󰙹

 󰌐󰉠󰌐󰉠
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    󰙉   󰙉󰙉󰙉
    󰙉   󰙉󰙉󰙉
󰆸󰛘   󰙉󰙉󰙉
 󰑤󰌐
 󰑀󰑤󰌐󰑤󰌐
 󰌐󰉠
 󰃢
    󰙉   󰙉󰙉󰙉
󰆸󰛘󰙉
 󰚸󰙉󰚸󰙉
 󰙉󰛘󰙉󰙉󰛘󰙉

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 󰌊󰌊
       
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