Diamond Xtreme Audio User manual

Diamond Xtreme Audio
PCI Sound Card
DIAMOND XTREME AUDIO
User Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview ………………………………………………………………1
Installing the sound card ……………………………………………. 2
Appendix A. Hardware Information ………………………………..4
FCC and CE Radiation Norm
FCC
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device
pursuant to Part 15 of Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules.
CE
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Directive on
the approximation of the law of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility (89/336/EEC)
according to EN 55022 class B & EN55024.
FCC and CE Compliance Statement
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against frequency interface in residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed or
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference
by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connect to
CAUTION!
The Federal Communication Commission warns the user that changes or modifications to the unit not
expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.

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1. Overview
Features & specification
Provide audio fidelity that rivals movie theaters with 7.1-channel sound under Windows
®
2000,
XP (Microsoft DirectX V.9 above is required.) and Windows
®
Vista X86 / X64.
Complete Internet Entertainment (Audio files, MP3, game, etc.) & DVD Player Solution.
Provide Xear 3D™ 7.1 Virtual Speaker SHIFTER technology.
8 channel output capability supports the newest Dolby® Digital EX and DTS® ES DVD audio
format.
Support Dolby® Digital Live S/PDIF audio output.
Support 24bit /192KHz Playback, 16bit /48K Recording.
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 / XP
S/PDIF OUT Support 16bit / 24bit resolution and 44.1K / 48K / 96KHz Sample rate.
Microsoft®Windows®Vista X86 / X64
S/PDIF OUT Support 16bit / 24bit resolution and 44.1K / 48K Sample rate.
Supports multi-speaker output to 2 / 2.1 / 4 / 4.1 / 5.1 / 7.1 speakers
Comply with Microsoft
®
PC99 specification
Connector：
：：
：
Internal: CD Audio In , AUX In
External: Front-Out / Rear-Out / Center & Woofer / ALT CEN
Line-In / Mic-In / SPDIF-In / SPDIF-Out
System Requirements
Microsoft®Windows®2000 / XP
Intel architecture CPU with MMX instruction set
Intel®Pentium®366 MHz CPU or above (PIII 800 MHz recommended)
64MB system memory
100MB available HDD space
Microsoft®Windows®Vista X86 / X64
Intel®Pentium®1GHz CPU or above
512MB system memory or above (1GB recommended)
100MB available HDD space
CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive Recommended)
2 / 2.1 / 4 / 4.1 / 5.1 / 7.1 channel speakers
Software Bundle
Xear 3D™ sound configuration
Multi-channel Speaker Tester (except Windows
®
Vista－OS embedded)
Package
7.1 PCI sound card
User manual
“Installation Software” CD-ROM
Coaxial cable *1

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2. Installing the Sound Card
A. Hardware Installation
Before you start, make sure that Windows
®
2000 / XP / Vista X86 / Vista X64 has been installed in
your system and running properly. Please follow the following steps carefully while installing your
sound card.
1. Turn off your computer and disconnect all power cords.
2. Remove the case from your computer. Refer to your PC’s user manual for more details.
3. Plug the Sound Card into any free 32-bit expansion PCI slot of the computer.
4. Connect the audio cable from your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to CD-IN.
5. Put the computer cover case on and reconnect the power cords.
Connecting Audio Devices
You can connect various types of audio equipment, such as speakers, headphones, CD player and so
on, to the sound card through its back panel jacks. The following diagram shows the connectors on
the back panel.
Layout of the DIAMOND XTREME AUDIO PCI Sound Card
F-Out This connector provides Front sound source output; you can connect one
set of active speaker or headphone.
R-Out This connector provides side surround sound source output; you can
connect one set of active speaker.
C/LFE This connector provides Center & Subwoofer (LFE) sound source output;
you can connect one set of active speaker.
ALT CEN This connector provides Back-Surround sound source output.
MIC This connector provides Microphone-in function.
LINE IN This connector provides Line-in function.
S/PDIF In This connector provides S/PDIF digital audio input with coaxial. Input for
MD Player, Portable CD Player, Home Audio System
S/PDIF Out This connector provides S/PDIF digital audio output with coaxial. Output
for MD Player, AC-3 Decoder, Home Audio System.
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F
-
Out
C/LFE
LINE IN
MIC
J1
R
-
Out
J3
J4
J5
J2
J7
CMI8768/
PCI
-
8CH+
SPDIF IN
(Coaxial)
SPDIF
OUT
Alt Cen
J6
JP
1
1
5
2
6
CD
AUX
J
10
J
11
RGG
RGG
J
8
J9

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B. Drivers Setup
Before you install
You must have Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000, XP, or Vista before you install this PCI sound card, and
ensure you don’t have any other sound card device driver in your current system.
Auto Run
Auto Run for Windows® 2000 / XP / Vista,
1. Insert the Multimedia Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive.
2. Select the corresponding driver and click ”Allow” to do application/driver installation procedure,
then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation
3. When all drivers have been installed, please restart your computer
If Auto Run can’t be used with your computer, please refer to each Windows as follows,
Installing the Sound Card Driver under Windows®Windows®2000/XP
1. After hardware installation has been finished, power up your computer and wait for Windows
®
2000/XP to boot up.
2. The message box will show “Found New Hardware Wizard” Click “Cancel”.
3. Insert the Multimedia Software into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive.
4. Double click “Computer” icon on the desktop.
5. Double click CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6. Double click “AUTORUN.EXE”.
7. Select the corresponding driver and click “Allow” to do the applications/driver installation procedure,
then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.
8. When all drivers have been installed, please restart your computer.
Installing the Sound Card Driver under Windows®Vista x86/x64
1. After hardware installation has been finished, power up your computer and wait for Windows
®
Vista
to boot up.
2. The message box will show “Found New Hardware” Click “Cancel”.
3. Insert the Multimedia Software into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive.
4. Double click “Computer” icon on the desktop.
5. Double click CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6. Double click “AUTORUN.EXE”.
7. Select the corresponding driver and click “Allow” to do the applications/driver installation procedure,
then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.
8. When all drivers have been installed, please restart your computer.
Uninstalling the Sound card Driver for Windows®2000/XP
1. Click “Start”.
2. Select “Settings”.
3. Select “Control Panel” and click “Add/Remove Program”
4. Double click “PCI Audio Applications ” and than click “OK”
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the applications
6. Return to “Add/Remove Program” Double click “PCI Audio Driver” and then click
“OK”
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the Audio Driver, then reboot your system

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Uninstalling the Sound card Driver for Windows®Vista X86/X64
1. Click “Start”.
2. Select “Control Panel”.
3. Select “Programs and Features”
4. Double click “C-Media PCI Audio Device” and than click “Continue”
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the device
6. Reboot your system
Appendix A. Hardware Information
JP1 : Center and Subwoofer setting selection
Close Left/Right Mode
(1 , 3) (2 , 4) C/LFE Normal
(3 , 5) (4 , 6) LFE/C Inverter