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Xonar U7 7.1 USB Soundcard & Headphone Amplifier

User Manual

E8237 First Edition (V1) April 2013

Copyright © 2013 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe.

Table of Content

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Introduction...................................................................................... 4 1.1

Package contents .............................................................. 4

1.2

System requirements.......................................................... 4

1.3

General Specification.......................................................... 5

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Hardware........................................................................................... 7 Xonar U7 Audio Card......................................................................... 7 Top view ............................................................................................ 7 Rear view........................................................................................... 7 Bottom view........................................................................................ 7

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Driver Installation............................................................................. 9 3.1

Installing the Xonar U7 Card Driver.................................... 9

3.2 Uninstalling or Reinstalling the Xonar U7 Card Driver........ 9 4.

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Connecting Speakers and Peripherals........................................ 10 4.1

Input connection .............................................................. 10

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Output connection............................................................. 13

Xonar U7 Driver Guide................................................................... 19 5.1

Introduction to the Xonar U7 Audio Center GUI................ 19

5.2

Input Device Function Introduction................................... 21

5.3

Mic-In, Line In Device Function Introduction..................... 37

5.4

Information Page Introduction........................................... 40

5.5

Tray Icon Function Introduction......................................... 40

Troubleshooting............................................................................. 42

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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



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:





USB port 2.0 and above



Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 7 / XP (32/64bit)



Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU



More than 256MB system memory



More than 60MB 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 fidelity

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General Specification Items

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1.3

Description

Audio Performance Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (AWeighted)

up to 114dB

Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (AWeighted):

110dB

Output Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) :

up to 0.0006% (104dB)

Input Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) :

up to 0.0001% (-100dB)

Frequency Response (-3dB, 24bit/96kHz format):

< 10Hz to 46KHz

Output / Input Full-Scale Voltage

1 Vrms (2.828 Vp-p) for line out 1.3 Vrms (3.677 Vp-p) for headphone out 1 Vrms (3.677 Vp-p) for line in

Bus Compatibility USB audio class

- USB audio class 2.0 for all functions - USB audio class 1.0 for playback

Main Chipset Audio Processor

Cmedia 6632A High-Performance Sound Processor (Max. 192KHz / 24bit)

D-A Converter of Digital Sources

Cirrus CS4398* 1 (120dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit) Cirrus CS4362* 1 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)

A-D Converter for Analog Inputs

Cirrus CS5361* 1 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)

Sample Rate and Resolution Analog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution

44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

Analog Recording Sample Rate and Resolution

44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

S/PDIF Digital Output

44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

ASIO 2.0 Driver Support

44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

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Items

Description

I/O Ports Analog Output Jack

RCA (phone) jack * 2 (Front left / Front right) 3.50mm mini jack * 3 for surround (Side/Center-Subwoofer/Rear-out) 3.50mm mini jack * 1 (Headphone out)

Analog Input Jack

3.50mm mini jack * 1 (Shared by Line-In / Mic-In)

Button

Output volume knob/Output selection / Microphone Volume)

Digital S/PDIF Output

High-bandwidth coaxial port supports 192HKz/24bit with one S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter

Driver Features Operation System



Windows® 8 / 7 / XP (32/64bit)

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Hardware

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Xonar U7 Audio Card

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Headphone Out port

Connect your headphone to this port.

Microphone In port

Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm port for voice input.

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.

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Microphone Volume Control

Press to increase or decrease microphone volume.

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Output Selection Indicator

LED indicator indicates different output selection (Headphone/Speaker/S/PDIF).

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Output Selection/ Volume Control

Rotate to adjust the playback volume. Press to select an output source.

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Front (R) Out port

For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to the front right input on the powered speakers.

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Front (L) Out port

For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to the front left input on the powered speakers.

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Side Surround Out port

Connects to the surround channel input on 7.1 powered analog speakers.

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Center/Subwoofer Out port

Connects to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1/7.1 powered analog speakers.

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Rear Out port

Connects to the back surround input on 4/5.1/7.1 powered analog speakers.

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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, etc. Connects to the surround channel input on 4/5.1/7.1 powered analog speakers. Through S/PDIF-Out it will deliver stereo PCM and use DDL for 5.1 channel.

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USB Port

Connects to your computer using a USB Type B-A lead.

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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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Driver Installation

3.1

Installing the Xonar U7 Card Driver

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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.

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.

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Click My Computer on your desktop and double-click the optical drive icon.

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Double-click setup.exe located on the optical drive.

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Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Read, understand, and accept the END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT before continuing the installation.

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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.

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 > Settings > Control Panel.

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Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

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Click the Change or Remove Programs button.

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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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In the InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select Remove.

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Restart your computer when prompted.

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3.2.2

Reinstalling the Xonar U7 Card Driver

To reinstall the Xonar U7 card driver: 1.

Uninstall the existing software or driver.

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Follow the installation process to reinstall the driver.

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Connecting Speakers and Peripherals

4.1

Input connection

4.1.1

Connecting to a USB 2.0 port on your computer

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Description

Connect an AVR to this S/PDIF output port.

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Microphone In / Line In port

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Connect the microphone’s 3.5mm plug into this Mic-In port for voice communication, recording, or karaoke.

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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.

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Connecting Stereo Headphones

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HP Out

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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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Connecting 5.1 channel headphones

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Connects to the front right input port of 5.1 channel 9 10 8headphones using the RCA cable.

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Front (L) Out port

Connects to the front left input port of 5.1 channel headphones using the RCA cable.

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Center/Subwoofer Out port

Connect the Center/Bass-channel 3.5mm plug of your 5.1 channel headphone into this jack.

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Rear Surround Out port

channel headphone.

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Connecting analog speaker systems

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Connecting 2 channel speakers

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Front (R) Out port

Connects to the front right input port of 2 channel speakers using the RCA cable.

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Front (L) Out port

Connects to the front left input port of 2 channel speakers using the RCA cable.

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Front (R) Out port

Connects to the front right input port of 4 channel speakers.

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Front (L) Out port

Connects to the front left input port of 4 channel speakers.

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Connects to the front right input port of 5.1 channel speakers.

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Connects to the front left input port of 5.1 channel 9speakers. 10 11

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Center/Subwoofer Out port

Connects to the Center and Subwoofer input ports of 5.1 channel speakers.

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Side Surround Out port

Connects to the Left surround and Right surround input ports of 7.1 channel speakers.

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Center/Subwoofer Out port

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Xonar U7 Driver Guide

5.1

Introduction to the Xonar U7 Audio Center GUI

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After finishing the driver installation and rebooting your computer, you will find the Xonar U7 Audio Center’s 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

Function Pop-up Menu

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: 1.

Double-click the left button of the mouse on the Device icon.

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Left-click the mouse on the Device icon.

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Abbreviation of Sound effect: EQ: Equalizer EM: Environment Effects VSS: 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter FB: Flex Bass II KS: Xear SingFX for key shifting VF: Xear SingFX for vocal fading AB: Xear Audio Brilliant DB: Xear Dynamic Bass SVN: Xear Smart Volume VC: Xear Voice Clarity SMX: Xear Surround Max

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Indicates the playback sound effect status. Abbreviation of Sound effect: SF: Xear SingFX for microphone echo SF: Xear SingFX for Magic Voice

Switch to Profile Panel button

Click to switch the status bar to the Profile panel.

Volume Adjustment bar

Click to increase or decrease volume.

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Mute / Unmute

Click to mute or unmute a device.

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ASIO

Click to launch the ASIO control panel.

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Profile Panel

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This profile panel for sound effect contains a preset mode and a user-defined 1 mode.

2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 4 Items Description 5 4 Profile Mode Click to select the presets in profile mode. 6 5 Add Profile Adjust specific sound effects (EQ, EM etc…) settings and 6 5 click “+” to create a user-defined mode. 7 6 a user-defined mode. Delete Profile Click to delete 7 Switch Button Click to switch between the Profile panel and Audio Status 6 8 Panel. 7 8 7 9 8 Introduction Input Device Function 9 8 10 9 10 9 11 10 1110 12 11 12 11 12 13 13 12 13 13 1

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Click the device icon on the left side to open the pop-up menu.

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5.2.1

Dolby® Home Theater (Windows® 7 and above Only)

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Volume Control

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Mute / Un-mute

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Speaker Settings

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Select an item to set.

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Speaker Test

Click to test the speaker that you select.

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LFE / Center Channel Swap

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Headphone Settings

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Function Introduction

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Sample Rate

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44.1 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 44.1K 48 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 48K 88.2 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 88.2K 96 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 96K 176.4 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 176K 192 KHz - set the playback sample rate to 192K

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Equalizer (Windows® XP only)

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6 7 6 Description 7 EQ enable / disable Click to enable / disable EQ. 11 switch 8 7 EQ band controller Change the gain setting for each band (30/ 60/ 120/ 250/ 8 8K/ 16K). 12 500/ 1K/ 2K/ 4K/ 9 8 Manual mode Change the gain setting for each band, key in a name 9 in the input field and then click save to add your new setting. setting will9appear in the Manual Mode List. Click 10 13 New trash to delete settings. 10 Preset mode Select a preset mode for equalizer that is designed 10 are 12 preset modes such as Bass,11 accordingly. There 11 Treble, Live, Rock, Jazz, etc. 11 12 12 12 13 13 13User Manual ASUS Xonar U7 10 Items

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Environment Effect

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Environment Effect enable/disable switch

Click on the check box to enable / disable Environment Effect.

Environment Effect mode

Click on an Environment Effect button or drop the dropdown list to choose an Environment Effect.

Room Size

Change the Room Size icon to simulate a larger or smaller space.

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Manually Rotation Mode

Use mouse to rotate the virtual speakers on the screen manually.

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Auto Rotation Mode

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2 1 1 5.2.8 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter (Windows® XP only) 3 1 2 2 Function Introduction 41 3 2 1 3 52 1 3 4 2 41 63 2 5 3 4 52 74 3 5 6 4 63 85 4 7 6 5 7 49 6 8 5 7 6 85 10 9 7 8 6 7 9 11 6 10 8 9 7 8 10 79 12 No. Items 11 10 Description 8 9 11 1. 7.1 Virtual speaker Click on the check box to enable / disable 7.1 Virtual 8 shifter enable/ Speaker to simulate the speaker direction and distance. 13 10 12 9 11 disable switch 10 12 92. Virtual Speaker Each virtual speaker virtualizes one channel of the 7.1 11 (L/R/Ls/Rs/Lb/Rb/ channel speakers 10 12 in the real world. 13 11 C/W) 13 10 3. Volume Control Each virtual speaker virtualizes one channel of the 7.1 12 11 12 channel speakers 13 in the real world. 114. Volume indicator Indicate the volume of each channel. 13 12 13 Reset the location of virtual speakers / virtual listener to 5. Reset 12 default. 6. Manual Shifting Use the pointer to click and drag to move the location of13 (Free Moving individual virtual speakers. 13 Mode)

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Flex Bass II

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Speaker Diagram

You can also check the speaker size from this home theater diagram.

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Cut Off Frequency

The cut off range of low frequency is from 50Hz to 250Hz.

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5.2.10 Xear SingFX Function Introduction

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Key Shifting switch

It provides the key change function. There are four steps to

Vocal Fading

It provides the vocal removing function for any stereo music

10shift up or down. Use the slide bar to change the key level. (eg. Mp3, WMA and CD). Use the slide bar to 11content change the vocal fading level.

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5.2.11 Xear Audio Brilliant (Windows® XP only)

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5.2.12 Xear Dynamic Base (Windows® XP only) Function Introduction

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Drag to adjust the Cut-off Frequency.

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5.2.13 Xear Smart Volume (Windows® XP only)

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Xear Voice Clarity enable/disable option

Tick to enable or disable the Xear Voice Clarity function.

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Click to select the level of background noise elimination.

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5.2.15 Xear Surround Max

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Click the device icon on the left side to open the pop-up menu.

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5.4

Information Page Introduction

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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.

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Tray Icon Function Introduction

Open the CPL Tray Icon Function List by right-clicking the tray icon in the system tray area.

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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.

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Windows Media Player: Click the Windows Media Player item to launch the Microsoft Windows Media Player.

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Multimedia Properties: Launch the Multimedia Properties page of Windows OS to select the working sample rate & bit rate.



(1) Select the Speakers device and then click the properties button.

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(3) Follow the same step to change the sample rate & bit rate for Microphone device.

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Settings: Click setting to launch the Advanced Settings page as shown below.



(1) Show System Tray Icon: Check Show System Tray Icon box to show the Xear Audio center icon in the system tray.



(2) UI Transparent: Adjust the UI vision of transparent.



(3) Language Select: Change the UI language.



(4) Don’t show start up message: Check the box to hide or show the start up message.

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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.

2. I cannot find the Xonar U7 Audio Center. (1). Make sure you have installed the driver. (2). Find the Xonar U7 Audio Center icon in the system tray on the right bottom of the screen. Double click the icon to launch the Xonar U7 Audio Center utility.

(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, it’s recommended that you reboot your computer to complete the setup. If the icon still doesn’t appear, please try installing the driver package again.

3. I can’t hear any sound from my analog speakers (1). Ensure that you have connected speakers properly and have powered on your speakers. (2). Ensure that the device master volume or the software player has NOT been muted in the Xonar U7 Audio Center. (3). Ensure that the output LED indicator matches the output source configured in the device.

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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 it’s not, please set it to Xonar U7 Audio Device and restart your applications. (6). Restart your computer.

4. I can’t hear any sound from the S/PDIF output (1). Ensure that you have enabled S/PDIF output in the Audio Center GUI (Main page). (2). Ensure that you have connected the correct S/PDIF output jack in the card to the decoder’s (AV receiver) S/PDIF input jack. (3). You may need to select the correct input and mode of your decoder or AV receiver. For Dolby Digital or DTS output, double check that the AV receiver is in that decoding mode. (4). If you are using 192KHz PCM output, make sure that your decoder can support 192KHz decoding. Try changing it to 44.1K or 48KHz first.

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