Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus: 2. Hardware

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ASUS Xonar Phoebus Quick Start Guide

2. Hardware

2.1 Xonar Phoebus Audio Processing Card

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Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm port

1 Microphone In port

for voice input. Built-in high-quality Microphone pre-

amplier.

Headphone Out

Connect your headphone to this port.

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port

Connect the Xonar Phoebus Control Box to this 2.5mm

3 Box Link

port.

Connect analog devices like MP3 players, CD players, music

4 Line In port

synthesizers, and other line-level sound sources to this

3.5mm port for audio recording or processing.

For 2 channel speaker systems, connects to the front

5 Front Out port

left/right input on the powered speakers.

Center/Subwoofer

Connect to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1/7.1 powered

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Out port

analog speakers.

Connect to the back surround input on 7.1 powered analog

7 Rear Out port

speakers.

Digital output port. Connect to an external digital decoder

or digital speaker systems, Home Theater systems, AV

S/PDIF Out/Side

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receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM,

Out port

Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro, etc. Connect to the surround

channel input on 5.1 powered analog speakers.

4-pin header. Usually connects to the Analog Audio output

of TV tuner card or other sound source inside your PC

9 Aux Input Header

system. (To monitor your TV tuner card’s audio from this

Aux-In, you must enable the “monitor” function for Aux-In

in the Xonar Audio Center software’s recording mixer.)

10 S/PDIF Out Header

Connect to the graphics card with HDMI support.

Connect to the 6-pin power cable of your power supply

11 Power Connector

unit.

PCI Express Bus

Insert into the PCI Express slot on your motherboard.

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ASUS Xonar Phoebus Quick Start Guide

2.1 Card Installation

Before you proceed with the following installation steps, it’s recommended that you

disable your onboard audio device in your BIOS settings, or uninstall any other sound

cards on your PC. (For BIOS setting or uninstallation of other sound cards, please refer

to the user manuals of your motherboard and sound card)

2.1.1 Installing the Xonar Phoebus Card

To install the Xonar Phoebus 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. Remove the metal bracket from

an available PCIE slot for the Xonar

Phoebus audio card.

6. Carefully insert the audio card into the PCIE slot. Ensure the audio card sits

properly in place.

Do not force the audio card into the slot. Make sure that the gold pins of the card’s

PCI Express connector are aligned with the motherboard’s PCI Express connector

before you insert the card into the PCI Express slot. If it does not t properly, gently

remove it and try again.

7. Secure the audio card with screws and the metal bracket.

8. Put back the chassis cover.

9. Reconnect all cables.

10. Plug the power cord to the computer and to a power outlet.

11. 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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2.1.2 Connecting the TV Tuner Card

If you have a traditional PCI or PCI Express TV tuner card on your computer, you may

need to connect it to the audio card to send the tuner card’s sound to your computer’s

speakers.

1. Secure the PCI/PCI Express TV tuner card and screw it into the back panel.

2. Connect the audio output header from the TV tuner card to the Aux-In header of

the audio card, as shown in the gure below.

For optimum TV audio quality, Xonar uses ADC recording to digitize the signal and

loops it back to DAC playback. Please select Aux-In as the recording source in the

Xonar Audio Center’s recording mixer and enable the monitoring button to pass this

signal to the audio output. Using this setup, you can even turn on sound eects such

as Pro-Logic IIx to expand the stereo TV audio to 5.1 or 7.1 channel surround sound.

TV audio on your PC will become even better than on your TV set!