Asus xonar u7: 2. Hardware

2. Hardware

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Xonar U7 Audio Card

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ASUS Xonar U7 Quick Start Guide

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1 Headphone Out port Connect your headphone to this port.

Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm

Microphone In port

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

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Connect analog devices like MP3 players, CD players,

Line In port

music synthesizers, and other line-level sound sources

to this 3.5mm port for audio recording or processing.

Microphone Volume

Press to increase or decrease microphone volume.

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Control

Output Selection

LED indicator indicates different output selection

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Indicator

(Headphone/Speaker/S/PDIF).

Output Selection/

Rotate to adjust the playback volume. Press to select

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Volume Control

an output source.

For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to

6 Front (R) Out port

the front right input on the powered speakers.

For 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel speaker systems, connects to

7 Front (L) Out port

the front left input on the powered speakers.

Side Surround Out

Connects to the surround channel input on 7.1 powered

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port

analog speakers.

Center/Subwoofer Out

Connects to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1/7.1

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port

powered analog speakers.

Connects to the back surround input on 4/5.1/7.1

10 Rear Out port

powered analog speakers.

Coaxial digital output port. Connects to an external

digital decoder or digital speaker systems, Home

Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting digital

11 S/PDIF Out port

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.

Move this switch to toggle between USB Audio 2.0

USB Audio 1.0/2.0

and USB Audio 1.0 connection. Use USB Audio 1.0

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switch

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.

ASUS Xonar U7 Quick Start Guide

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