User manual ASUS REALTEK VERSION 1.00

[. . . ] Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7. Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7. 1. How to Set Up Multi-Streaming Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed, total 13 items to be chosen. Advanced controls 3 Enable playback multi-streaming With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) in play. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. Figure 2-3 Playback tool @ Mixer 2 Realtek HD Audio Front Output will only be visible after multi-streaming playback is being enabled 3 Please refer to the Appendix 9. 1to learn how to set up "multi-streaming" playback. 8 2. 2 Recording control 2. 2. Recordingcontrol 4 Realtek HD Audio Digital In will only be visible if your system are equipped with port S/PDIF Input 9 2 Mixer Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound iutput. Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed. Once this item is checked, you will find "advanced" icon beside "Front Pink In" & "Mic Volume". With this, the input signal into "Front Pink In" & "Mic Volume" will be strengthen. 5 Enable recording multi-streaming At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. Figure 2-5 Recording tool @ Mixer 5 Once "Microphone Boost" enabled, all sound, including what you would like to record or background noise will be strengthen. To achieve better recording quality, you may try to enable "Microphone boost" along with improvement functionss provided at "Microphone" page. Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i. e. Moreover, other than blue to blue, pink to pink, the way that you used to do, Audio I/O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone / speaker / headphone. Figure 3-2 Connected device 6 Retasking function varies from each motherboard. Please read your system manual to learn which jacks support retasking function. 11 3 Audio I/O 3. 1. Speaker Configuration Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. Step 2: Dialogue "connected device" will pop up for your selection. (As Figure 3-2) If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device. If not correct, Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack. (As Figure 3-3) Figure 3-2 Connected device Figure 3-3 Speaker configuration setting when wrong device plugged in7 7 In the case that your system supports retasking function for all ports, the warning dialogue "The device type is not supported" will not be shown. [. . . ] How to Set Up Multi-Streaming Playback Example: MSN or Skype talk with friends while CD is still in play in PC. Before set up, please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks. Enable playback multi-streaming (Mixer multi-streaming") Tool Check "Enable playback ii. [. . . ]