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User Guide - Page 1
...; Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU
• More than 256 MB system memory
• More than 60 MB 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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User Guide - Page 3
... by Line-In / Mic-In)
Digital S/PDIF Output
High-bandwidth TOS-Link combo port supports 192KHz/24bit
Other line-level analog input (for TV Aux-In (4-pin header on the card) Tuner or CD-ROM):
Driver Features
Operation System
Windows Vista / Win 7(32/64bit) / XP(32/64bit) / MCE2005
Dolby® Digital Live
Dolby Digital Live encodes any audio signal on PC in real...
User Guide - Page 5
... audio from this Aux-In, you must enable the "monitor"
function for Aux-In in the Xonar Audio Center software's
recording mixer.)
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S/PDIF Out Header
Connects to the graphics card with HDMI support.
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Power connector
Connects to the 6-pin power cable of your power supply unit.
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PCI Express Bus Golden Fingers
Inserts into the PCI Express slot on your motherboard.
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User Guide - Page 6
3. Installing the Xonar Hardware
3.1
Preparing Your Computer
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, refer to the user manuals of your motherboard and sound card)
1. Power OFF the computer, ...
User Guide - Page 9
4. Installing Software
4.1
Installing the Audio Card Driver
1. After you have installed your audio card, turn on your computer. Windows automatically detects your audio card and searches for device drivers. When prompted for the audio drivers, click the Cancel.
2. Insert the Support CD into the optical drive. If Windows® AutoPlay mode is enabled in your system, the setup starts ...
User Guide - Page 10
4.2.2 Reinstalling Software To reinstall the Xonar Phoebus card driver:
1. Before reinstalling any software, it's recommended to uninstall the existing software first.
2. After finishing the uninstallation of the software, please follow the installation process again to reinstall the same or updated software.
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User Guide - Page 23
... Xonar Phoebus Audio Center GUI
1. After finishing the driver installation and rebooting your computer, you will find the Xonar Phoebus 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...
User Guide - Page 26
6.2.1 Dolby® Home Theater (Windows® 7 Only) Function Introduction
• The following items will be replaced by Dolby® Home Theater V4 under Windows® 7 Operating System. - 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter - 10-Band Equalizer
• Refer to Dolby's official manual for Dolby® Home Theater V4 functions.
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User Guide - Page 37
6.3.1 Dolby® Home Theater (Windows® 7 Only) Function Introduction
• The following items will be replaced by Dolby® Home Theater V4 under Windows® 7 Operating System. - 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter - 10-Band Equalizer
• Refer to Dolby's official manual for Dolby® Home Theater V4 functions.
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User Guide - Page 67
... Media Player: Click the Windows Media Player item to launch the Microsoft Windows Media Player.
4. Sound Recorder: Click the Sound Recorder item to open the Windows Sound recorder.
5. 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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User Guide - Page 69
... PCI Express slot on your motherboard.
(2). Check that the Windows hardware Device Manager has discovered a multimedia audio device. If no device is found, please try scanning for new hardware.
(3). Try to restart your Windows. (4). Remove the card and plug it into another PCI Express slot.
2: I cannot find the Xonar Phoebus Audio Center.
Instructions:
(1). Make sure you have installed the driver...
User Guide - Page 70
... audio control panel to see the current default recording/input device is right.
(2). Please remember to turn on the digital monitoring button for that recording source.
6. I can't hear the TV tuner audio from my speakers
Instructions:
(1). If you are using a traditional TV tuner card which has analog audio output, please connect it to the Aux-In header on the audio card
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User Guide - Page 71
... in the recording mixer page.
(3). If you are using a TV tuner card which has digital audio output instead of analog, please check that the sound is not muted and whether other applications can play normally. If you still have problem, please read the TV tuner card's software user guide.
7.2 FAQ
Q1: Does the Xonar Phoebus support Windows Vista / Win 7? Answer:
Yes, the Xonar Phoebus driver package...