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1. Please note that the Independent Headphone function requires two channels Therefore only six channels will be available if Independent Headphone is being used Speaker i Channel a ch annel 5 channel lr Fest iy Click here to view independent headphone control Figure 18 Jack Configuration Panel Headphone Configuration User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 21 S PDIF Configuration Panel The S PDIF Configuration Panel enables the user to configure S PDIF related control The S PDIF Out panel allows the user to enable S PDIF output support and select the S PDIF output sampling rate Please note that some S PDIF decoders do not support 176 4 and 192kHz Before enabling these higher sampling rates please checking the external S PDIF decoder first S PDIF Output Control Enable S PDIF Output Output Sample Rate Figure 19 S PDIF Configuration Panel S PDIF Out The S PDIF In panel allows the user to select the S PDIF input sampling rate For optimal performance the selected sampling rate should match the sampling rate of the incoming stream S PDIF Input Control S PDIF B PDIF Out y E In Input Sample Rate Figure 20 S PDIF Configuration Panel S PDIF In User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 22 System Information Panel The System Information Panel displays the cu
2. L LLAN we connect User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 Jun 13 2007 Revision 1 1e Revision History Rev Date Initial Note 1 1e Jun 13 07 PW Initial public release Table of Contents REVISION is ad a ell eb di lo 2 Were OR CON EONS tik ces E TIA Li O inici 3 HStcORAIOUReS its ads tunetigesamune esd 4 Ml A A 5 System Requirements A A AAA ei waned e 6 DISPIay IM OGG css A a eee ee eae So eee 7 SIMPle MOde it A AD A AAA A E 7 FUIMOS ina dla 8 Panel Detalla AS ew EAS 9 TOD Panels ro lic 9 BOLOM PANE aera ious lus wets twink atanvele autet AENEAN EEN 10 CONTIQGUFATION PANGS sii A ded wee ees 11 Speaker Configuration Panel ccccccccc eee rr rr rr rr 11 Mixer Configuration Panel oocccccccccccccccccccn nn rn rr 13 Effects Configuration Panel occoocccccccccccccnnnnnrn rr rr rr rr rr rr rr 16 Jack Configuration Panel iii A 18 S PDIF Configuration Padel ci 21 System Information Panel ooocooocccccccccccc cnn rr 22 TOA OS 24 TASK DAT AAA APA A 25 Magie os A A A rena se nie ou aid Se hain uate a Saen tay E OA E A Aa 26 List of Figures Figure SiIMple Mode Ad e deen 7 Figure 2 UMTS Ad e eae oe 8 Foure TO o ss fs e do da lod 9 Figure 4 Speaker Configuration Panel occccoccccccncccccccnnannnnnnn crac rc rr rre rre 11 Figure 5 Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled ccccceee
3. S PDIF Configuration Panel S PDIF Out cccccceceeesseeeeeeeeteessseeeeeeeetesaaeeeeettnnsaaaas 21 Figure 20 S PDIF Configuration Panel S PDIF IN ccccsccccceeeeeensncceceeeeennacasseseeenennauesseettensanags 21 Figure 21 System Information Pa dia ia 22 Figure 22 Hot Key Configuration Pa ek A es 22 Figure 23 Hot Key Set Volume with Hot Key sssssasnsnsnrsrrssuannnsnnnnnsnnnnrnsannnnsnnnnneruannnnsnnarennnn 23 Foure 24s TOOL TDi a A A EEA EAE 24 FIqure 25 TaskBarIcon fOr AECI aia a A A iiss AREN 25 Figure 26 Task Bar Icon WIth RIONE GICK ca A a ALTERE ARETE 25 Figure 27 Magic 5 1 Switching to 4 Chanel essiri a a a a a 26 Figure 23 Magic 5 1 Switching to 0 Channel ii eae etn AEs aed sees 27 Introduction Audio Deck Adeck is a Windows based program which co works with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip With the advanced audio control interface users can make the best use of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments The main features of Adeck include Supports various sound enhancement settings with detailed user customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for independent headphone and re direct headphone Supports set sampling rate of S PDIF input output device Supports hot Keys Supports multi language Supports speaker testing Supports multi device selection for playback and recor
4. 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 17 Figure 14 shows the Bass Management features The user can enable the Bass Management features by clicking on the On Off button at the top of the Bass Management controls The Bass Management feature allows the user to control the low frequency limits for the speakers When the low frequency limit is set for a speaker any audio signal below the limit will be automatically channeled to the subwoofer Each speaker except for the subwoofer can be configured to have a different low frequency limit For example ifthe user wants to set the low frequency limit for front left speaker to 310Hz then the user can click on the picture of the front left speaker and change the Cutoff Frequency to 310Hz Additionally the user can enhance the bass by checking the Bass Boost checkbox Presets Bass Management Bass Management On Off Cutoff Freq Effect Equalizer Bass Management When set to User Bass Boost Customerizable the user can click on the speakers to enable disable speaker bass cutoff Subwoofer Configuration Figure 14 Effects Configuration Panel Bass Management User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 18 Jack Configuration Panel The Jack Configuration Controls enable the user to configure all the audio jacks on the computer system The Back Panel lists all the jacks at the rear side of the computer
5. 2003 8 Full Mode In the full mode the bottom part of Adeck expands Depending upon the button that was selected different panels will be displayed in the expanded portion Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck in Full Mode Channel a Y Channel amp channel j Channel Figure 2 Full Mode Adeck User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 9 Panel Detail Adeck consists of two parts A top and bottom panel In the simple mode only the top panel will be fully shown In the full mode both the top and bottom panel will be fully expanded Top Panel The top panel consists of several parts as shown in Figure 3 Volume control This is the global volume control The global volume is controlled using a slider Scrolling the slider to the left decreases the volume Scrolling the slider to the right increases the volume Mute button This is the global mute control When the mute button is activated all speakers connected to the system will be silenced Channels Display On the right of the peak meter there is a display showing the number of audio channels that is being used in the system The number of channels can be changed in the speaker configuration panel Peak Meter The volume peak meter is located to the left of the channel display The number of peak meters changes according to the number of channels used in the system S PDIF Output Status The S PDIF output status is l
6. ck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 16 Effects Configuration Panel There are two sound enhancement controls in Adeck Equalizer and Bass Management When the Equalizer is selected the user will see the 10 bands from 31Hz to 16kHz The equalizer settings will only take effect after the user enables it by pressing the On Off button above the equalizer There are seven preset equalizer settings that can be selected Classical Dance Pop Rock Vocal Jazz and Party Additionally the user can create custom settings and save them for later use To save the current equalizer setting click on the Save button To delete a setting select the setting to be deleted from the drop down menu and click on the Delete button Equalizer On Off Equalizer Control Smooth Adjustment Sound Effect Effert SOugizer Bass Management Party Preset Default Value Save Value User Defined Delete Setting Adjust Values Figure 11 Effects Configuration Panel Equalizer Figure 12 shows an example of an adjustment being made to the 500Hz band without the Smooth Slider enabled Figure 12 Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Disabled If Smooth Slider is enabled any adjustment to any of the Equalizer bands will cause the surrounding bands to be affected so as to produce a smoother sound Figure 13 Equalizer Setting with Smooth Slider Enabled User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows
7. ding System Requirement Adeck only supports the VIA HD audio chip series with VIA HD audio driver installed Minimum System Requirement Intel Pentium III 1 0GHz or above e Minimum of 256MB of RAM e Minimum of 10MB of available hard disk space e Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or above Recommended System Requirement Intel Pentium 4 2 0GHz or above 512MB of RAM or above Microsoft Window XP Professional Service Pack 2 with DirectX 9 0C User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 7 Display Mode Simple Mode Once Adeck has been launched the panel will be displayed in the center of windows desktop The Adeck sy stem is initialized using the simple mode see Figure 1 In this mode the user only has limited control and audio information The basic controls include master volume and mute The basic audio information includes peak meter number of channels S PDIF out status or sound effect status etc Figure 1 Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound effects in detail he can click on the buttons located on the lower part of the panel These buttons are labeled Speaker Mixer Effect Jack S PDIF and Info When any of the buttons are activated the Adeck system will enter full mode for detailed control To exit Adeck the user can simply click on the Power button User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server
8. e panel will change accordingly On the right side of Speaker Configuration Panel the user can adjust the volume level for each speaker separately Speaker positions can also be changed To test a speaker single click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip A Test button is also provided through which a user can test all the speakers accordingly Below side of the speaker configuration on the right side there is a check box for Center LFE Swapping This function is used to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams Speaker Test Speaker Volume Speaker e Channel a channel E channel aS E Channel Select Channels Center LFE Swap Test All Speakers Figure 4 Speaker Configuration Panel If the Independent Headphone feature has been enabled the maximum number of channels will be six as shown in Figure 5 To control the headphone volume click on the headphone icon at the bottom right corner Speaker Channel La Y Channel 5 channel Click here to view independent headphone control Figure 5 Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 12 The headphone volume controls are as shown in Figure 6 To switch back to the speaker volume controls click on the speaker icon at the bottom right corner Click here to return to speaker control Speaker Channel ra Channel a
9. e recording sound by checking on this feature On the bottom right is an AEC acoustic echo cancellation control check box User can check this box to enable AEC function There is also a peak meter to show the volume of the audio input Recording Control Balance Default Recording Device Acoustic Echo Cancellation fuer Ko HD Audio rear input xi Recording Peak Meter Volume Select Recording Source Mic 2Cdb Boost Front Mic 20db Boost Figure 8 Mixer Configuration Panel Recording Device Setting The Headphone and Front Microphone configuration panels may or may not be shown depending on the user s computer system The Headphone mixer controls work the same way as the Playback mixer controls but it is only visible when the Independent Headphone feature is enabled Headphone Control Balance Default Playback Device HD Audio rear output Ra icording Headphone Volume Figure 9 Mixer Configuration Panel Headphone User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 15 The Front Microphone configuration panel is shown in the figure below contains on mixer control because the front microphone only has one input jack Front Mic Control Balance Default Recording Device Recording RHesdphone Front Mere Volume Peak Meter Select Recoding Source Figure 10 Mixer Configuration Panel Front Microphone User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Ade
10. eaker Configuration Panel As Figure 4 shows it contains the channel configuration and output volume control To test a speaker to see if it is connected single click on the desired speaker To test all speakers just click the Test button Mixer Configuration Panel As Figure 7 shows it contains the basic Playback Mixer and Recording Mixer volume controls Additionally the user can select which playback or recording device to be active Effects Configuration Panel As Figure 11 shows there are two sound enhancement functions that can be selected Equalizer or Bass Management Jack Configuration Panel As Figure 15 shows the user can re task every jack s usage and active jack detection The user can also configure the headphone to receive the same audio signals as the front speakers S PDIF Configuration Panel As Figure 19 shows the user can configure the S PDIF related control System Information Panel As Figure 21 shows the user can view the system information and set the preferred language Additionally the user can program the hot keys User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 11 Configuration Panels Speaker Configuration Panel As Figure 4 shows the Speaker Configuration Panel is divided into two parts On the left side the user can select the number of audio channels There are up to 8 channels available Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of th
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13. mp Channel Headphone Volume Headphone Test Figure 6 Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 13 Mixer Configuration Panel On the Mixer Configuration Panel there are four mixer devices that can be selected playback recording headphone and microphone Figure 7 shows the Playback Mixer Each of the Playback items has a volume balance and mute control The user can also select the default playback device from a drop down menu On the bottom left of the playback mixer there is an analog to line out control check box User could redirect the analog input sources Microphone Line In Front Microphone etc to line out by checking this feature Playback Control Balance Default Playback Device Mixer HO Audio rear output Playback Recording Volume Next Page Mute Enable Disable Pseudo Analog to Analog Path Figure 7 Mixer Configuration Panel Playback Device Setting User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 14 On the Recording Mixer all possible input devices are shown Figure 8 shows the Recording Mixer Each of the Recording items has a volume balance and item select Please note that there can only be one source at any given time On the bottom left side of this page there are Mic 20db boost control and Front Mic 20db boost control check boxes User could enlarge th
14. ocated to the right of the Channel Display If Digital PCM is shown that indicates the audio system will allow a PCM music stream output from the S PDIF output jack Bass Management Indicator The Bass Management Indicator is located below the Channel Display If it is enabled BM will be visible Notice that the Bass Management and Equalizer functions can not be enabled at the same time Equalizer Indicator The Equalizer Indicator is located to the right of the Bass Management Indicator If itis enabled EQ will be visible As mentioned earlier the Equalizer and Bass Management functions can not be enabled at the same time Configuration Panels On the bottom of the top panel there is a row of buttons When any of the buttons are activated except the Power button the bottom panel expands to show the selected panel Power Button When the Power button is activated Adeck will hide itself in the system tray Volume Control Mute S PDIF Output Status A Mee Reet tack Jack 5 PDI R Nofo a Ninfo_ Fpwer d Power Speaker Peak Meter Open Middle Panel Equalizer Channel Number Bass Management Figure 3 Top Panel Bottom Panel The Bottom Panel is beneath the top panel The contents of the Bottom Panel are dependent upon the button that activated to it Even if the Bottom Panel is already expanded the contents can still be changed by selecting another button from the bottom of the Top Panel Sp
15. phone Jack will be retasked to Center LFE Output Jack when 6 Channel Switching to 6 Channel Phone Jack Phone Jack Front Panel Configuration Configuration JN Line In Jack will be retasked to Back Surround Output Microphone will be retasked to Center LFE Output Figure 28 Magic 5 1 Switching to 6 Channel Copyright 2007 VIA Technologies Incorporated All Rights Reserved No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of VIA Technologies Incorporated The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice VIA Technologies Incorporated reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notice to its users All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners No license is granted implied or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of VIA Technologies Inc VIA Technologies makes no warranties implied or otherwise in regard to this document and to the products described in this document The information provided by this document is believed to be accurate and reliable as of the publication date of this document However VIA Technologies assumes no responsibility for any errors in this document Furth
16. re 25 shows Adeck after it has been enabled The user can single click the system tray icon to show the Adeck application Adeck Icor bed Ca EF 10 57 Figure 25 Task Bar Icon for Adeck If the user right clicks the Adeck system tray icon a small menu will be displayed as shown in Figure 26 The user can either open Adeck by selecting VIA HD Audio Deck or close Adeck by selecting Exit Show Simple Panel Y HD Audio Deck Exi Exit Adeck Figure 26 Task Bar Icon with Right Click User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 26 Magic 5 1 When there are only 3 jacks at the rear of the computer system Adeck system will enable Magic 5 1 automatically The user can use Magic 5 1 function to retask Line Input to Line Output for multi stream Devices when there are only 3 jacks at the rear of the computer system Figure 27 shows Line In Jack will be retasked to Back Surround Output Jack when 4 Channel ONE A Switching to 4 Channel E Channel Ps Chenneal E channel Phone Jack Phone Jack Back Pane Front Panel Configuration Line In Jack will be retasked to Back Surround Output Figure 27 Magic 5 1 Switching to 4 Channel User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 27 Figure 28 shows Line In Jack will be retasked to Back Surround Output Jack and Micro
17. reen jack When the jack insertion is detected Adeck will be displayed The user will see a red arrow indicating the jack insertion event An extension of the panel will also be displayed There the user can assign the jack to any available function Functions that are not available will not have a checkbox next to it Indicates a jack has been inserted Phone Jack Back Pane 13 3 FOE TEUTA I Front Pane A Default Configuration pa Y MA id A ei ehtel ml 24 CANCEL Suggest Jack Function Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function Figure 17 Jack Configuration Panel Jack Detect Event Occur User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 20 The Headphone Configuration Panel is shown in Figure 18 There are two headphone configurations that can be chosen Independent Headphone or Redirected Headphone The Independent Headphone feature enables the user to play separate music on the headphone and speaker For example the user can use a multi channel device such as 5 1 surround sound to watch a movie while simultaneously using the independent headphone feature to make phone calls through a VoIP Internet phone The Redirected Headphone feature enables the user to hear the same audio that is being channeled to the front speakers In this mode once the headphone has been inserted the audio will be redirected from the speakers to the headphone
18. rrent system information allows the user to select the language for Adeck and enables the user to visit the VIA web site System Information information System info WK Hot Key a AUDI Set Language Visit VIA web Figure 21 System Information Panel The Hot Key Configuration Panel allows the user to set hot keys for controlling the volume and muting To use the hot keys Enable Hot Key Function must first be checked Hot Key Settinc Set Hot Key Information Enable Hot Key Function Figure 22 Hot Key Configuration Panel User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 23 When a hot key is pressed the screen will show a green volume control bar at the bottom of the screen and a mute un mute icon at the top right corner of the screen The on screen display can be hidden by pressing the Show Hide hot key Mute Unmute Indicatior sill b a Mo L Volume Status Indicator Figure 23 Hot Key Set Volume with Hot Key User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 24 Tool Tips Whenever the user moves mouse curser over any interactive item Adeck will pop out a message box that will notify user regarding the usage of the item Move the cursor over an item for tool tip Figure 24 Tool Tip User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP amp Server 2003 25 Task Bar Figu
19. system The Front Panel lists all the jacks at the front side of the computer system In general the multi channel playback and recording jacks will be listed in the Back Panel controls And the Headphone and Front Mic will be list on Front Panel In the Back Panel controls shown in Figure 15 the jacks can be distinguished by the different colors used to identify each jack The user should be able to find matching colors at the rear of the computer system Each of the jacks can be re assigned The user can easily revert to the default setting by clicking on the Default button Back Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Mhone Jack Back Panel Configuration Jack Color Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 15 Jack Configuration Panel Back Panel The Front Panel controls usually only has two jacks listed Headphone and Front Mic Front Panel Control Press to set jack function Default Jack Function Phone Jack Back Parel Front Panal Configuration Auto show jack retasking dialog when being checked Figure 16 Jack Configuration Panel Front Panel User Guide VT1708A VIA HD Audio Adeck For Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 19 When a new device is plugged in a new panel will be displayed if the Auto Show Dialog checkbox is selected Figure 17 shows an example of a jack being plugged into the g

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