Owner manual

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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices .......................................................................................................... v
Safety information ...................................................................................... vi
Trademarks .................................................................................................. vi
License ........................................................................................................ vi
1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
1.1 Package Contents .............................................................. 1
1.2 System Requirements ........................................................ 1
1.3 Specifications summary ..................................................... 2
2. About Hardware .............................................................................. 4
2.1 Xonar U1 Audio Station ...................................................... 4
3. Installing the Xonar Hardware ....................................................... 5
3.1 Installing Xonar U1 ...................................................................... 5
4. Installing Software .......................................................................... 6
4.1 Installing the Audio Station Driver ...................................... 6
4.2 Installing the PMP Lite software
(Portable Music Processor™ Lite) ..................................... 7
4.3 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software ................................. 7
5. Connecting Speakers and Peripherals ......................................... 9
5.1 Connecting Digital Speaker Systems (Home Theater) ...... 9
5.2 Connecting speakers ....................................................... 10
5.3 Connecting headphone / microphone ...............................11
5.4 Connecting Line-In Audio Sources ................................... 12
6. Xonar U1 Driver Guide .................................................................. 13
6.1 Introduction to the Xonar U1 Audio Center GUI ........................ 13
6.2 Main Setting ..................................................................... 15
6.3 Mixer/Volume ................................................................... 23
6.4 Effects .............................................................................. 26
6.5 Karaoke/Magic Voice ....................................................... 28
6.6 Mic Array .......................................................................... 29
6.7 Smart Volume Normalization ........................................... 30
6.8 DS3D GX (for Vista Only) and DSP Modes ..................... 32
7. Portable Music Processor™ Lite Software Guide ...................... 34
7.1 Introduction ...................................................................... 34
7.2 Converting music in “Main Setting” Page ......................... 36
7.3 Find Converted Music in “PMP Music” Page ................... 38