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5-2
Configuring Audio Input and Output
5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio
The motherboard provides three audio jacks on the back
panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1
ture to the right shows the default audio jack assignments.
The integrated HD (High Definition) audio provides jack
retasking capability that allows the user to change the func-
tion for each jack through the audio driver.
• To install a microphone, connect your microphone to the Mic in jack and manually
configure the jack for microphone functionality.
• If your front panel audio supports HD Audio standard, you can have both the front and back
panel audio connectors active simultaneously.
High Definition Audio (HD Audio)
HD Audio includes multiple high quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that support 44.1KHz/
48KHz/ 96KHz/192KHz sampling rate. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that allow multiple
audio streams (in and out) to be simultaneously processed. For example, users can listen to MP3
music, have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. all at the same time.
A. Configuring Speakers:
(The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.)
Step 1:
After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager
icon
will appear in your system tray. Double-
click the icon to access the Audio Control Panel.
Before installing the audio driver, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition
Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your operating system has
been updated with the latest Service Pack for Windows.
(Note)
2/4/5.1/7.1- Channel Audio Configurations:
Refer to the following for multi-channel speaker configurations.
• 2 -channel audio: Headphone or Line out.
• 4- channel audio: Front speaker out and Rear speaker out.
• 5.1- channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out.
• 7.1 -channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, Center/Subwoofer speaker out, and Side speaker out (Please refer to
the configurations on next page)
-channel audio. The pic-
(Note)
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Line In
Front Speaker Out
Mic In
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