Asus Xonar Essence ST Quick Start Manual page 3

Front Right Out port
1
Connect the Right audio cable (red) from your 2/2. channel speakers to this
port. For multi-channel speaker systems, connect to the Front Right In port on the
powered speakers.
Front Left Out port
2
Connect the Left audio cable (white) from your 2/2. channel speakers to this
port. For multi-channel speaker systems, connect to the Front Left In port on the
powered speakers.
Headphone Out port
3
Connect your headphone to this port.
• DO NOT connect your speakers to the headphone out port. The possible
high driving power may cause damage to your speakers.
• Before connecting your headphone, adjust the headphone impedance
settings in the Xonar Essence ST Audio Center to match your headphone
impedance. This is to prevent damage to your headphone.
Microphone In port
4
Connect your external PC microphone to this port for voice input. It has a built-in
high-quality Microphone pre-amplifier.
Line In port
Through an Ultra-high fidelity 118dB SNR A-D converter, connect analog devices
like MP3 players, CD players, music synthesizers, and other line-level sound
sources to this 6.3mm port for audio recording or processing.
SP/DIF Out port
5
Coaxial and optical TOSLINK combo digital output port. Connect to external digital
decoder or digital speaker systems, Home Theater systems, AV receivers for
outputting digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, and WMA-Pro.
Front panel audio header
6
Connect one end of the front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header on
the Xonar Essence ST card, with the other end to the chassis-mounted front panel
audio I/O module.
Aux Input Header
7
Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of TV tuner card or other sound source
inside your computer. To monitor your TV tuner card's audio from this Aux-In,
you must enable the "monitor" function for Aux-In in the Xonar Essence ST Audio
Center's recording mixer.
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