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[. . . ] 23 Figure Index Figure 0-1 System tray icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 1-1 Sound effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2-1 Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 2-2 Playback control @ Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 14 Figure 4-1 Microphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure 5-1 3D Audio Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure 6-1 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ii iii Getting Started Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed, "Realtek HD Audio Manager" icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will pop out. 1 2 1. 1 Environment Simulation 1. Sound Effect To click "Sound Effect" tab, 3 clusters "Environment", and "Equalizer" are available for selection. 1. 1 Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow, totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection. Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings "Stone Corridor", "Bathroom", "Sewer pipe", "Arena" and "Audio Corridor" for quick enjoyment. 1. 2 Equalizer Selection 3 1 Sound Effect Equalizer frees users from default settings; users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool. 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz 1. 3 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting 1 You won't be losing your customized settings by clicking "reset" 4 1 Sound Effect Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. [How to Use It] Other than the buttons "Pop" "Live" "Club" & "Rock" shown on the page, to pull down the arrow in "Others" , you will find more optimized settings available to you. 5 1 Sound Effect 6 2. 1. Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft's "Volume Control" functions into the Mixer page. This makes it possible to you to create your favorite sound effect via a single one tool. Figure 2-1 Mixer 2. 1. Playback control Figure 2-2 Playback control @ Mixer 7 2 Mixer Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. Output Source Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as . wav, . mp3, . midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out. 8 Check on your PC system to see if S/PDIF connectors are available. 14 3 Audio I/O 3. 2. Speaker Calibration If you have successfully plugged speakers in the right jacks, congratulations, you are only one more step to go to enjoy the intended sound. We provide "Speaker Calibration" to help you check if the speakers are located in the correct position. 15 4. 1 Noise Suppression 16 4. 1 Noise Suppression 4. Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both "Noise Suppression" & "Acoustic Echo Cancellation" are both enabled. Figure 4-1 Microphone 4. 1. Noise Suppression Feel background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too 9 loud?Try "Noise Suppression", you will find the difference 9 Noise suppression aims to reduce the noise which appears non-fluctuant and continuously, such as the . operating sound generated by fan, PC, or some other electrical devices 17 4 Microphone 4. 2. Acoustic Echo Cancellation This function prevents playback sound from being recorded by microphone together with your sound. For example, you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends. [. . . ] How to Set Up Multi-Streaming Playback Example: MSN or Skype talk with friends while CD is still in play in PC. Before set up, please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks. Enable playback multi-streaming (Mixer multi-streaming") Tool Check "Enable playback ii. Check the item "Update Playback Device Automatically" (Mixer "Update Playback Device Automatically") iii. [. . . ]