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Quick Start Guide SOUND CARD MANUAL ©2009 Diamond Multimedia. All rights reserved. p/n: 40042 version 7.0[...]
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P AGE 1 Please read through the following safety tips to ensure for a safe and proper installation of this product. 1. Xtreme Sound PCI Card 2. Installation CD 3. Quick Start Guide 4. W arranty Card Safety Notices Please verify your package contains the following items. Package Contents 1. System / Motherboard manual (or working knowledge) 2. A phi[...]
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P AGE 2 Sound Card Connectors Line In Mic Front Out Rear Out Front Out Rear Out Center/ Subwoofer Game/ MIDI Center/ Subwoofer AL T Center MIC In Line In S/PDIF Out S/PDIF In Front Out Rear Out Center/ Subwoofer AL T Center MIC In Line In S/PDIF Out S/PDIF In XS 5.1 XS 7.1 XS 7.1DDL[...]
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P AGE 3 1. W ith the computer power turned OFF disconnect the power cable from the computer . 2. Open the computer case following the instructions from your system manufacturer . 3. Locate an available PCI slot on the motherboard. 4. Insert the Xtreme Sound PCI card into the slot that you located in step 3. 5. Screw the metal bracket into place. 6.[...]
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P AGE 4 1. T urn on the power to the computer and enter your systems BIOS setup (CMOS). Please consult your system documenta- tion for exact instructions regarding entering and using your sys- tem CMOS. 2. Locate and disable the previous sound device. Usually this will be listed within an Integrated Peripherals section. 3. Save and exit from CMOS. [...]
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P AGE 5 The following steps are optional and not required for the general use of the Xtreme Sound card. Application Installation Use Acrobat Reader to view the documentation on the install CD. 1. Insert the installation CD and wait for the menu to appear . 2. Click the Bonus Software button. 3. Click the Acrobat Reader button. 4. Click NEXT to cont[...]
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P AGE 6 1. Insert installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click My Computer on the desktop (or click Start, My Computer ). 3. Right click your CD-ROM drive icon. Left click OPEN . 4. Double click the software folder . 5. Double click the W inDVD.exe icon. 6. Click NEXT to begin the installation process. 7. Click YES to the license agreeme[...]
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P AGE 7 Continued on Next Page. Double click the Diamond icon either in the system tray or in the control panel. The following screen appears. Xtreme Sound Control Panel Main Setting T ab Output Device Analog Output Y ou can select between headphones & 2, 4, 6, or 8 channel modes. Note: The XS51 sound card can select between 2, 4,or 6 channel m[...]
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P AGE 8 Continued on Next Page. Click the hammer icon and the following screen appears. Center/Bass Output Swap Swap the center channel with the bass channel Side/Back Surround Output Swap Swap the side surround channel with the back surround channel Bass Enhancement Increase the bass response by 15% by selecting this box. S/PDIF Output Click the ?[...]
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P AGE 9 Mixer T ab The mixer tab is where you control the component volumes on the sound card for both recording and playback. Playback Mixer The playback mixer is used to control all sound components that are playing back through your system speaker system. Balance W ith this slider set to the middle position an equal volume of sound will be prese[...]
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SW Synth The SW Synth slider controls the volume of any program us i ng th e M ID I pl ay ba ck p ort i o n of th e s ou nd ca rd . This usually will be any file utilizing the .MID file extension or games using MIDI playback for their back ground musical score. Microphone The Microphone slider controls the volume of the microphone component. If the[...]
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P AGE 1 1 Line In The line in slider controls the volume of the Line In connector which is located of the rear side of the sound card and is designated by a blue colored connector . Recording Mixer The playback mixer is used to control all sound components that are playing back through your system speaker system. SPDIF In Advanced Setting Reverse S[...]
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Monitor S/PDIF-In to Analog Output Checking this box causes all digital input coming in through the S/PDIF input connector on the rear of the sound card to be converted and played back through the analog channels of the sound card. Stereo Mix Selecting Stereo Mix allows audio applications to record sound being played back through the Wave component[...]
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P AGE 13 Line In Selecting Line In allows for audio applications to record from the Line In connector on the rear of the sound card. The Line In connector is designated by a blue connector . W ave Selecting W ave for the recording device allows for audio applica- tions to record from the wave component on the sound card. Any s ou nd ma p pe d thr o[...]
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P AGE 14 Select the On button to enable these features. Microphone Echo allows for an adjustable range of echo applied to the incoming sound from the microphone. Key Shifting allows to slow down and speed up Karaoke CD music. V oice Cancellation attempts to remove vocal portions from the current audio CD being played. Information T ab The informati[...]
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P AGE 15 T echnical Support Options Free T elephone Support 818-357-5165 (long distance rates may apply) Mon - Fri, 8 - 4:30 PST http://www .diamondmm.com Diamond T echnical Support staf f is here to help resolve any issues that you may be experiencing with the installation of the Diamond sound card. Prior to contacting technical support please mak[...]
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One Y ear Limited W arranty The warranty described below is extended only to the original buyer and is not transferable. PLEASE NOTE THA T THE PRODUCT YOU HA VE PURCHASED IS DISTRIBUTED AND W ARRANTED BY DIAMOND MUL TIMEDIA ("DIAMOND") AS DESCRIBED BELOW . QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS WARRANTY AND W AR - RANTY CLAIMS SHOULD BE MADE TO DIAMOND[...]
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D i a m o n d M u l t i m e d i a 9650 DeSoto Ave. Chatsworth, CA. 9131 1 www .diamondmm.com[...]