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Introduction
Audio Deck (Adeck) is a Windows based program which co-works with the VIA HD Audio driver and the VIA HD Audio chip. With the advanced audio control interface, users can make the best use of the VIA Audio chip and create powerful customized sound environments. The main features of Adeck include: Supports Supports Supports Supports Supports Supports Supports Supports Supports various sound enhancement settings with detailed user customization active jack detection jack Function configuration configurations for independent headphone and re-direct headphone set sampling rate of S/PDIF input/output device hot Keys multi-language speaker testing multi-device selection for playback and recording
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System Requirement
Adeck only supports the VIA HD audio chip series with VIA HD audio driver installed.
Minimum System Requirement Intel Pentium III 1. 0GHz or above Minimum of 256MB of RAM Minimum of 10MB of available hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or above
Recommended System Requirement Intel Pentium 4 2. 0GHz or above 512MB of RAM or above Microsoft Window XP Professional Service Pack 2 with DirectX 9. 0C
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Display Mode
Simple Mode Once Adeck has been launched, the panel will be displayed in the center of windows desktop. In this mode, the user only has limited control and audio information. The basic audio information includes: peak meter, number of channels, S/PDIF out status or sound effect status, etc.
Figure 1 - Simple Mode Adeck If the user needs to control the sound effects in detail, he can click on the buttons located on the lower part of the panel. These buttons are labeled: Speaker, Mixer, Effect, Jack, S/PDIF and Info. When any of the buttons are activated, the Adeck system will enter full mode for detailed control. To exit Adeck, the user can simply click on the Power button.
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Full Mode In the full mode, the bottom part of Adeck expands. Depending upon the button that was selected, different panels will be displayed in the expanded portion. Figure 2 shows an example of Adeck in Full Mode.
Figure 2 - Full Mode Adeck
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Panel Detail
Adeck consists of two parts; A top and bottom panel. In the full mode, both the top and bottom panel will be fully expanded.
Top Panel The top panel consists of several parts as shown in Figure 3. S/PDIF Configuration Panel: As Figure 19 shows, the user can configure the S/PDIF related control. System Information Panel: As Figure 21 shows, the user can view the system information and set the preferred language. Additionally, the user can program the hot keys.
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Configuration Panels
Speaker Configuration Panel As Figure 4 shows, the Speaker Configuration Panel is divided into two parts. Once a channel configuration is selected the right side of the panel will change accordingly. On the right side of Speaker Configuration Panel, the user can adjust the volume level for each speaker separately. To test a speaker, single-click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip. A Test button is also provided through which a user can test all the speakers accordingly. Below side of the speaker configuration on the right side, there is a check box for Center/LFE Swapping. This function is used to swap the center speaker and LFE speaker audio streams.
Speaker Test
Speaker Volume
Select Channels
Center/LFE Swap
Figure 4 - Speaker Configuration Panel
Test All Speakers
If the "Independent Headphone" feature has been enabled, the maximum number of channels will be six as shown in Figure 5. To control the headphone volume, click on the headphone icon at the bottom-right corner.
Figure 5 Speaker Configuration Panel with Independent Headphone Enabled
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The headphone volume controls are as shown in Figure 6. To switch back to the speaker volume controls, click on the speaker icon at the bottom-right corner.
Click here to return to speaker control
Headphone Volume
Headphone Test
Figure 6 - Headphone Volume Setting in Speaker Control Panel
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Mixer Configuration Panel On the Mixer Configuration Panel, there are four mixer devices that can be selected: playback, recording, headphone and microphone. [. . . ] Figure 17 shows an example of a jack being plugged into the green jack. Functions that are not available will not have a checkbox next to it.
Indicates a jack has been inserted
Suggest Jack Function
Indicates unavailability Set Jack Function
Figure 17 - Jack Configuration Panel Jack Detect Event Occur
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The Headphone Configuration Panel is shown in Figure 18. There are two headphone configurations that can be chosen: "Independent Headphone" or "Redirected Headphone". The "Independent Headphone" feature enables the user to play separate music on the headphone and speaker. [. . . ]