Asus Xonar Essence STX - Manual (Page 3)

3 ASUS Xonar Essence STX Quick Start Guide
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1 Front Right Out port Connect the Right audio cable (red) from your /. channel
speakers to this port. For multi-channel speaker systems,
connects to the Front Right In port on the powered speakers.
2 Front Left Out port Connect the Left audio cable (white) from your /. channel
speakers to this port. For multi-channel speaker systems,
connects to the Front Left In port on the powered speakers.
3 Headphone Out port Connect your headphones to this port.
Note:
- DO NOT connect your speakers to the headphone out port.
The possible high driving power may cause damage to your
speakers.
- To prevent damage to your headphone, before the
connection, adjust the headphone impedance settings in the
Xonar Essence STX Audio Center to match your headphone
impedance.
4 Microphone In port Connect your external PC microphone to this port for voice
input. Built-in high-quality Microphone pre-amplifier.
4 Line In port 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. (Through
Ultra-high fidelity 118dB SNR A-D converter)
5 S/PDIF Out port Coaxial and optical TOSLINK combo digital output port.
Connects to external digital decoder or digital speaker
systems, Home Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting
digital audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro,
etc.
6 Front panel audio
header
Connect one end of the front panel audio cable to the front
panel audio header on the Xonar Essence STX card, with
the other end to the chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O
module.
7 Aux Input Header Usually connects to the Analog Audio output of TV tuner card
or other sound source inside your PC system. (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 STX
Audio Center‘s recording mixer.)
8 Power connector Connects to the power cable of your power supply unit.