Asus Xonar Essence ST - Manual (Page 13)

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Microphone In port
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.
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SP/DIF Out port
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.
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Front panel audio header
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.
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Aux Input Header
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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Power connector
Connects to the power cable of your power supply unit.