Asus N4L-VM DH User Manual

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8-channel High Definition Audio

Onboard is the Realtek

ALC882M High Definition Audio 8-channel audio

CODEC. This CODEC is fully-compliant with Intel

High Definition Audio

standard (192 KHz, 24-bit audio). With the CODEC, audio ports, and S/PDIF
interfaces, you can connect your computer to home theater decoders to
produce crystal-clear digital audio.

The Realtek

ALC882M CODEC comes with an AC-3 encoder capable of

transforming your computer’s digital audio contents into real-time Dolby

Digital stream. This digital stream passes through the S/PDIF out interfaces
to an AC-3 decoder for 7.1-channel feedback.

The Realtek

ALC882M CODEC comes with a software application that

features jack detection to monitor the plugging status of each jack,
impedance sensing to determine audio device classes, and pre-defined
equalization for various audio devices. See pages 2-24, 2-25, and 5-11 for
details.

Theater-level audio

Theater-level audio
(designed for Dolby

(designed for Dolby

Master Studio)

This motherboard offers theater-level 7.1 surround sound and audio
specifications higher than that of DVD. Enjoy true home theater experience
with the following advanced sound technologies: Dolby IIX, Dolby
Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, and Dolby Digital Live. See page 5-16
for details.

IEEE 1394a support

The IEEE 1394a interface provides high-speed and flexible PC connectivity
to a wide range of peripherals and devices compliant to the IEEE 1394a
standard. The IEEE 1394a interface allows up to 400 Mbps transfer rates
through simple, low-cost, high-bandwidth asynchronous (real-time) data
interfacing between computers, peripherals, and consumer electronic
devices such as camcorders, VCRs, printers, TVs, and digital cameras. See
page 2-24 for details.

USB 2.0 technology

The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is
backward compatible with USB 1.1. See pages 2-25 and 2-29 for details.