Philips PC Soundcard PSC724 6 Channel Retail Version - Manual (Page 2)

Technical specifications
Printed in U.S.A. 2004-05-28
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
2004 © Royal Philips Electronics – All rights reserved.
www.philips.com
UPC: 0 37849 94885 9
Product highlights
Pro-grade 24-bit hardware converters
True 24-bit audio controller and codecs for bit-per-bit
accurate High Definition audio quality providing
106 dB SNR.
High Definition DSP Audio Engine
Full 32-bit floating point digital signal processing with
advanced audio effects and sonic enhancements.
Intelligent Media Processing™
Automatically optimizes every sound stream based on
format, speaker configuration and user preferences.
Sound Agent 2 HD™ control center
Award-winning and ultra-modern graphical user interface.
24-bit signal processing for ALL sources
DSP effects and discrete stereo to multichannel
conversion for all external media sources, e.g.,TV tuners,
MP3 players—ANY input automatically upgraded to
HD quality!
24-Bit 6-Channel PCI Audio Accelerator PSC724
Input/Output
• Full duplex
• Maximum Recording Depth: 24 bit
• Maximum Recording Rate: 96 kHz
• Maximum Playback Depth: 24 bit
• Maximum Playback Rate: 96 kHz
• Amplified 2.0 V RMS output
Audio Quality (All Channels)
• Frequency Response: 10Hz to 24kHz,
<+/- 0.15dB
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 106 dB,
A-weighted (Typical)
• Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.004% (Typical)
Quality Connectivity Features
(All 24-bit/96kHz resolution)
• Front line out
• Rear line out
• Center/LFE line out
• S/PDIF coaxial digital out
• Microphone in
• Auxiliary in
• CD/video in
• Line in
Minimum System Requirements
• One available PCI 2.2-compliant slot
• Pentium III class 450 MHz or faster processor
• Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
• 64 MB system RAM
• CD-ROM for driver installation
• 800x600 minimum screen resolution
• 35 MB free hard drive space
Operating Systems Supported
• Microsoft® Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows XP
Standards Compatibility
• General MIDI compatible
• Plug & Play
• PCI 2.2 compliant
• EAX® 1.0/2.0 game compatibility
• Microsoft DirectSound®, DirectSound 3D
and derivatives
Digital Signal Processor Algorithms
• QSound3DInteractive™ positional 3D for 2-,
4-, or 6-channel speakers
• QSound Multi Speaker System™ (QMSS5.1)
for 4- or 6-channel output of stereo music
files, multimedia and games
• QSound Environmental Modeling for EAX™
and DirectSound3D™ games
• QXpander™ for 3D enhancement of
stereo playback
• QSurround™ virtual 6-channel playback of
multi-channel DVDs using stereo speakers