VIA High Definition Audio VDeck User Guide Black Skin For ASUS Only Table of Contents Introduction...2 Getting Started...2 Simple Mode...2 Simple Device Control...2 Exert Mode...3 Volume Control Page...4 Speaker Test Page...5 Speaker Options...6 Headphone Test Page...6 Default Format Page...7 Bass Management Page...7 Equalizer Management Page...8 Room Correction Page...9 Jack Information and Configuration...10 Advanced Options...11 Product Information...11 Miscellaneous Control...12 Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 1
Introduction VIA High Definition Audio Vdeck Black Skin Control Panel provides a user-friendly interface for you to configure the audio system empowered by VIA High Definition Audio Codec. The Black Skin Control Panel supports Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7. Getting Started The Black Skin Control Panel provides two modes: 1. Simple Mode 2. Expert Mode When you open the Black Skin Control Panel, by default it is in Simple Mode. Simple Mode Simple Device Control Jack Detection & Configuration Click the jack icon to open the jack configuration dialog box. Mute Button Click the button to mute the device. Volume Control Drag the slider bars to adjust the master volume of the devices. Default Device Click the button to select and set the default playback or capture device. Simple Device Control Area Information Button Click it to view Information dialog box. Mode Switch Click the button to switch between Simple Mode and Expert Mode. Advanced Options Control Click it to open Advanced Options dialog box Figure 1. Control Panel Interface Simple Mode Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 2
Exert Mode The Expert Mode provides function pages for advanced settings depending upon the devices selected. Figure 2. Control Panel Interface Expert Mode Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 3
Volume Control Page Figure 3. Speaker Volume Control Page Figure 4. Microphone Volume Control Page with A-A path and Mic-Boost Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 4
Speaker Test Page Use the Speaker Test Page and Headphone Test Page to configure the speaker and headphone functions. Figure 5. Speaker Test Page Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 5
Speaker Options Use the dialog box to set the advanced options for the speakers, and click OK. Figure 6. Speaker Options Dialog Box Headphone Test Page Figure 7. Headphone Test Page Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 6
Default Format Page Use this page to control the sample rates and bit depth of the playback or recording devices. Click the respective buttons to set the sample rate or bit depth. The selected buttons will be highlighted. Figure 8. Default Format Page Bass Management Page Use this page to configure the features of speaker devices. Enable Bass Management Click it to enable bass management. Cutoff Frequency Adjustment Move the slider to set suitable cutoff frequency. Bass Boost Adjustment Move the slider bar to set bass boost value. Bass Management Page Figure 9. Bass Management Page Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 7
Equalizer Management Page Use this page to set the equalizer of the speakers and headphones. Figure 10. Equalizer Management Page Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 8
Environment Modeling Page Use this page to set the sound-effect environment for the speakers and headphones. Room Correction Page Figure 11. Environment Modeling Page Use this page to configure the room correction values for the speakers and headphones. Figure 12. Room Correction Page Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 9
Jack Information and Configuration Jack Detection and Configuration area shows the information of jack connections. Distinguish the jacks by different colors. You can find the colors that match the jacks at the rear or front part of the computer. When a device is connected, the respective jack icon is highlighted; otherwise the jack is grey, and the function is disabled. Figure 13. Jack Information and Configuration Area As an example, the following figure shows a device being plugged into the Front Mic jack. Jack Re-Tasking Options Figure 14. Jack Configuration Dialog Box Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 10
Advanced Options This dialog box provides the advanced options. Redirected Headphone Copy the speaker s front channel stream to the headphone. Language Select Provide multi-language support. Select the language from the drop-down box. Check the button to mute the speaker if it is connected to a headphone. This function is only available when the Redirected Headphone is checked. Enable Front Panel Jack Detection Check the button to enable the front panel jack detection. Independent Headphone Click it to change the headphone to an independent device from the speaker. The different audio streams are from the speaker and headphone separately. Figure 15. Advanced Options Dialog Box Note: To set the speaker and headphone as separate and individual audio streams under Windows 7, use different players and set the speaker or headphone as the output device in the respective players. Product Information Click the Information button and the information dialog box will appear. Figure 16. Information Dialog Box Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 11
Miscellaneous Control When the VDeck is executed, the VDeck icon will display in the system tray. Figure 17. VDeck Icon in the System Tray Right-click the VDeck icon in the system tray, and a small menu will appear. Click the VIA HD Audio Deck to open the VDeck Black Skin Control Panel, or click Exit to close VDeck. Figure 18. Right Click Options Rev. 1.3, 10/7/2009 12
Date Rev. Description Revision History 10/7/2009 1.3 Updated formats & drawings Copyright 2009. VIA Technologies and the VIA Technologies logo are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies. VIA Technologies Inc. Taiwan Office 1st Floor, No. 531 Chung-Cheng Road Hsin-Tien Taipei, Taiwan ROC Tel: (886-2) 2218-5452 Fax: (886-2) 2218-5453 WWW: http://www.via.com.tw