Asus U7 Mkii User Manual

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Xonar U7 MKII

7.1 USB Soundcard & Headphone

Amplifier

User Manual

E12129

First Edition

November 2016

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Table of Content

1.	Introduction......................................................................................		4
	1.1	Package contents ..............................................................	4
	1.2	System requirements..........................................................	4
	1.3	General Specification.........................................................	5

2.	Hardware..........................................................................................	7
	Xonar U7 MKII Audio Card................................................................	7
	Top view ............................................................................................	7
	Rear view...........................................................................................	7
	Bottom view.......................................................................................	7

3.	Driver Installation............................................................................		9
	Installing the Xonar U7 MKII Card Driver...........................................		9
4.	Connecting Speakers and Peripherals........................................		10
	4.1	Input connection ..............................................................	10
	4.2	Output connection............................................................	13
5.	Troubleshooting............................................................................		19

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1.Introduction

1.1Package contents

Check your ASUS Xonar™ U7 MKII audio card package for the following items:

•ASUS XonarTM U7 MKII 7.1-Channel USB Audio Card

•S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter x 1

•Quick Start Guide

•USB Cable x 1

1.2System requirements

To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar U7 MKII audio card, make sure that your computer meets the following requirements:

•USB port 2.0 and above

•Microsoft® Windows® 10 / 8.1 / 7 (32/64bit)

•Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU

•More than 256MB system memory

•More than 60MB available storage space for driver installation

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1.3General Specification

Items	Description

Audio Performance

Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-	up to 114dB
Weighted)

Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-	110dB
Weighted):

Output Total Harmonic Distortion +	up to 0.0006% (104dB)
Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) :
Input Total Harmonic Distortion +	up to 0.0001% (-100dB)
Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) :

Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-	< 10Hz to 46KHz
bit/96kHz format):

Output / Input Full-Scale Voltage	1 Vrms (2.828 Vp-p) for line out
	1.3 Vrms (3.677 Vp-p) for headphone out
	1 Vrms (3.677 Vp-p) for line in
Bus Compatibility

USB audio class	- USB audio class 2.0 for all functions
	- USB audio class 1.0 for playback

Main Chipset

Audio Processor	Cmedia 6632AX High-Performance Sound
	Processor (Max. 192KHz / 24bit)

D-A Converter of Digital Sources	Cirrus CS4398* 1 (120dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)
	Cirrus CS4362* 1 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)

A-D Converter for Analog Inputs	Cirrus CS5361* 1 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)
Sample Rate and Resolution

Analog Playback Sample Rate and	44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
Resolution

Analog Recording Sample Rate	44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
and Resolution

S/PDIF Digital Output	44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

ASIO 2.0 Driver Support	44.1K/48K/88.2K//96K/172.4K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

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Items	Description
I/O Ports

Analog Output Jack	RCA (phone) jack * 2 (Front left / Front right)
	3.50mm mini jack * 3 for surround
	(Side/Center-Subwoofer/Rear-out)
	3.50mm mini jack * 1 (Headphone out)
Analog Input Jack	3.50mm mini jack * 1 (Shared by Line-In / Mic-In)

Button	Output volume knob/Output selection / Microphone
	Volume)

Digital S/PDIF Output	High-bandwidth coaxial port supports 192HKz/24bit
	with one S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter

Driver Features

Operating System	Windows® 10 / 8.1 / 7 (32/64bit)

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