Imagination Technologies SonicXplosion Factsheet

World’s First Complete Home Cinema Sound Card

DTS

SonicXplosion DVD is the first ever sound card to include
support for DTS audio decoding for video and music. DTS
is the premium 5.1 channel format featured on many
collector’s and special edition music and movie DVDs.

Dolby Digital

No other sound card provides full 5.1 Dolby Digital
decoding straight out of the box. Dolby Digital is the
standard audio format included on almost all DVDs
and provides six channels of crystal clear digital
surround sound from your PC.

Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Pro Logic II,previously only found on high-end hi-fi
systems, provides six channels of surround sound from
any stereo source,including CD,WAV,MP3 files or movies.

Dolby Headphone

Dolby Headphone surround sound technology eliminates
listener fatigue and enables you to enjoy spacious vir tual
surround sound through conventional stereo headphones.

Optical digital input and output

Digital connections provide cleaner sound reproduction
for music editing and playback.Other connectors include
two CD audio inputs,auxiliar y input, 2-pin digital CD drive
input and amplified headphone out.

Advanced DSP-based design

SonicXplosion DVD is built around a powerful Cr ystal
SoundFusion DSP that provides optimal hardware
acceleration for the type of audio processing required,
whether DirectSound 3D for games,MP3 decode for
music tracks or wavetable effects for MIDI.The
programmable DSP also allows for firmware upgrades
to keep pace with changing audio standards.

Ideal for 3D gaming

Full support for all 3D gaming standards, including
DirectSound 3D,EAX and A3D. Complete with Sensaura
MultiDrive,MacroFX and Virtual Ear 3D positional audio
technologies. Separate MIDI/joystick port also included.

Outstanding customer support

SonicXplosion DVD includes a 5 year warranty and the
very best support including technical suppor t hotline,
Internet web site and ftp.

www.pure-digital.com

Building on the success of SonicFury -the first high-performance
6-channel sound card -comes SonicXplosion DVD, the world’s
first complete home cinema sound card. Now you can watch
movies on your DVD-ROM enabled PC complete with exhilarating
cinema-style 5.1 channel surround sound.

With DTS (Digital Theater Systems),Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro
Logic II and Dolby Headphone audio processing, SonicXplosion
DVD supports all the latest surround sound audio standards
and brings surround sound music as well as home cinema to
your PC.Connect SonicXplosion DVD to your 5.1 channel
speakers and not only will you enjoy home cinema but you’ll be
able to play your MP3s and CDs in exhilarating surround sound
through up to six speakers or headphones.

Perfect for watching DVDs, SonicXplosion DVD is also a complete
PC sound solution for all your 3D gaming and music needs.
With its powerful SoundFusion DSP, optical input and output
and its extensive collection of software,you’ll be able to immerse
yourself in the latest games, turn your PC into a personal music
studio, or just play and enjoy your DVDs,MP3s and CDs.

World’s First Complete Home Cinema Sound Card

PURE Digital is a division of Imagination Technologies Ltd.
PURE and VideoLogic are brands of PURE Digital.

Technical Specifications

Minimum system requirements: Intel Pentium® III,AMD K6 III 500
or equivalent processor; 64 MB RAM; Windows 98SE/ME with DirectX

8.0 or higher or Windows 2000/XP; PCI 2.1 expansion slot;
headphones or amplified speakers.DVD-ROM drive required for DVD
video playback.Six speaker system required for 5.1 audio output.
Audio processor: High-performance Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4630
audio DSP with 96 stream DirectSound/DirectSound3D acceleration
and 64 voice hardware wavetable engine.
MIDI wavetable synthesizer: Up to 976 software voices and 64
hardware voices with high-quality 8 MB sample set supplied
(custom up to 8 MB).
Digital audio: 8/16-bit playback and recording at up to 48 kHz
(mono/stereo).Extended full duplex at playback and recording
(mono/stereo).Recording and playback of all audio sources.

Driver/control panel features: Volume control for all sources.
10-band stereo equalizer with presets.Choice of configuration for
2,4 or 6 speakers,each DSP optimised for quality.Speaker positioning
and testing feature.Optional copyright protection on recordings.
External connectors: Optical 48 kHz digital out (Toslink) with AC-3
pass through support; optical 32,44.1 or 48 kHz digital in (Toslink).
Three stereo line out jacks.Switchable line in or amplified headphone
out stereo jack.Mic in jack (mono).Separate WaveBlaster

TM

compatible 15-pin MIDI/joystick port with DirectInput acceleration;
analogue/digital joystick interface; MPU-401 compatible (UART mode);
SoundBlasterTMcompatible MIDI interface.
Internal connectors: Digital in (32,44.1 or 48 kHz) for CD audio
input.2 inputs for analog CD audio input (MPC3).Aux in (MPC3).
Wavetable connector (WaveBlasterTMpin compatible).

Amplifier: 2 x 60 mW headphone amplifier.
High performance drivers: Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP,

DirectSound,DirectSound3D,A3DTM1.0/2.0,EAXTM1.0/2.0,I3DL2,
General MIDI,MPU-401,DLS 1.0, Sensaura MacroFXTM,MultiDriveTM,
Sensaura 3DTM,Sensaura EnironmentFXTMand
SoundBlasterTM/SoundBlaster ProTMcompatibility.

Bus architecture: 32-bit PCI local bus 2.1, 2.2.PCI Bus Power
Management Interface Specification 1.0.

Approvals: PC 2001 compliant.Compliant with EMC directive (CE).
Technical support: Technical hotline and online support at

www.pure-digital.com.
Warranty: Five years.

PURE Digital is a division of Imagination Technologies Ltd.
PURE and VideoLogic are brands of PURE Digital.

PURE Digital

Imagination Technologies Ltd.
Home Park Estate,Kings Langley, Herts WD4 8LZ,UK
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

SonicXplosion,PURE Digital,the PURE Digital logo,VideoLogic,the VideoLogic logo,Imagination Technologies and the Imagination Technologies logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Imagination Technologies Limited. Cir rus Logic,Crystal and SoundFusion are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cirrus Logic, Inc.All other logos,products,trademarks and registered
trademarks are the property of their respective manufacturers.This publication is for information only. Any contract between Imagination Technologies and its customers will be subject to the terms
and conditions of the relevant agreement.Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Copyright © 2002 Imagination Technologies Limited, an Imagination Technologies Group plc company. 11Y13 OCTOBER 2002

Wavetable header for optional synthesizer card

Line out 1,2 and 3

Optical digital in

Optical digital out

Gold plated

Aux in

SOFTWARE INCLUDED

WinDVD* - DVD video and 5.1 channel audio playback on your PC.

Storm* virtual music studio - Drag and drop to create your own virtual music studio,

adding virtual synthesizers, drum machines, sample sequencers, scratch decks, and more...

Jet-Audio* - An award-winning media-player that provides a complete hi-fi separates
system on your PC.

VideoLogic IP Phone* - Call any phone from your PC and save up to 75% on international
call rates.

ACID Xpress - Produce, arrange and edit your own music.

Cool Edit 2000 - Recording studio for editing, cleaning up, mastering and exporting to

MP3 and other formats.

FruityLoops - MP3, WAV, MIDI loop editor with stunning, photorealistic interface.

Cubasis Inwired - Recording and production studio with an online session manager.

Pianito MicroStudio - A piano synthesizer and drum machine sequencer with 24 tracks

lets you create your own songs in minutes.

van Basco's Karaoke* - Make and play your own karaoke.

And many more...

Microphone in

Stereo line in or headphone out

CD in 1

CD in 2

Digital in for CD drive

Gameport connector for supplied
15-pin MIDI/joystick port

* Full version