Solved Asus Xonar Phoebus Set Up Help/Confirmation

[ecko69x]

I'm using a Razer Tiamat 7.1 Headset with this soundcard and want to make sure I properly have it set up as 7.1 surround sound.

I have the pink jack in mic, green jack in HP out, orange jack in Ctr/Sbw, black jack in rear, and grey jack in side. Now in the manual for 7.1 set up. It has the Front out, Ctr/Sbw, Rear, and Side highlighted to be plugged in. Would I plug my green jack into Front out? Because I only have 5 jacks in total.

Also, is there a way to check if my OS is configured to 7.1? Normally, I go into the Control Panel and under Sound I right click on my Playback devices and choose configure which allows me to set it to 7.1.

Currently in Sound, under Playback Headphones (Asus Xonar Phoebus) is highlighted and selected as the default, but it does not have a configure option when I right click it. There's also nothing in the Phoebus software regarding what kind of surround sound setup I would like.

 

[PSCO2007]

Go to Dev Mgr - is there a yellow mark by the headset?

Even if not, uninstall the headset, reboot and plug in again and it should find the necessary drivers.

After you click, "set as default", the Configure button should activate - left click and choose 7.1.

 

[ecko69x]

Not really anyway to uninstall my headset. There's no Razer drivers for it.

 

[Boozad]

If you're using the onboard sound from your ASUS board (which I'm presuming using your System Specs) open up the ASUS Realtek Audio manager and choose 7.1 from the dropdown box. It should highlight all active jack connections too.

 

[ecko69x]

The onboard audio was disabled. It was one of the recommended things to do when using the Phoebus since apparently it can clash.

 

[Boozad]

Sorry, I read your initial post wrong. Does your sound card have the same kind of interface? If you could take a screenshot of the Phoebus interface and then upload it I'll take a look at it for you.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

My two cents worth ecko I use Asus Xonar DG cards in all my machines (not the lappies of course ) and the GUI is a great mixer and effects provider for systems up to 7:1 systems. I just downloaded it from Xonar DG well the update after the original disk one didn't come up to scratch. Did you have an install disk with your Xonar??
ROG Xonar Phoebus - ROG - ASUS

 

[ecko69x]

It did come with an install disk, but a lot of people are saying don't use that disk cause it causes a lot of problems. So I just downloaded the latest drivers via Asus support.

And this is the interface.

 

[ecko69x]

This is the interface.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok I know this is not the real problem just part of it but to compare this is my GUI. There are heaps of drop downs as well as the ones I use a lot and hooked up to some even ordinary phones sounds are great and to a Logitec Z506 ($80) a blast as I am a bit of an audiophile. The card itself is $40 out here so cheap but certainly not nasty.
Controla arte mainly mouse but as I have a Microsoft Sidewinder X6 KB (vert rare now) I adjust th e volume from the knob on the KB

 

[ecko69x]

Yeah, there's not many drop downs for the Phoebus interface. What you see is what it is pretty much. Is there really no way to check if I'm on 7.1?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ecko mate I just found this it might give you a bit more than you are seeing. I couldn't find any manuals on this device and (and the fellow says the manual is pretty ordinary) so I think it might answer quite a few answers because it looks pretty cool to me.



I do hope this throws a bit of light on it and it certainly sounds like something I would like except for the price. He says it is about $180 on Amazon - we do not have that out here and it makes my Xonar DG look positively cheap as chips at $40!! But I like it cos it was easy to fix and gives me what I want yours is probably aimed at theatre systems I should reckon.

Anyway let me know how you go and enjoy

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Go here to download the manual (I found it to be very informative). There are several full manuals listed but they don't specify the language. I found the third one down from the top (the first full manual) is in English. To see if you are in 7.1, go to the speakers settings screen. 7.1 should be ticked.

 

[ecko69x]

Go here to download the manual (I found it to be very informative). There are several full manuals listed but they don't specify the language. I found the third one down from the top (the first full manual) is in English. To see if you are in 7.1, go to the speakers settings screen. 7.1 should be ticked.

My speaker option is greyed out. Is it because I don't have actual speakers? I'm using headphones.

 

[ecko69x]

Well, I figured it out. I had to plug my headphone mic into the front jack to enable the speakers. Thank you everyone for your assistance.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Odd fix but at least it is working mate . Can you mark as solved now please?