User's Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
LAN port
Speed
LED
Activity Link
LED
LAN port LED indications
3. Center / Subwoofer port (orange). This port connects the center/subwoofer speakers.
4. Rear Speaker Out port (black).Thisportconnectstherearspeakersina4.1channel,
5.1channel,or7.1channelaudioconguration.
5. Line In port (light blue).Thisportconnectstothetape,CD,DVDplayer,orother
audio sources.
6. Line Out port (lime). Thisportconnectstoaheadphoneoraspeaker.Inthe4.1,5.1,
and7.1channelcongurations,thefunctionofthisportbecomesFrontSpeakerOut.
7. Microphone port (pink). This port connects to a microphone.
Activity/Link LED Speed LED
Status Description Status Description
Off Nolink OFF 10Mbpsconnection
Orange Linked ORANGE 100Mbpsconnection
Orange
(Blinking)
Dataactivity GREEN 1 Gbps connection
Orange(Blinking
thensteady)
Readytowake
upfromS5mode
Port
Headset
2-channel
4.1-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel
LightBlue LineIn LineIn LineIn LineIn
Lime LineOut FrontSpeakerOut FrontSpeakerOut FrontSpeakerOut
Pink MicIn MicIn MicIn MicIn
Orange – – Center/Subwoofer Center/Subwoofer
OpticalS/
PDIFout
– – – SideSpeakerOut
Black – RearSpeakerOut RearSpeakerOut RearSpeakerOut
Audio2,4.1,5.1,or7.1-channelconguration
8. Optical S/PDIF out port.ThisportallowsyoutoconnectyourPCtoamplied
speakers,headphones,orSony/PhillipsDigitalInterconnectFormat(S/PDIF)compliant
devices.
9. USB 3.0 ports.These9-pinUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsareforUSB3.0devices.
• USB3.0devicescanonlybeusedfordatastorage.
• WestronglyrecommendthatyouconnectUSB3.0devicestoUSB3.0portsforfaster
andbetterperformancefromyourUSB3.0devices.
• DuetothedesignoftheIntel
®
chipset,allUSBdevicesconnectedtotheUSB2.0and
USB3.0portsarecontrolledbythexHCIcontroller.SomelegacyUSBdevicesmust
updatetheirrmwareforbettercompatibility.