Asus Xonar DG and Front Panel Detection

[jandslegate]

I'm really just looking for some sort of confirmation. I recently set up a new box. I put in my Xonar DG, I've installed the front panel jack jumpers onto the card. Headphones work and speakers work. However, I have to go into the Xonar audio manager program and switch from speakers (rear audio jack) or FP Audio. I've looked all over the Asus site. There's little information to be gained there. The homepage for the card says it has automatic switching and detection for front and back. The problem is I can't figure out how to do it. I'm using Windows 7 if that helps. Anyone have any tips it'd be very much appreciated.

 

[jockey]

Should be automatic. The headphone jack needs to be completely removed/ installed into the FP to work properly.

 

[jandslegate]

Has anyone had any experience with this issue? I'm not sure if it's a Win 7 issue or if its something with the card configuration. Asus support is pretty much non existent everything works the way it should other than I have to manually switch it in the Xonar software.

 

[popatim]

which FP audio do you have in your case? AC97 or HD?

 

[jandslegate]

I believe it is AC97. I've tried configuring with both and headphones work with both settings (AC97/HDA). Just the whole toggling from software issue.

 

[ijustwanttosaysomething]

From experience, to get audio out of the front panel and rear panel headphone jacks, while getting audio from SPDIF, I had to uninstall my audio drivers for the built-in audio on my mobo, disable automatic driver reinstallation via Group Policy, set the "Default sound device" to "Speakers" rather than "S/PDIF Pass through device", reinstall the drivers on the CD and reboot and select (FP) Headphone in the Xonar DGX Audio Center. And btw, automatic headphone detection does not work: that is when a headphone is inserted (irrespective of rear or front and irrespective of whether the Audio center is set to PF Headphone or just headphone), SPDIF continues to transmit. (Win7 btw)