• Take advantage of this user-friendly sound card and experience 16-bit quality sound over 4 speakers ans subwoofer.
• Hercules’ latest free utility allows you to have fun with your audio and video files at last!

• 2 or 4 speakers and headphones output: the ideal choice for home and office use.
• 3D audio experience in games thanks to the CRL3D engine.
• Perfectly user-friendly:
  • WHQL certified
  • Microsoft® Windows® and even XP compatible!
  • Sound Blaster® compatible
  • MP3 support!
• Hercules® MediaStation II
  • Intuitive and sophisticated, Hercules® MediaStation II is destined to become your favorite everyday software companion! Hercules® MediaStation II enables you to listen to songs and mix or record * different styles of music. With Hercules® MediaStation II, the PC user can view digital videos and pictures. The extra option provides the facility to create slide shows using pictures you have just taken with your digital camera!
  • *See your online manual or options window for a list of supported formats.

• 4-channel PCI sound card
• Installation CD-ROM including Hercules® MediaStation II software
• User guide

Intel Pentium^TM MMX 233MHz / AMD® K6 or higher and compatible
PCI 2.1 slot
32MB RAM
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

2.0 / Stereo

System for transmitting sound over two channels = stereo.

2.1

System for transmitting sound over three channels, with 2 channels reproducing medium and high range frequencies and 1 channel reproducing bass frequencies.

Sound card

Electronic circuit added to a computer to play back or record sound files. The sound card is connected to speakers, headphones or an amplifier.

External sound card

Computer sound card which connects to a computer’s exterior port, generally USB, FireWire or CardBus.

3D stereo effect

The 3D stereo effect consists of acoustically simulating a gap between 2 speakers physically positioned relatively close to one another, as is the case when 2 speakers function together as part of a mini Hi-Fi system, television set, radio or single amplified unit. Also referred to as Spatial Stereo, Enhanced Stereo or extended stereo.

Line input

Analog audio input designed to receive an unamplified sound signal. There are 2 line levels: the general public line level, at -10dBv: this is the signal output level of a Hi-Fi component connected to an amplifier via a connector known as a line input. The professional line level, at +4dBu, is much more powerful, and is used to connect studio or public-address (PA) equipment.

Mini-jack / 3.5mm jack

Mini-jack is also referred to as a 3.5mm jack or 1/8" connector. A mini-jack connector is a mono or stereo connector used to connect audio inputs or outputs on mass market sound cards.

Sound Blaster™

Sound Blaster is the name of a brand of sound cards marketed by the company Creative Technologies.

PCI card

Electronic card in PCI format, very commonly found in computers, allowing the computer to connect to a WiFi network.