This is a generic C-Media 6208 sound card, TRIXES is just the name of the company that bought it from C-Media. There is no such sound card as TRIXES. Windows just reports it as "USB Sound Device".
If all you want is to do is add normal headphone ports to your computer, then this will plug and play no problems with no driver install needed, Windows will set it up as a 2-channel USB audio device and work straight away. You can even use multiple headphone ports for surround sound, so long as your 3.5mm jacks are small enough.
However, the optical input and output will not work at all until you install the actual drivers. The driver CD supplied was completely in Taiwanese with no English instructions at all, and appears to contain drivers for a number of other products such as a USB serial port, a USB network adapter etc. Since all the folder names are in Taiwanese I could not figure out which one to install. Luckily one of the reviews on Amazon told me it was a CM2606 sound chip, so I figured the CM2606 folder was the one I needed. However, the CD supplied only has drivers for Windows XP, Vista and 7, not Windows 8 or Windows 10.
To use the device in Windows 10, I needed to locate the C-Media 6208 drivers for Windows 8.1 online and use those. The C-Media website itself is currently offline with some kind of php error, but according to archived versions of the page I could get to, there is only a Windows 8.1 driver anyway, no Windows 10 specific driver. The Windows 8.1 driver works in Windows 10, and thankfully there was a mirror on Softpedia of the 8.1 driver. Thank goodness! I got it up and running with optical out by using that driver.
So my overall experience with installation was very poor, probably as poor as you can get. It took me back to the early 90s when nothing worked properly and you were basically guessing at what software to install.
Saying that, the unit is *extremely* cheap for what it is, and once you do have the drivers set up it's a reasonably competent USB sound card with optical in and out. Just don't expect to use the optical input or output without putting in some work finding the drivers online.
| Brand | DIGIFLEX |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions | 11.94 x 11.18 x 3.05 cm; 139.98 Grams |
| Item model number | YA21 |
| Manufacturer | DIGIFLEX |
| Color | Blue |
| Hardware Platform | PC, Laptops |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 140 g |
