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Checking your audio functions To check the system sound on your computer, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound. 3. Click Sound. 4. When the Sound window opens, click the Sounds tab. Under Program, select any sound event, such as a beep or alarm, and click the Test button. You should hear sound through the speakers or through connected headphones. To check the record functions of the computer, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Sound Recorder. 2. Click Record and speak into the microphone. Save the file to your desktop. 3. Open Windows Media Player or MediaSmart and play back the sound. NOTE: For best results when recording, speak directly into the microphone and record sound in a setting free of background noise. ▲ To confirm or change the audio settings on your computer, right-click the Sound icon on the taskbar, or select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound icon. 14 Chapter 3 Audio

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Checking your audio functions
To check the system sound on your computer, follow these steps:
1.
Select
Start
>
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
3.
Click
Sound
.
4.
When the Sound window opens, click the
Sounds
tab. Under
Program
, select any sound event,
such as a beep or alarm, and click the
Test
button.
You should hear sound through the speakers or through connected headphones.
To check the record functions of the computer, follow these steps:
1.
Select
Start
>
All Programs
>
Accessories
>
Sound Recorder
.
2.
Click
Record
and speak into the microphone. Save the file to your desktop.
3.
Open Windows Media Player or MediaSmart and play back the sound.
NOTE:
For best results when recording, speak directly into the microphone and record sound in a
setting free of background noise.
▲
To confirm or change the audio settings on your computer, right-click the
Sound
icon on the
taskbar, or select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Hardware and Sound
>
Sound
icon.
14
Chapter 3
Audio