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Using a Microphone

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Basics Using a Microphone Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with one microphone connector in the back of the PC. Your computer may have another microphone connector in the front of the PC under the access door or on the monitor. Only one microphone connector works at a time. The back connector is already set up to work. If you would prefer to connect a microphone to the front of your PC, follow this procedure to select the working microphone: Note: If you connect your microphone to the back of your PC, you do not need to perform this procedure. 1 Double-click the Volume icon on the taskbar. The Volume Control settings window opens. Note: If you do not see this Volume icon, click Start, Control Panel, Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, if present, and then doubleclick Sounds and Audio Devices to open the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties window. Select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box. Click Apply, and then click OK. The Volume icon appears in the taskbar. 2 In the Volume Control window, select Options and click Properties. 3 In Adjust volume for, click Recording. 4 In Show the following volume controls, select the Microphone check box. 5 Click OK. 6 Select Options from the Recording Control window, and click Advanced Controls. 7 Click the Advanced button. Quick Start Guide 21

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Quick Start Guide
21
Basics
Using a Microphone
Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with one
microphone connector in the back of the PC.
Your computer may have another microphone
connector in the front of the PC under the access
door or on the monitor. Only one microphone
connector works at a time. The back connector
is already set up to work.
If you would prefer to connect a microphone
to the front of your PC, follow this procedure
to select the working microphone:
Note:
If you connect your microphone to the back of
your PC, you do not need to perform this
procedure.
1
Double-click the
Volume
icon on the
taskbar. The Volume Control settings
window opens.
Note:
If you do not see this Volume icon, click
Start
,
Control Panel
,
Sounds, Speech, and
Audio Devices
, if present, and then double-
click
Sounds and Audio Devices
to open
the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
window. Select the
Place volume icon in
the taskbar
check box. Click
Apply
, and
then click
OK
. The Volume icon appears in the
taskbar.
2
In the Volume Control
window, select
Options
and click
Properties
.
3
In
Adjust volume for
, click
Recording
.
4
In
Show the following volume controls
, select
the
Microphone
check box.
5
Click
OK
.
6
Select
Options
from the Recording Control
window, and click
Advanced Controls
.
7
Click the
Advanced
button.