HP ProBook 6550b HP ProBook User Guide - Windows XP - Page 56

Multimedia software, Volume, Master Volume, Start, Control Panel, Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices

Page 56 highlights

◦ To increase volume, press and hold the volume up button (3) until the desired volume level is reached. You can also tap the volume up button. ● Windows volume control: a. Click the Volume icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. b. Increase or decrease the volume by moving the slider up or down. Click the Mute check box to mute the volume. - or - a. Double-click the Volume icon in the notification area. b. In the Master Volume column, you can increase or decrease the volume by moving the Volume slider up or down. You can also adjust the balance or mute the volume. If the Volume icon is not displayed in the notification area, follow these steps to add it: a. Select Start > Control Panel > Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices > Sounds and Audio Devices > Volume tab. b. Select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box. c. Click Apply. ● Program volume control: Volume can also be adjusted within some programs. Multimedia software Your computer includes preinstalled multimedia software that allows you to play music and view pictures. The following sections provide details about preinstalled multimedia software and installing multimedia software from a disc. 46 Chapter 4 Multimedia

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175

To increase volume, press and hold the volume up button
(3)
until the desired volume level
is reached. You can also tap the volume up button.
Windows volume control:
a.
Click the
Volume
icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
b.
Increase or decrease the volume by moving the slider up or down. Click the
Mute
check box
to mute the volume.
– or –
a.
Double-click the
Volume
icon in the notification area.
b.
In the
Master Volume
column, you can increase or decrease the volume by moving the
Volume
slider up or down. You can also adjust the balance or mute the volume.
If the Volume icon is not displayed in the notification area, follow these steps to add it:
a.
Select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices
>
Sounds and Audio
Devices
>
Volume
tab.
b.
Select the
Place volume icon in the taskbar
check box.
c.
Click
Apply
.
Program volume control:
Volume can also be adjusted within some programs.
Multimedia software
Your computer includes preinstalled multimedia software that allows you to play music and view pictures.
The following sections provide details about preinstalled multimedia software and installing multimedia
software from a disc.
46
Chapter 4
Multimedia