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Connecting external audio devices WARNING! To reduce the risk of personal injury, adjust the volume before putting on headphones, ear buds, or a headset. For additional safety information, refer to the Regulatory, Safety and Environmental Notices. To connect external devices such as external speakers, headphones, or a microphone, refer to the information provided with the device. For best results, remember the following tips: ● Be sure that the device cable is securely connected to the correct jack on your computer. (Cable connectors are normally color-coded to match the corresponding jacks on the computer.) ● Be sure to install any drivers required by the external device. NOTE: A driver is a required program that acts like a translator between the device and the programs that use the device. 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 Events, 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 Start Recording and speak into the microphone. Save the file to your desktop. 3. Open Windows Media Player or TouchSmart 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, select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound. 8 Chapter 3 Audio

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Connecting external audio devices
WARNING!
To reduce the risk of personal injury, adjust the volume before putting on headphones,
ear buds, or a headset. For additional safety information, refer to the
Regulatory, Safety and
Environmental Notices
.
To connect external devices such as external speakers, headphones, or a microphone, refer to the
information provided with the device. For best results, remember the following tips:
Be sure that the device cable is securely connected to the correct jack on your computer. (Cable
connectors are normally color-coded to match the corresponding jacks on the computer.)
Be sure to install any drivers required by the external device.
NOTE:
A driver is a required program that acts like a translator between the device and the
programs that use the device.
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 Events
, 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
Start Recording
and speak into the microphone. Save the file to your desktop.
3.
Open Windows Media Player or TouchSmart 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, select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Hardware
and Sound
>
Sound
.
8
Chapter 3
Audio