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Working with Digital Images

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Configuring Multi-Channel Audio Output for the DVD Player The InterVideo WinDVD™ SE program (select models only) is set up for two-speaker (stereo) output. To hear all speakers from DVD movies recorded with multi-channel audio, change the audio properties for WinDVD to match your speaker configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than two channels): 1 Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD. (Click Start, choose All Programs, Video, InterVideo WinDVD Player, and then click InterVideo WinDVD 4.) 2 Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window, and then click Setup. 3 Click the Audio tab. 4 Click the option for the number of speakers to match your multi-channel speaker system, and then click Apply. NOTE: To test the speakers (multi-channel speakers only), click the Test button. The WinDVD control panel shows the speaker number being used. Click Stop. 5 Click OK. NOTE: If you want to play a stereo DVD, change the audio properties of WinDVD to match the recorded DVD audio output. Using the Microphone with Multi-Channel Audio The multi-channel speaker system (select models only) connects to the PC using the Microphone, Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the PC. Your PC may have a second microphone on the front of the PC. If present, this microphone is ready to use and does not affect the use of the multi-channel audio speaker system. To use the microphone connector on the back of the PC with a multi-channel audio speaker system, you must disconnect the cables for the multi-channel speakers and change the audio configuration to a two-channel audio system. Refer to "Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager" on page 22 to set the audio configuration. Working with Digital Images You can connect a digital image source, such as a digital camera or a digital video camera, directly to the PC or through a docking station. Digital picture files you copy or download from the device appear in the My Pictures folder. You can copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras and other digital imaging devices by using the memory card reader (select models only). Refer to "About the Memory Card Reader" on page 24. Working with Sound, Pictures, and Video 23

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Working with Sound, Pictures, and Video
23
Configuring Multi-Channel Audio Output for the
DVD Player
The InterVideo WinDVD™ SE program (select models only) is set up for
two-speaker (stereo) output. To hear all speakers from DVD movies recorded with
multi-channel audio, change the audio properties for WinDVD to match your
speaker configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than
two channels):
1
Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD. (Click
Start
, choose
All
Programs
,
Video
,
InterVideo WinDVD Player
, and then click
InterVideo WinDVD 4
.)
2
Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window, and then click
Setup
.
3
Click the
Audio
tab.
4
Click the option for the number of speakers to match your multi-channel speaker
system, and then click
Apply
.
NOTE:
To test the speakers (multi-channel speakers only), click the
Test
button.
The WinDVD control panel shows the speaker number being used. Click
Stop
.
5
Click
OK
.
NOTE:
If you want to play a stereo DVD, change the audio properties of WinDVD
to match the recorded DVD audio output.
Using the Microphone with Multi-Channel Audio
The multi-channel speaker system (select models only) connects to the PC using the
Microphone, Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the
PC. Your PC may have a second microphone on the front of the PC. If present, this
microphone is ready to use and does not affect the use of the multi-channel audio
speaker system.
To use the microphone connector on the back of the PC with a multi-channel audio
speaker system, you must disconnect the cables for the multi-channel speakers and
change the audio configuration to a two-channel audio system. Refer to
“Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager” on page 22 to set the audio
configuration.
Working with Digital Images
You can connect a digital image source, such as a digital camera or a digital
video camera, directly to the PC or through a docking station. Digital picture files
you copy or download from the device appear in the My Pictures folder. You can
copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras and other
digital imaging devices by using the memory card reader (select models only).
Refer to “About the Memory Card Reader” on page 24.