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5 Using Sound on Your PC Testing Your Audio Setup Testing Your Audio Setup There are many sample wave and MIDI files on your computer which you can play to check that your audio system works. Before testing your audio setup, set the Mixer volume control slide bars to mid range. Warning Before testing your audio setup for the first time, make sure the volume control is set well below maximum to avoid injury from excessive noise. Click the speaker symbol in the right corner of the taskbar and move the slider down to about a third of full volume. 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar. 2 Select Programs, then Accessories, then Multimedia, then Media Player. 3 Open the Device menu in Media Player and select either Sound to play a wave file or MIDI Sequencer to play a MIDI file. 4 In the Open window, locate and select a file, then click the Open button. You can find the files used by the Windows 95 operating system in C:\Windows\Media. 5 To play the file, click the Play button 6 To adjust the volume, click the speaker symbol in the right corner of the taskbar (or select Volume Control from the Media Player's Device menu) and adjust the volume level. Or double-click the speaker symbol to display separate mixer controls. If you don't hear any sound, even after adjusting the volume level, refer to the online help troubleshooting information for advice. 63

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Using Sound on Your PC
Testing Your Audio Setup
Testing Your Audio Setup
There are many sample wave and MIDI files on your computer which you can play to check that your audio system works.
Before testing your audio setup, set the Mixer volume control slide bars to mid range
.
1
Click the Start button on the taskbar.
2
Select Programs, then Accessories, then Multimedia, then Media Player.
3
Open the Device menu in Media Player and select either Sound to play a wave file or MIDI Sequencer to play a MIDI file.
4
In the Open window, locate and select a file, then click the Open button.
You can find the files used by the Windows 95 operating system in C:\Windows\Media.
5
To play the file, click the Play button
6
To adjust the volume, click the speaker symbol
in the right corner of the taskbar (or select Volume Control from
the Media Player’s Device menu) and adjust the volume level. Or double-click the speaker symbol to display separate
mixer controls.
If you don’t hear any sound, even after adjusting the volume level, refer to the online help troubleshooting information
for advice.
Warning
Before testing your audio setup for the first time, make sure the volume control is set well below maximum to avoid
injury from excessive noise. Click the speaker symbol
in the right corner of the taskbar and move the slider
down to about a third of full volume.