HP Brio ba300 hp brio ba300, troubleshooting guide - Page 18

If You Have a Problem The PC Hangs While Recording Have you checked that... You are not filling up your hard disk with uncompressed digital audio. For example, one minute of stereo sound recorded at a resolution of 44 kHz will occupy about 10.5 MB. Ö How • Before recording, check that there is enough free space on your hard disk. • Data compression can reduce the space required. The A-law and mlaw hardware compression used by the audio interface enables the sampling of sound at a resolution of 16-bits, but it generates the same quantity of data as an 8-bit sample. No Output From 8 or 16 Bit Digitized Sounds Have you checked that... You do not have an interrupt conflict or that you have not selected the wrong DMA channel Ö How Use your operating system's audio control software to change the audio interface's DMA channel or IRQ setting Audio Input From Microphone Too Low Have you checked that... The microphone specifications meet the requirements of the 16-bit sound components. The microphone should be a 600-ohm electret type. Ö How Check the documentation that came with your microphone 18