HP Pavilion a1300 Getting Started Guide - Page 47

Configuring Audio Output with Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager

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3 Click the Digital Audio button. Select Digital output off (you can also select Digital-in to Digital-out pass through mode). 4 Close the window. If you select Enable digital audio output, the microphone volume setting becomes active, the recording source is fixed in Stereo Mix, and if you place the microphone too close to the speakers, feedback can occur. Configuring Audio Output with Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager Follow these steps after you have installed and connected your speakers, if your PC model has type 6 connectors and is capable of multi-streaming audio. To configure multichannel audio output for PCs with Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager: 1 Click Start on the taskbar. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Click Sounds, then Speech and Audio Devices (or Sounds and Audio Devices). NOTE: If you do not see the device for your configuration, change the speaker selection in the Speaker Configuration window. 4 Click Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager. The window opens. 5 Click a button near the top of the window to see that control screen. The Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager control screens • Sound Effect - selects the Environment and the Equalizer settings. You can select an environment, such as Under Water or Auditorium. To use the Equalizer, click the Power button in the center of the circular equalizer control to turn it on. You can click a preset button, such as Pop or Live, or manually adjust the settings and then save them for easy selection later. • Mixer - allows control over volume, playback, mute, recording, and multi-streaming audio. Click the Multi-streaming setting button to set up multi-streaming. • Audio I/O - selects the number of speakers, shows the whether the plugs are analog or digital, and selects the digital audio output and digital input device. Only speakers being used are displayed. • Microphone - allows fine control over the microphone/recording quality. Includes buttons for noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation. Configuring Speaker and Sound Options 41

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Configuring Speaker and Sound Options
41
3
Click the
Digital Audio
button. Select
Digital output off
(you can also
select
Digital-in to Digital-out pass through mode
).
4
Close the window.
If you select
Enable digital audio output
, the microphone volume setting
becomes active, the recording source is fixed in Stereo Mix, and if you place the
microphone too close to the speakers, feedback can occur.
Configuring Audio Output with
Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager
Follow these steps after you have installed and connected your speakers, if your PC
model has type 6 connectors and is capable of multi-streaming audio.
To configure multichannel audio output for PCs with Realtek HD Sound Effect
Manager:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Click
Sounds
,
then
Speech and Audio Devices
(or
Sounds and Audio
Devices
).
4
Click
Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager
. The window opens.
5
Click a button near the top of the window to see that control screen.
The Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager control screens
Sound Effect —
selects the Environment and the Equalizer settings. You
can select an environment, such as
Under Water
or
Auditorium
. To use the
Equalizer, click the Power button in the center of the circular equalizer control to
turn it on. You can click a preset button, such as
Pop
or
Live
, or manually adjust
the settings and then save them for easy selection later.
Mixer —
allows control over volume, playback, mute, recording, and
multi-streaming audio. Click the Multi-streaming setting button to set up
multi-streaming.
Audio I/O —
selects the number of speakers, shows the whether the plugs are
analog or digital, and selects the digital audio output and digital input device.
Only speakers being used are displayed.
Microphone —
allows fine control over the microphone/recording quality.
Includes buttons for noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation.
NOTE:
If you do not see the device for your configuration, change the speaker
selection in the Speaker Configuration window.