HP Pavilion a1600 Getting Started Guide - Page 44
Using the Audio Wizard in the Sound Effect Manager, Retasking front-panel connectors with Sound Effect
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Using the Audio Wizard in the Sound Effect Manager The Sound Effect Manager Audio Wizard can help you connect front-panel audio. To use the Audio Wizard: 1 Turn on the PC. 2 Click Start on the taskbar. 3 Choose Control Panel. 4 Click Sounds, then Speech and Audio Devices (or Sounds and Audio Devices). 5 Click Sound Effect Manager. The window opens. 6 Click Audio Wizard. A window opens that shows the connector panel on the front of the PC. 7 Place a check in the Enable jack detection check box to enable the wizard. 8 Connect the speaker system audio cable plugs into the connectors on the front of your PC. The panel display highlights a cable that is properly inserted in a connector. 9 Close the window. Retasking front-panel connectors with Sound Effect Manager With the Audio Wizard enabled, both the microphone connector and the headphones connector on the front of the PC can be retasked to perform a different audio function. These two connectors are universal audio jacks. When you plug in a cable, the wizard asks you to select the function for the cable from a list, and then it sets the universal audio jack to perform as the selected function. The functions are: • Stereo Speaker (Out) • Microphone (In) • Headphone (In) • Audio Line In To retask front-panel connectors: 1 Follow steps 1 through 7 of the procedure, "Using the Audio Wizard in the Sound Effect Manager" on page 38. 2 When you plug in a cable, the wizard asks you to select the device you plugged in from a list. 3 Close the window. 38 Getting Started Guide