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Testing Your Audio, If You Are Running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95

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Using Sound on Your PC Testing Your Audio Testing Your Audio For Windows NT operating systems and Windows 95, set the Mixer volume control slide bars to mid range before beginning tests. If You Are Running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95 There are many sample wave and MIDI files on your computer which you can play to check that your audio system works. 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar. 2 Select Programs Accessories Multimedia 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 operating system in: c:\Winnt\Media for Windows NT. c:\Windows\Media for Windows 95. If not all the sounds you need are offered, you can install extra sounds available in the Multimedia dialog box, as described on page 14. 5 To play the file, click the Play button 6 To adjust the volume of the sound, 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. You can also double-click the speaker symbol to display separate mixer controls. If you don't hear anything, refer to "Solving Problems with Sound" on page 20. English 13

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Using Sound on Your PC
Testing Your Audio
Testing Your Audio
For Windows NT operating systems and Windows 95, set the Mixer volume control
slide bars to mid range
before beginning tests
.
If You Are Running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95
There are many sample wave and MIDI files on your computer which you can play to
check that your audio system works.
1
Click the Start button on the taskbar.
2
Select Programs
Accessories
Multimedia
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 operating system in:
c:\Winnt\Media
for Windows NT.
c:\Windows\Media
for Windows 95.
If not all the sounds you need are offered, you can install extra sounds available
in the Multimedia dialog box, as described on
page 14
.
5
To play the file, click the Play button
6
To adjust the volume of the sound, 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. You can also double-click the speaker symbol to
display separate mixer controls.
If you don’t hear anything,
refer to “
Solving Problems with Sound
” on page 20
.