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Using the Audio Features

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Using the Audio Features Your computer is equipped with the following: A -inch (3.5-mm) diameter external stereo line-in or monaural microphone/line-in jack. Note: To use the input jack for an external stereo line-in device, you need to disable the microphone function with the software on your operating system. For example in Windows 98, you can disable the function by putting a check mark in the check box of Mute for MIC in the "Master Out" window. To use the jack for a manual microphone, disable the line-in function with the software. A -inch (3.5-mm) diameter stereo headphone or an external-powered speaker jack. A MIDI/joystick port on the enhanced port replicator. To use a MIDI device, you should first connect your computer to the enhanced port replicator; then connect an external MIDI device to the replicator. After docking your computer in the replicator, you should enable this port using the ThinkPad Configuration program. Your computer also has an audio chip that enables you to enjoy various multimedia audio features. This audio chip provides the following features: Recording and playing back of PCM and WAV files in 8-bit or 16-bit format. Sampling of various rates from 8 KHz to 44 KHz for the WAV file. Playback of MIDI files through an FM synthesizer. Recording from various sound sources, such as an integrated microphone, an external microphone, or an audio device attached to a line-in jack. DOS game compatibility. You should select Sound Blaster Pro** for the audio adapter in the sound setup of the game. A 3D Sound Retrieval System (SRS) function, compensating for flat, two-dimensional sound image limitations by reestablishing 6 IBM ThinkPad 560Z Online Book

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Using the Audio Features
Your computer is equipped with the following:
A
-inch (3.5-mm) diameter external stereo line-in or monaural
microphone/line-in jack.
Note:
To use the input jack for an external stereo line-in device,
you need to disable the microphone function with the
software on your operating system.
For example in
Windows 98, you can disable the function by putting a
check mark in the check box of
Mute
for MIC in the
“Master Out” window.
To use the jack for a manual
microphone, disable the line-in function with the software.
A
-inch (3.5-mm) diameter stereo headphone or an
external-powered speaker jack.
A MIDI/joystick port on the enhanced port replicator.
To use a
MIDI device, you should first connect your computer to the
enhanced port replicator; then connect an external MIDI device
to the replicator.
After docking your computer in the replicator,
you should enable this port using the ThinkPad Configuration
program.
Your computer also has an audio chip that enables you to enjoy
various multimedia audio features.
This audio chip provides the
following features:
Recording and playing back of PCM and WAV files in 8-bit or
16-bit format.
Sampling of various rates from 8 KHz to 44 KHz for the WAV
file.
Playback of MIDI files through an FM synthesizer.
Recording from various sound sources, such as an integrated
microphone, an external microphone, or an audio device
attached to a line-in jack.
DOS game compatibility.
You should select Sound Blaster Pro**
for the audio adapter in the sound setup of the game.
A 3D Sound Retrieval System (SRS) function, compensating for
flat, two-dimensional sound image limitations by reestablishing
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IBM ThinkPad 560Z Online Book