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Setting the volume from the desktop, Setting the volume from Control Panel, Using a disc

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Setting the volume from the desktop To set the computer volume from the desktop, do the following: 1. Click the volume icon on the taskbar. You can locate the taskbar at the bottom-right corner of the desktop. 2. Move the slider up to increase or down to decrease the volume. Click the mute-speaker icon to turn off the audio. If the volume icon is not on the taskbar, add the volume icon to the taskbar. To add the volume icon, do the following: • For Windows 7: 1. From the Windows desktop, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Appearance and Personalization. 2. In the Taskbar and Start Menu section, click Customize icons on the taskbar. 3. Click Turn system icons on or off and change the volume behaviors from Off to On. 4. Click OK to save the new settings. • For Windows 8.1: 1. Open Control Panel, and click Appearance and Personalization. Note: For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see "Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system" on page 22. 2. In the Taskbar and Navigation section, click Customize icons on the taskbar. 3. Click Turn system icons on or off and change the volume behavior from Off to On. 4. Click OK to save the new settings. Setting the volume from Control Panel To set the computer volume from Control Panel, do the following: 1. On the Windows 7 operating system, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Hardware and Sound. On the Windows 8.1 operating system, open Control Panel and click Hardware and Sound. Note: For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see "Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system" on page 22. 2. In the Sound section, click Adjust system volume. 3. Move the slider up to increase or down to decrease the volume. Using a disc This section provides information about the following topics: • "Using the optical drive" on page 19 • "Handling and storing a disc" on page 20 • "Playing and removing a disc" on page 20 • "Recording a disc" on page 21 Using the optical drive Depending on the model, your computer is equipped with one of the following optical drives: • CD-ROM drive: Used to read CDs only. • DVD-ROM drive: Used to read DVDs and CDs. Chapter 2. Using your computer 19

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Setting the volume from the desktop
To set the computer volume from the desktop, do the following:
1. Click the volume icon on the taskbar. You can locate the taskbar at the bottom-right corner of the
desktop.
2. Move the slider up to increase or down to decrease the volume. Click the mute-speaker icon to turn off
the audio.
If the volume icon is not on the taskbar, add the volume icon to the taskbar. To add the volume icon,
do the following:
•
For Windows 7:
1. From the Windows desktop, click
Start
➙
ControlPanel
➙
AppearanceandPersonalization
.
2. In the
Taskbar and Start Menu
section, click
Customize icons on the taskbar
.
3. Click
Turn system icons on or off
and change the volume behaviors from
Off
to
On
.
4. Click
OK
to save the new settings.
•
For Windows 8.1:
1. Open Control Panel, and click
Appearance and Personalization
.
Note:
For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see “Accessing
Control Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system” on page 22.
2. In the
TaskbarandNavigation
section, click
Customize icons on the taskbar
.
3. Click
Turn system icons on or off
and change the volume behavior from
Off
to
On
.
4. Click
OK
to save the new settings.
Setting the volume from Control Panel
To set the computer volume from Control Panel, do the following:
1. On the Windows 7 operating system, click
Start
➙
Control Panel
➙
Hardware and Sound
. On the
Windows 8.1 operating system, open Control Panel and click
Hardware and Sound
.
Note:
For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see “Accessing Control
Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system” on page 22.
2. In the
Sound
section, click
Adjust system volume
.
3. Move the slider up to increase or down to decrease the volume.
Using a disc
This section provides information about the following topics:
•
“Using the optical drive” on page 19
•
“Handling and storing a disc” on page 20
•
“Playing and removing a disc” on page 20
•
“Recording a disc” on page 21
Using the optical drive
Depending on the model, your computer is equipped with one of the following optical drives:
•
CD-ROM drive: Used to read CDs only.
•
DVD-ROM drive: Used to read DVDs and CDs.
Chapter 2
.
Using your computer
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