HP Compaq Presario,Presario 6290 Supplementary Manual

Using Headphones

You must change audio settings to
hear sound through the headphone
connector on the front of the
DVD/CD-RW drive, and in some
software programs you must also
change audio settings.
You can't use the headphone
connector to listen to digital
soundtracks of video files, such as
those in a DVD-ROM movie. The
headphone connector produces
sound only for audio files (music
CDs, .wav, mp3, and .cda files).
Changing audio settings
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Click My Computer.
3 Right-click the DVD/CD-RW
drive icon.
4 Click Properties.
5 Select the Hardware tab.
6 Under All disk drives, select the
DVD/CD-RW drive icon, and
then click the Properties
button.
7 Click the Properties tab and
uncheck Enable digital CD
audio for this CD-ROM
device.
8 Click OK twice.
9 Restart the PC.
10 Continue with the instructions
provided for your specific
software.
Using headphones with
MusicMatch Jukebox
After you complete the previous
procedure, you can use the
headphone connector to listen to
audio files using the MusicMatch
Jukebox program.
Note:
MusicMatch Jukebox may not be
included with your PC model,
depending on your
country/region.
Using headphones with
Windows Media
1 Follow the procedure in the
section, "Changing audio
settings."
2 Click Start on the taskbar.
3 Choose All Programs, and
then click Windows Media
Player.
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Player