Identifying Connectors - HP Media Center m1000 - Desktop PC Configuration

Connecting Speakers and
Speakers are included with the monitor (select models only) or are sold separately. Your PC supports only an
active (powered) speaker system; the speaker system must have its own power cord.
A stereo speaker set is a left-right, two-channel speaker system. A multichannel audio speaker system is a
NOTE:
system with more than two channels, and it may include a subwoofer. For example, 7.1 channels, referred to as
an eight-speaker mode, uses two front speakers (left-right), two side speakers (left-right), two rear speakers (left-
right), a center speaker, and a subwoofer.

Identifying connectors

Your PC supports a maximum of eight speakers in a
multichannel speaker system by using four connectors
on the back of the PC.
The PC also has digital audio out and digital audio in
connectors for digital sound devices such as a DVD
recorder or a digital stereo receiver/amplifier.
The four connectors for the multichannel speaker
system are on the back of the PC:
A: Side speaker port (side)
B: Rear speaker port (rear)
C: Center speaker/subwoofer port (c/sub)
E: Audio line out (out) for front speakers
Configuring Sound
The previous figure shows the six audio connectors
arranged on the back of the PC: the four connectors
used for eight-channel audio, and the connectors for
the microphone (D, mic) and the audio line in (F, in).
To connect and configure your speaker system, refer
to the steps that follow in this document.
Connecting the speaker system to
the PC
1 With the speaker system off, connect the speakers
and the subwoofer, if present. Refer to the speaker
documentation.
2 Turn off the PC.
3 Connect the audio cable plugs from the speaker
system subwoofer to the connectors on the back of
the PC. (See the following table.)
Connect speaker
cable (plug) for:
Front speakers (or
two stereo speakers)
Side speakers
Rear speakers
Center
speaker/subwoofer
4 Turn on the PC.
5 Turn on the speaker system.
6 Configure the audio output for the multichannel
speaker system by performing the following
procedure.
Connecting Speakers and Configuring Sound
To PC port [label, name]
(color):
Audio line out [E, out] (green)
Side speaker [A, side] (gray)
Rear speaker [B, rear] (black)
Center speaker/subwoofer
[C, c/sub] (gold)
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