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Exploring Your Computer's Features
Exploring audio features
Sound System
This section describes audio controls including sound levels
and power management.
Volume control
The Volume Control utility lets you control the audio volume
in Windows for both playback and recording.
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To launch Volume Control for playback, click Start, All
Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, and then click
Volume Control.
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To launch Recording Control, click Options, Properties,
choose Recording and click OK. (If Recording cannot
be chosen, choose Mixer device before.)
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To view details of the Volume Control, click Help on the
Volume Control.
Microphone level
To change the microphone gain, follow the steps below.
1
Click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, and then click Volume Control.
2
Click Options, Properties, choose Recording and click
OK. (If Recording cannot be chosen, choose Mixer
device before.)
3
Click Options and select Advanced Controls.
4
Click Advanced.
5
Check the Microphone Boost checkbox.