Connecting A Multi-Channel Speaker System To Your Pc - HP Compaq Presario,Presario SA4000 Getting Started Manual

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Getting Started Guide
Connecting a Multi-Channel Speaker System
to Your PC
Multi-channel audio speakers plug into the Audio In, Audio Out, and Mic
connectors on the back or front of the PC. Refer to the quick setup poster for the
location of the connectors.
1 Turn off the PC and the speakers.
2 Connect the three audio cable plugs from the speaker system to the connectors
on the back of the PC. (See the following table.)
3 Turn on the PC.
4 Turn on the speaker system.
Connect speaker plugs for:
4/4.1
2 Speaker Speaker
Mode Mode
Front speakers Front speakers
Not used for Rear speakers
speakers
Not used for Not used for
speakers speakers
Configure the audio output for the multi-channel speaker system by performing the
following procedure.
Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose All Programs.
3 Choose Music.
4 Click Multi-channel Sound Manager. The Multi-channel Audio
Configuration window opens.
If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab, your PC does not have
NOTE:
the multi-channel capability. However, it still has two-channel (stereo) output.
5 Click the Speaker Configuration tab.
6 Select the option describing the number of speakers in your system, for
example, 6/5.1 speaker mode. You can click the Speaker Test tab and
then click a speaker icon to test it.
7 Click OK.
6/5.1
To PC
Speaker
connector
Mode
Front speakers Audio Out
(lime-green)
Rear speakers Audio In (blue)
Center/ Mic-1 (pink)
subwoofer
speakers
Connector
icon
OUT
IN