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Retasking front panel audio connectors with the
Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager
The pink and green connectors on the front of the PC connectors can be retasked as
needed.
1 Click Start on the taskbar, click Control Panel, Sounds, Speech, and
Audio Devices, and then select Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager.
2 Click the Audio I/O tab.
3 Click the Tool icon in the Front Panel section. The connector settings
window displays.
4 Select Enable Jack detection when device is plugged in, and
click OK.
The front pink and green connectors can now be used as input or output devices.
Configuring multistreaming audio
The Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager software allows you to listen to two different
audio sources on two different speaker sets.
For example, you hear one audio source through a rear-panel speaker connection
and a second source through a front-panel headphone or speaker connection. You
must configure multistreaming audio for your system if you want to hear two audio
sources on separate speakers.
NOTE: Digital Audio In cannot be multistreamed.
When to use multistreaming audio
You may multistream two audio sources as described in the following typical
examples:
1 For online gaming, where you hear 5.1 game sound on your AV receiver or
powered speakers, while you also hear gaming conversation on your headset.
See "Example 1: Online gaming" on page 38.
2 For digital home entertainment, where you hear:
•
DVD sound on your living room TV/display or AV receiver from the rear
speaker connections.
•
While you also hear your PC headphone or powered speakers that are
connected to the front-panel green headphone jack, from one of the
following external PC audio sources:
a Front-panel Line In
b Internal source residing on: a hard disk drive, DVD, CD, USB drive, or
other external device.
See "Example 2: For digital home entertainment" on page 39.
Configuring Speaker and Sound Options
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