HP Presario SR5500 - Desktop PC Setup Manual page 42

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Advanced Setup Guide (features vary by model)
To connect digital audio, your computer must include a Digital Audio Out connector on
either the audio card or the back panel. You must connect multichannel speaker outputs if
you connect the digital output.
To connect digital audio speakers:
1 Turn off the computer.
2 Connect the orange Digital Audio Out connector on the back panel of
your computer to the digital input (S/PDIF) on the digital speakers or a
digital audio system.
3 Turn on the computer.
NOTE: Always turn on the computer before the speaker system.
4 Connect the speaker system to the power.
5 Turn on the speaker system.
6 After the speakers are connected to the computer, configure the audio software for
sound output for your computer model. See "Configuring Speaker and Sound
Options" in the Getting Started guide.
Audio card with digital output and type 3 connectors: See "Configuring speakers
with Realtek HD Audio Manager" in the Getting Started guide. Follow the
instructions to enable digital audio output.
Audio card with digital output and type 6 connectors: See "Configuring speakers
with Realtek HD Audio Manager" in the Getting Started guide. By default, digital
audio output is already enabled.
Audio card: See "Using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi or X-Fi Fatality audio
card" in the Getting Started guide. Follow the instructions to enable digital audio
output.