Configuring Multichannel Audio Output For The Dvd Player - HP Media Center m1000 - Desktop PC Configuration

Configuring the speaker system
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose Control Panel.
3 If it is present, click Sounds, Speech, and
Audio Devices.
4 Click Sound Effect Manager. The window
opens.
5 Click the Speaker Configuration button.
6 Select the option describing the number of speakers
in your system, for example, 7.1 speakers.
A connector with no descriptive text in the
Connection Guide indicates that the connector is
not used for the selected speaker configuration.
You can click the Speaker Test button to
NOTE:
test the speakers.
7 Click OK.
Configuring multichannel audio
output for the DVD player
The InterVideo WinDVD
only) is set up for two-speaker (stereo) output. To hear
all speakers or digital out from DVD movies recorded
with multichannel audio, change the audio properties
for WinDVD to match your selected speaker
configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program
supports more than two channels):
1 Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD: click
Start, All Programs, Video, InterVideo
WinDVD Player, and then click InterVideo
WinDVD 4. The WinDVD video window opens.
2 Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window,
and then click Setup. The Setup window opens.
3 Click the Audio tab.
4 Click the option for the number of speakers to
match your multichannel speaker system.
When using the digital out connector for
NOTE:
sound, select Digital (S/PDIF) out to external
processor.
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Connecting Speakers and Configuring Sound
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SE program (select models
5 Click Apply.
To test the speakers (multichannel speakers
NOTE:
only), click the Test button. The WinDVD control
panel shows the speaker number being used.
Click Stop.
6 Click OK.
If you want to play a DVD recorded in stereo,
NOTE:
change the audio properties of WinDVD to match the
recorded DVD audio output.
Configuring sound for recording
The microphone connector on the front of the PC is
ready to use for recording sound. If you want to use
another connector for recording, such as the digital
audio-in connector, use these steps to select it.
The pink and green connectors on the front
NOTE:
of the PC can be retasked to perform other audio
functions; refer to "Retasking using the Audio
Wizard."
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose Control Panel.
3 If it is present, click Sounds, Speech, and
Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and
Audio Devices.
4 Click the Audio tab.
5 In Sound recording, select the default device from
the drop down list. Choose:
•
RealTek HD Front Pink Jack to use the pink
connector on the front of the PC.
•
RealTek HD Digital Input to use the digital
audio in connector on the back of the PC.
•
RealTek HD Front Green Jack to use the
green connector on the front of the PC.