Audio Connectors; Types Of Audio Connectors - Dell Inspiron 13z Manual

Audio Connectors

Audio connectors allow you to connect to amplifiers, speakers,
headphones, microphones, sound systems, or TVs for digital audio
output.

Types of audio connectors

Headphone connector – Connect a pair of headphones,
powered speaker, or sound system.
Microphone connector – Connect a personal computer
microphone for voice or sound input.
Line-in connector – Connect a recording/playback
device such as a cassette player, CD player, or VCR.
Line-out connector – Connect headphones or speakers
with integrated amplifiers.
Rear surround out – Connect multichannel-capable
speakers.
Center/LFE surround out – Connect a single subwoofer.
NOTE: The Low Frequency Effects (LFE) audio channel,
found in digital surround sound audio schemes, carries
only frequency information (80 Hz and below). The LFE
channel drives a subwoofer to provide extremely low
bass extension. Systems not using subwoofers can shunt
the LFE information to the main speakers in the surround
sound setup.
Side surround sound connector – Connect additional
speakers.
RCA S/PDIF connector – Transmit digital audio without
the need of analog audio conversion.
Optical S/PDIF connector – Transmit digital audio
without the need of analog audio conversion.
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