Audio Devices - Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference Manual

Using the Computer: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference
Store CD or DVDs in their containers, placing them in a cool, dry place. Extreme temperatures may damage CDs or DVDs.
Do not bend or drop a CD or DVD.
Do not place objects on top of a CD or DVD.
Types of Supported Discs
Your computer's CD-ROM, CD-RW, and DVD-ROM drives are able to play the following types of disc formats:
CD-ROM red-book compact disc-digital audio (CD-DA)
CD-ROM yellow-book mode-1 and mode-2 data discs
CD-ROM Extended Architecture (CD-ROM/XA) (mode-2 form 1 and form 2; without Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation [ADPCM])
CD-Interactive (CD-I) (mode-2 form 1 and form 2)
CD-I Ready
CD-Bridge
Photo CD, CD-recordable (CD-R) (single and multisession)
Video CD
CD-rewritable (CD-RW) (The 24x CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives support reading CD-RW discs—this format is supported as read-only for CD-ROM
and DVD-ROM drives; only a CD-RW drive can write to this type of disc.)
DVD-5 (The DVD-ROM drive supports the DVD-5 format.)

Audio Devices

You can connect speakers, a microphone, headphones, and record/playback devices such as cassette players, CD players, and VCRs to the audio connectors
on the computer. The connectors are located on the right side of the computer. Dell recommends using amplified speakers for the best sound.
See your Microsoft Windows documentation for the location of sound application programs such as mixers and volume control.
You can control the sound coming from the external speakers and the computer's integrated speakers with the volume control dial. You can also use the
keyboard to adjust the volumes. Press <Fn><Page Dn> to lower the volume. Press <Fn><Page Up> to increase the volume. Press <Fn><End> to enable or
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