Configuring the multi-channel sound manager – Compaq S0000 / 8000 User Manual

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Connect speaker plugs for:

2 Speaker
Mode

4/4.1
Speaker
Mode

6/5.1
Speaker
Mode

To PC
connector

Connector
icon

Front speakers

Front speakers

Front speakers

Audio Out
(lime-green)

OUT

Not used for
speakers

Rear speakers

Rear speakers

Audio In (blue)

IN

Not used for
speakers

Not used for
speakers

Center/
subwoofer
speakers

Mic-1 (pink)

Configure the audio output for the multi-channel speaker system by performing
the following procedure.

configuring the multi-channel sound manager

1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose All Programs.
3 Choose Music.
4 Click Multi-channel Sound Manager and then click Multi-channel Sound

Manager

again. The Audio Configuration window opens.

NOTE:

If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab, your PC does not have

the multi-channel capability. However, it still has two-channel (stereo)
output.

5 Click the Speaker Configuration tab.
6 Select the option describing the number of speakers in your system, for

example, 6/5.1 speaker mode. You can click the Speaker Test tab and then
click a speaker icon to test it.

7 Click OK.

configuring multi-channel audio output for
the dvd player

The InterVideo WinDVD™ program (select models only) is set up for two-
speaker (stereo) output. To hear all speakers from DVD movies recorded with
multi-channel audio, change the audio properties for WinDVD to match your
speaker configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than
two channels):

1 Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD Player (see “playing dvd movies

with the intervideo windvd player“ on page 57).

2 Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window, and then click Setup.

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