HP a1100e Setting Up 6-connector Sound, Configuring multi-channel audio output for the DVD player

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):

1Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD. (Click Start, All Programs, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Player, and InterVideo WinDVD.)

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

3Click the Audio tab.

4Click the option for the number of speakers to match your multi-channel speaker system.

5Click Apply.

NOTE: To test the speakers (multi-channel speakers only), click the Test button. The WinDVD control panel shows the speaker number being used. Click Stop.

6Click OK.

NOTE: If you want to play a stereo DVD, change the audio properties of WinDVD to match the recorded DVD audio output.

Setting Up 6-connector Sound

PC models that include six sound connectors on the back of the PC, support up to eight channels of sound (7.1 speaker output).

Identifying the audio connectors (6-connector)

The PC supports a maximum of eight speakers in a multi-channel speaker system by using four of the six audio connectors on the back of the PC.

This PC also has Digital Audio Out and Digital Audio In connectors for digital sound devices such as a DVD recorder or a digital stereo receiver/amplifier.

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