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Using a Microphone
Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with one microphone connector in the back of the PC. Your computer may have another microphone connector in the front of the PC under the access door or on the monitor. Only one microphone connector works at a time. The back connector is already set up to work.
If you would prefer to connect a microphone to the front of your PC, follow this procedure to select the working microphone:
Note: If you connect your microphone to the back of your PC, you do not need to perform this procedure.
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Note: If you do not see this Volume icon, click Start, | Basics |
click Sounds and Audio Devices to open | |
Control Panel, Sounds, Speech, and |
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Audio Devices, if present, and then double- |
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the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties |
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window. Select the Place volume icon in |
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the taskbar check box. Click Apply, and |
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then click OK. The Volume icon appears in the |
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taskbar. |
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2In the Volume Control window, select Options and click Properties.
3In Adjust volume for, click Recording.
4In Show the following volume controls, select the Microphone check box.
5Click OK.
6Select Options from the Recording Control window, and click Advanced Controls.
7Click the Advanced button.
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