Using a monitor with built-in speakers

If you have a monitor with built-in speakers, you can adjust the amount of bass sound you hear coming from the computer’s subwoofer by adjusting the subwoofer balance control (Ï) on the back of your computer.

Connecting audio equipment

To play or record sound with your Macintosh, you can attach a microphone, amplifier, tape recorder, or a pair of speakers.

For instructions on connecting specific equipment, see the sections that follow:

m“Connecting the Apple PlainTalk Microphone”

m“Connecting External Stereo Speakers”

m“Connecting Headphones”

The computer’s sound input port () accepts the 3.5-mm audio connectors below. The sound output port (-) (where you might connect external speakers) accepts only the stereo miniplug.

Stereo miniplug

Extended miniplug

(plugs into sound input port

(plugs into sound input port)

or sound output port)

 

The stereo miniplug is found most often on stereo equipment (such as external speakers). The extended miniplug, which is slightly longer and is found on voice quality microphones (such as the Apple PlainTalk Microphone), works only in your computer’s sound input port (). (Even though it will fit into the sound output port, it won’t work there.) If your equipment has a different type of connector than those shown here, you can purchase an adapter at an electronics supply store.

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