Apple 8100 Series manual Connecting audio equipment, About your computer’s sound ports

Connecting audio equipment

Your Macintosh can play and record stereo sound from a variety of sources. You can listen to or reproduce stereo sound by connecting audio equipment to the sound input and output ports on the computer. If you have an internal CD-ROM drive, you can also use your computer to play and record sound from audio compact discs (CDs).

For information on using Macintosh system software to choose audio input and output options, record an alert sound, or play audio CDs, see the “Sound” topic of Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.

About your computer’s sound ports

The sound input port is marked with an icon of a microphone. The sound output port is marked with an icon of a speaker.

Sound output port

Sound input port

When audio equipment is connected to the sound input port (X), you can hear or record the incoming sound on the computer.

When audio equipment is connected to the sound output port (-), you can record the sound produced by the computer or play that sound through external speakers.

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