Apple 8600 appendix Connecting audio equipment, Sound input and output ports

Connecting audio equipment

Your computer has two sets of ports (also known as “jacks”) for handling audio equipment: sound input and output ports like those found on most models of Macintosh; and left and right RCA-type input and output ports.

The sound input and output ports

Your Macintosh can handle stereo sound from a sound input device—also called a sound source—such as a microphone, tape deck, or audio CD player. (If you have an internal CD-ROM drive, it can also be used to play audio CDs.) The term “sound input device” is used because the signal goes into your computer for you to record or process in various ways.

Sound input devices can be attached to the sound input port, which is marked with an icon of a microphone (≈).

Your computer comes with a built-in speaker, but you can attach an additional sound output device, such as amplified speakers or headphones.

Sound output devices can be attached to the sound output port, which is marked with an icon of headphones (f) or a speaker (-).

≈ Sound input port

- Sound output port

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