5If your audio equipment is a sound input device such as a tape deck, audio CD player, or VCR, attach it to the sound input port (≈).
6If your audio equipment is a sound output device such as headphones or amplified speakers, attach it to the sound output port
The illustration below shows a typical cabling arrangement for amplified speakers that provide a single cable with a single stereo miniplug. (The two speakers are joined to each other by standard speaker wires.) Some speaker pairs have two cables (one per speaker) which must be joined by a
-Sound
output
port
Externally | Audio In port |
powered |
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speakers |
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7Turn on the computer and the audio equipment.
You will probably need to adjust the settings (including volume) in the control panel that handles sound on your computer. For instructions, choose Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide) from the Guide (h) menu; click the Guide’s Index button, and choose “sound” from the index.
