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Troubleshooting

If you have problems with video or audio, try these suggestions.

Audio problems ...

No sound

Check your speakers:

If you have external speakers, ensure that they are powered- on (POWER indicator light is on) and connected to the LINE-OUTor SPEAKER OUT connectors on your sound card.

Still no sound?

Play a .WAV sound:

1Click Start, point at Settings , select Control Panel, then double-click Sounds.

2In the Events area, Click Asterisk, then click a .WAV file in the Sound area.

3Click the Play button to preview the sound.

If you still do not hear any sound, open the Volume Control:

Click Start, point at Programs , point at Accessories ,

point at Entertainment , then select Volume Control. Or, right-click the speaker icon (usually in the lower-right corner of your screen), then click Open Volume Controls.

If the speaker icon is not in your Taskbar, do the following:

In the Windows Taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double-click Multimedia.

In the Audio tab, check Show volume control on the Taskbar.

Ensure that the Volume Control and the Wave channel are not muted or set very low. Also ensure that the MIDI (or Synthesizer) channel is not muted.

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