Connectors (continued)

Audio

HDA 7.1 channel

 

six connectors for 7.1 support

 

rear L/R surround connector — Use the black surround

 

connector to attach multichannel-capable speakers.

 

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on

 

the card.

 

line-in connector — Use the blue line-in connector to

 

attach a record/playback device such as a cassette player,

 

CD player, or VCR.

 

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on

 

the card.

 

line-out/headphone connector — Use the green line-out

 

connector to attach headphones and most speakers with

 

integrated amplifiers.

 

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on

 

the card.

 

S/PDIF (optical) connector — Use the S/PDIF optical

 

connector to transmit digital audio without going

 

through an analog audio conversion process.

 

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on

 

the card.

 

center/subwoofer LFE connector — Use the orange

 

center/subwoofer connector to attach a center speaker or

 

a single subwoofer.

 

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on

 

the card.

 

The LFE (Low Frequency Effects) Audio channel, found

 

in digital surround sound audio schemes, carries only low

 

frequency information of 80 Hz and below. The LFE

 

channel drives a subwoofer to provide extremely low bass

 

extension. Systems not using subwoofers can shunt the

 

LFE information to the main speakers in the surround

 

sound setup.

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Specifications

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