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You need to know whether you can connect the HDMI output of your external video device to the DVI port of your monitor.

Important

Although the HDMI interface supports audio, no audio is sent to your monitor. You must separately connect the audio output of your video device to an external audio amplifier.

•Yes, you can. When using the digital connection, your video content remains completely digital from your external video device (such as a cable box, HD DVR, or DVD player). This results in a superior digital image. Also, in this configuration the PIP can support the input of all HD resolutions.

Gaming

You need to know whether you can connect your game console to this monitor.

•Yes, you can, if your game console supports HDMI or component video. Using optional video cables, you can connect your game console directly to your monitor. If your game console supports Component (YPbPr), this results in the best picture quality.

Speaker bar does not work

I installed the speaker bar, but no sound is coming out of the speakers.

•Make sure that the speaker bar power cord is plugged into the speaker bar power connector under your monitor.

•Check the position of the audio input selection switch on the left side of the speaker bar.

•If you are using HDMI as the audio and video source, make sure that the HDMI audio cable is connected to the HDMI audio output on your monitor. Also make sure that your HDMI audio source is set to PCM or Analog audio.

I checked all the connections, but I still do not get any sound.

•Your headphone/speaker jack may have been muted using Windows sound controls. To check your headphone/speaker mute settings, click the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar, or click Start, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, the Volume tab, then click Advanced. For optimum volume control using the speaker bar, we recommend that you set the Windows volume mid-way between the lowest and highest setting.

I want to plug in my headphones, but there is a headphone jack on both sides of the speaker bar. Which should I use?

•You can use either jack or both jacks at the same time.

The sound coming from the speakers sounds distorted.

•Turn down the volume until the distortion disappears.

•Check the audio output volume of the sound device the speaker bar is connected to. If the audio device’s output volume is set too high, the speaker bar’s sound may always be distorted. To adjust the audio device’s output volume, see the device’s user guide. To adjust the volume in Windows XP, click the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar, or click Start, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, the Volume tab, then click Advanced. For optimum volume control using the speaker bar, we recommend that you set the Windows volume mid-way between the lowest and highest setting.

I plugged my microphone into the speaker bar’s microphone jack, but my computer cannot record any sound.

•Make sure that the speaker bar’s pink microphone plug is connected to the microphone jack on your computer.

•Your microphone jack may have been muted using Windows sound controls. To check your microphone’s mute settings, click the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar, or click Start, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, the Volume tab, then click Advanced.

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