Using a Microphone

Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with one microphone connector in the back of the PC. Your computer may have another microphone connector in the front of the PC under the access door. Only one microphone connector works at a time. The back connector is already set up to work. For PCs with the multi-channel audio speakers option, the microphone connector in the front of the PC, if present, is ready to use; see “To use the microphone with multi-channel audio” on page 24.

If you would prefer to connect a microphone to the front of your PC, follow this procedure to select the working microphone:

Note: If you connect your microphone to the back of your PC, you do not need to perform this procedure.

26 HP Pavilion home PC

1Double-click the Volume icon on the taskbar. The Volume Control settings window opens.

Note: If you do not see this Volume icon, click

Start, Control Panel, Sounds, Speech,

and Audio Devices, if present, and then double-click Sounds and Audio Devices to open the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties window. Select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box. Click Apply, and then click OK. The Volume icon appears in the taskbar.

2In the Volume Control window, select Options and click Properties.

3In Adjust volume for, click Recording.

4In Show the following volume controls, select the Microphone check box.

5Click OK.

6Select Options from the Recording Control window, and click Advanced Controls.