Connector

Description

Illustration

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound card

Your PC may include a sound card. You

See below.

 

S

connector

can connect up to a 5.1 audio system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7.1 audio system for select models) or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

digital speakers to the sound card on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n

3 is three connectors

6 is six connectors

S is sound card

Use the sound connectors that match your PC model when installing cables, as shown in the installation procedure steps.

The following table shows the sound connectors on the back panel of PC systems.

Sound connector

3

6

S

Description

Line Side (gray) for side speakers in an eight-speaker system (7.1).

 

A

Line C/Sub (gold) for center/subwoofer speakers in a

 

 

multichannel audio configuration.

 

B

Line Rear (black) for rear speakers in a multichannel audio

 

 

configuration.

OUT

C

Line Out (lime-green) for front speakers.

 

 

DMic (pink) connects to microphone.

(3: Also functions as center/subwoofer Line Out when a multichannel audio configuration is activated.)

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