The two ways to use the Volume icon are:

1Click the Volume icon on the taskbar.

2Adjust the volume.

3When you are satisfied with the sound level, click outside the Volume window to close this window.

Or

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

2Adjust the volume.

3When you are satisfied with the sound level, click the Close box (the X in the corner) to close this window.

connecting a multi-channel speaker system to your pc

Multi-channel audio speakers plug into the Audio In, Audio Out, and Mic connectors on the back or front of the PC. Refer to “pc back” on page 5, or “pc front” on page 7 for the location of the connectors.

1Turn off the PC and the speakers.

2Connect the three audio cable plugs from the speaker system to the connectors on the back of the PC. (See the following table.)

3Turn on the PC.

4Turn on the speaker system.

Connect speaker plugs for:

 

To PC

Connector

 

 

 

connector

icon

 

4/4.1

6/5.1

 

 

 

2 Speaker

Speaker

Speaker

 

 

Mode

Mode

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front speakers

Front speakers

Front speakers

Audio Out

 

 

 

 

(lime-green)

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not used for

Rear speakers

Rear speakers

Audio In (blue)

 

speakers

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not used for

Not used for

Centre/

Mic-1 (pink)

 

speakers

speakers

subwoofer

 

 

 

 

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure the audio output for the multi-channel speaker system by performing the following procedure.

42user’s guide