5Click OK.

6Adjust the volume for Microphone Balance. If the volume is now acceptable, proceed directly to step 10.

NOTE: If you do not see the Advanced button, select Options from the Recording Control window, and then click Advanced Controls.

7To make finer adjustments to the sound, click the Advanced button, and then select the (Microphone) 1 Mic Boost tick box.

8Click Close.

9Repeat step 6, if needed.

10Click X (Close) on the upper-right corner of the Volume Control window.

using the microphone with multi-channel audio

The multi-channel speaker system (select models only) connects to the PC using the Microphone, Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the PC. Your PC may have a second microphone on the front of the PC. If present, this microphone is ready to use and does not affect the use of the multi- channel audio speaker system.

To use the microphone connector on the back of the PC with a multi-channel audio speaker system, you must disconnect the cables for the multi-channel speakers and change the audio configuration to a 2-channel audio system. Refer to “configuring the multi-channel sound manager” on page 43 to set the audio configuration.

working with digital images

You can connect a digital image source, such as a digital camera or a digital video camera, directly to the PC or through a docking station. Digital picture files you copy or download from the device appear in the My Pictures folder. You can copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras and other digital imaging devices by using the 7-In-1 memory card reader (select models only). Refer to “about the 7-in-1 memory card reader” on page 45.

about the 7-in-1 memory card reader

Digital cameras and other digital imaging devices use memory cards, or media, to store digital picture files. The optional 7-In-1 memory card reader (select models only) can read and can write to six types of memory cards and the IBM Microdrive disk drive.

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