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 the quick setup poster 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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/4.1

6/5.1

To PC

Connector

2 Speaker

Speaker

Speaker

Mode

Mode

Mode

connector

icon

 

 

 

 

 

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

Center/

Mic-1 (pink)

 

speakers

speakers

subwoofer

 

 

 

 

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager

1Click Start on the taskbar.

2Choose All Programs.

3Choose Music.

4Click Multi-channel Sound Manager. The Multi-channel Audio Configuration window opens.

NOTE: If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab, your PC does not have the multi-channel capability. However, it still has two-channel (stereo) output.

5Click the Speaker Configuration tab.

6Select the option describing the number of speakers in your system, for example, 6/5.1 speaker mode. You can click the Speaker Test tab and then click a speaker icon to test it.

7Click OK.

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HP SR1155AP Connecting a Multi-Channel Speaker System to Your PC, Choose All Programs, Click the Speaker Configuration tab

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