Configuring Audio for WinDVD Player

Follow these steps after you have installed, connected, and configured your speakers.

The InterVideo WinDVD program (select models only) is set up for two-speaker (stereo) output. To hear all speakers from DVD movies recorded with multichannel audio, change the audio properties for WinDVD to match your speaker configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than two channels).

If you want to play a stereo DVD, you may change the audio properties of WinDVD to match the recorded DVD audio output.

1Insert a DVD. Or

Click Start, choose All Programs, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Player, and then click InterVideo WinDVD. The WinDVD video window opens.

2Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window, and then click Setup. The Setup window opens.

3Click the Audio tab.

4Select Audio Output Configuration. Choose Analog or Digital (S/PDIF). Click Apply.

5Select Audio Speaker Configuration. Click the option for the number of speakers to match your multichannel speaker system.

6You can click the Test button to test the speakers. You should be able to hear the speakers. Click Stop, and then click OK.

Using Headphones

Your PC comes with a headphones connector (lime-green) on the front of the PC. The headphones connector is labeled with a headphones icon.

You can also connect headphones to the Line Out connector (lime-green) on the back of your PC.

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Using a 2.1 speaker system with headphones

For select models with the 2.1 speaker system, look for the headphones connector on the right side of the main speaker. When headphones are plugged in, the sound to the speakers and the subwoofer is muted.

Configuring Speaker and Sound Options

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HP SR1796CF, SR1798CF Configuring Audio for WinDVD Player, Using Headphones, Using a 2.1 speaker system with headphones