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Using audio features

System utility. To adjust the volume, click the speaker icon in the taskbar.

Using external speakers or headphones

Instead of using the internal speaker, you can connect headphones or a pair of external stereo speakers.

TECHNICAL NOTE: Use amplified speakers that require an external power source. Other types of speakers will be inadequate to produce sound from the computer.

To play back sound files through external speakers or headphones:1 Locate the headphone jack on the computer.

2Using any necessary adapters, plug the cable from the headphones or external speakers into the headphone jack.

To adjust the volume:❖For external speakers, use the volume controls on each speaker.

❖For headphones, use the Fn +1 (volume decrease) and Fn+2 (volume increase) key combinations.

Recording sounds

The external microphone may be used with other software to record monaural audio sounds and save them as digital audio.WAV files on disk.

DEFINITION: A .WAV (pronounced “wave”) file is the format for storing sound in files.