Series User’s Manual
You can mute system audio instantly by pressing
the [Fn]+[ F6] hot key com- bination. To restore audio, press the combination a second time.
While your WinBook notebook is capable of providing you with efficient and productive mobile computing, it has the speed and capacity to serve as a desktop system. Even if you have an existing desktop system, you will find it useful on occasion to be able to connect your WinBook notebook as if it were a desktop system. This chapter discusses those functions of your WinBook notebook that are typical of desktop systems.
Audio
Audio Software
Your WinBook notebook comes equipped with an integrated sound system capable of providing you with quality audio sound through the
Controlling the Sound Levels
In addition to the hot keys on your keyboard and the volume control located on the left side of your WinBook notebook, which control the output of the sound hardware, there are software controls that you can use to set your audio volume. You can access these controls by double- clicking on the speaker icon on the taskbar (Figure 4.1) (Figure 4.2) and using the slides in the audio mixer. (Figure 4.3: AudioMixer.bmp) You can also choose to mute the specific audio feature by clicking on the checkbox for that feature.
Figure 4.1: The Speaker Icon | Figure 4.2: The Speaker Icon |
on the Windows Me Taskbar | on the Windows 2000 Taskbar |
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