Compaq 8000 Series User Manual

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user’s guide

The two ways to use the Volume icon are:

1 Click the Volume icon on the taskbar.
2 Adjust the volume.
3 When you are satisfied with the sound level, click outside the Volume

window to close this window.

1 Double-click the Volume icon on the taskbar. The Volume Control settings

window opens.

2 Adjust the volume.
3 When you are satisfied with the sound level, click the Close box (the X in the

corner) to close this window.

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 “pc back” on page 5, or “pc
front” on page 7 for the location of the connectors.

1 Turn off the PC and the speakers.
2 Connect the three audio cable plugs from the speaker system to the

connectors on the back of the PC. (See the following table.)

3 Turn on the PC.
4 Turn on the speaker system.

Connect speaker plugs for:

2 Speaker
Mode

4/4.1
Speaker
Mode

6/5.1
Speaker
Mode

To PC
connector

Connector
icon

Front speakers

Audio Out
(lime-green)

OUT

Not used for
speakers

Rear speakers

Audio In (blue)

Not used for
speakers

Centre/
subwoofer
speakers

Mic-1 (pink)

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