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HP Media Center PC Getting Started Guide
Setting up multi-streaming audio
Example 1: For online gaming
To configure multi-streaming audio output for online
gaming with Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager, you
must enable Voice-over-IP software (software used to
converse over the Internet). Other players hear your
voice from the microphone via the Internet and you
hear the game audio from the rear speakers:
1
Connect the audio input and output
connectors to:
■ A headphone set to the front Headphone
Out (green) connector.
■ A microphone to the front Mic In (pink)
connector for online conversation.
■ A set of powered stereo 5.1 or 7.1
speakers to the rear Speaker Out
connectors for gaming sound output.
2
Click the Realtek HD Audio
Manager icon on the system tray to
open the Realtek HD Audio Sound
Effect Manager window.
3
Choose the Mixer tab.
4
Click the Multi-streaming
setting audio button. The dialog
box opens.
5
Select the Enable multi-streaming
playback check box.
6
Select one of the following options to
determine how you would like to hear your
own voice.
■ Check the Output Mic In/Line In to
front panel check box, and select OK.
■ Check the Output Mic In/Line In to
rear panel check box, and select OK.
7
Select Realtek HD Audio rear output
from the drop-down list.
8
Start the game that you are about to play. You
should hear the gaming sound on the rear
stereo, 5.1 or 7.1 speakers.
9
At the Mixer tab, select Realtek HD Audio
front output to enable audio conversation
with your teammates.
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To ensure you have
sound output, go to
the Mixer window
and check that the
setting of the front
pink microphone is
not on mute.