HP Compaq Presario 6290IN How to Use

Using Headphones

You must change audio settings to
hear sound through the headphone
connector on the front of the
DVD/CD-RW drive, and in some
software programs you must also
change audio settings.

You can’t use the headphone
connector to listen to digital
soundtracks of video files, such as
those in a DVD-ROM movie. The
headphone connector produces
sound only for audio files (music
CDs, .wav, mp3, and .cda files).

Changing audio settings

1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Click My Computer.
3 Right-click the DVD/CD-RW

drive icon.
4 Click Properties.
5 Select the Hardware tab.
6 Under All disk drives, select the

DVD/CD-RW drive icon, and

then click the Properties

button.
7 Click the Properties tab and

uncheck Enable digital CD

audio for this CD-ROM

device.
8 Click OK twice.
9 Restart the PC.

10 Continue with the instructions

provided for your specific

software.

Using headphones with
MusicMatch Jukebox

After you complete the previous
procedure, you can use the
headphone connector to listen to
audio files using the MusicMatch
Jukebox program.

Note:

MusicMatch Jukebox may not be

included with your PC model,
depending on your
country/region.

Using headphones with
Windows Media

1 Follow the procedure in the

section, “Changing audio
settings.”

2 Click Start on the taskbar.
3 Choose All Programs, and

then click Windows Media
Player.

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Player

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4 Place the cursor over the toolbar

just past the top of the Media
Player window until the menu
bar appears.

5 Click Tools, and then click

Options.
6 Select the Devices tab.
7 Select DVD/CD-RW Drive,

and then click the Properties

button.

8 Under Playback, select

Analog.
9 Click OK twice.

10 Restart the PC.

Using headphones
with RealOne Player

1 Follow the procedure in the

section, “Changing audio

settings.”

2 Click Start on the taskbar.
3 Choose All Programs, Real,

RealOne Player, and then
click RealOne Player.

4 Click the Tools menu, and then

click Preferences.

5 Click the + next to the CD or

DVD category to expand the list.

6 Select Advanced CD.
7 In the Advanced CD window,

select Analog.

8 Click OK, and then close the

RealOne window.

9 Restart the PC.

Note:

RealOne Player may not be

included with your PC model,
depending on your
country/region.

Controlling
headphone volume

Volume for the PC and the
headphones are controlled
separately.

■

Control the headphone volume
by using the volume wheel next
to the headphone connector.

■

Control the PC
speaker volume by
clicking the volume
icon on the taskbar
and then adjusting the slider bar
or by using the volume controls
on the keyboard.