HP m1050y, m1070n, m1072n, m1080n, m1082n User Manual

Connecting Speakers and

Configuring Sound

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configuration des paramètres de son

Connecting Speakers and

Configuring Sound

Speakers are included with the monitor (select models only) or are sold separately. Your PC supports only an
active (powered) speaker system; the speaker system must have its own power cord.

NOTE: A stereo speaker set is a left-right, two-channel speaker system. A multichannel audio speaker system is a

system with more than two channels, and it may include a subwoofer. For example, 7.1 channels, referred to as
an eight-speaker mode, uses two front speakers (left-right), two side speakers (left-right), two rear speakers (left­right), a center speaker, and a subwoofer.

Identifying connectors

Your PC supports a maximum of eight speakers in a
multichannel speaker system by using four connectors
on the back of the PC.

The PC also has digital audio out and digital audio in
connectors for digital sound devices such as a DVD
recorder or a digital stereo receiver/amplifier.

The four connectors for the multichannel speaker
system are on the back of the PC:

A: Side speaker port (side)
B: Rear speaker port (rear)
C: Center speaker/subwoofer port (c/sub)
E: Audio line out (out) for front speakers

The previous figure shows the six audio connectors
arranged on the back of the PC: the four connectors
used for eight-channel audio, and the connectors for
the microphone (D, mic) and the audio line in (F, in).

To connect and configure your speaker system, refer
to the steps that follow in this document.

Connecting the speaker system to
the PC

1 With the speaker system off, connect the speakers

and the subwoofer, if present. Refer to the speaker
documentation.

2 Turn off the PC.
3 Connect the audio cable plugs from the speaker

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

Connect speaker
cable (plug) for:

Front speakers (or
two stereo speakers)

Side speakers Side speaker [A, side] (gray)
Rear speakers Rear speaker [B, rear] (black)
Center

speaker/subwoofer

4 Turn on the PC.
5 Turn on the speaker system.
6 Configure the audio output for the multichannel

speaker system by performing the following
procedure.

To PC port [label, name]
(color):

Audio line out [E, out] (green)

Center speaker/subwoofer
[C, c/sub] (gold)

Connecting Speakers and Configuring Sound 1

Configuring the speaker system

1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose Control Panel.
3 If it is present, click Sounds, Speech, and

Audio Devices.

4 Click Sound Effect Manager. The window

opens.

5 Click the Speaker Configuration button.
6 Select the option describing the number of speakers

in your system, for example, 7.1 speakers.
A connector with no descriptive text in the

Connection Guide indicates that the connector is
not used for the selected speaker configuration.

NOTE: You can click the Speaker Test button to

test the speakers.

7 Click OK.

Configuring multichannel audio
output for the DVD player

The InterVideo WinDVD™ SE program (select models
only) is set up for two-speaker (stereo) output. To hear
all speakers or digital out from DVD movies recorded
with multichannel audio, change the audio properties
for WinDVD to match your selected speaker
configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program
supports more than two channels):

1 Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD: click

Start, All Programs, Video, InterVideo
WinDVD Player, and then click InterVideo
WinDVD 4. The WinDVD video window opens.

2 Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window,

and then click Setup. The Setup window opens.
3 Click the Audio tab.
4 Click the option for the number of speakers to

match your multichannel speaker system.

5 Click Apply.

NOTE: To test the speakers (multichannel speakers

only), click the Test button. The WinDVD control
panel shows the speaker number being used.
Click Stop.

6 Click OK.

NOTE: If you want to play a DVD recorded in stereo,

change the audio properties of WinDVD to match the
recorded DVD audio output.

Configuring sound for recording

The microphone connector on the front of the PC is
ready to use for recording sound. If you want to use
another connector for recording, such as the digital
audio-in connector, use these steps to select it.

NOTE: The pink and green connectors on the front

of the PC can be retasked to perform other audio
functions; refer to “Retasking using the Audio
Wizard.”

1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose Control Panel.
3 If it is present, click Sounds, Speech, and

Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and

Audio Devices.
4 Click the Audio tab.
5 In Sound recording, select the default device from

the drop down list. Choose:

• RealTek HD Front Pink Jack to use the pink

connector on the front of the PC.

• RealTek HD Digital Input to use the digital

audio in connector on the back of the PC.

• RealTek HD Front Green Jack to use the

green connector on the front of the PC.

NOTE: When using the digital out connector for

sound, select Digital (S/PDIF) out to external
processor.

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