IBM 05L1596 User Manual

Business Audio Speaker

User's Guide

OPTIONS

by IBM

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First Edition (May 1998)

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Contents

Product Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

About This Book ........................ v

Part 1: Quick Installation Guide ................................................ 1-1

Part 2: Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Appendix A. Help and Service Information ......... 2-2

Step 1: Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Step 2: Preparing for the Call ................. 2-2

Step 3: Placing the Call to IBM ................ 2-2

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Appendix B. Product Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Appendix D. Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Product Registration

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About This Book

This book contains installation and usage instructions for the Business Audio Speaker, and includes the following parts:

 Part one contains installation instructions in the following

languages:

English German French Spanish Japanese Italian Brazilian Portuguese

 Part two contains help and service information, the product

warranty, notices, and trademarks.

Note: The illustrations in this manual might be slightly different from your hardware.

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Part 1: Quick Installation Guide

Product Description

The Business Audio Speaker is a monaural (non-stereo) accessory speaker that you can attach to the side of some IBM monitors with the included accessory mounting bar. The accessory bar comes in three parts and is adjustable to fit a wide range of monitor sizes. The speaker also has two headphone jacks and a pass-through microphone input jack.

The Business Audio Speaker, when used with the included accessory bar, is supported for use with the following IBM monitors:

IBM G42 IBM G72 IBM P92 IBM G51 IBM G94 IBM P202 IBM G52 IBM P72 IBM 300XL, 300GL

The Business Audio Speaker is supported for use with the following IBM systems (if those systems use the above listed monitors):

IBM 300PL IBM Aptiva C-77 IBM Aptiva E-Series IBM Aptiva S-Series

In addition to this manual, your option package includes:

 a speaker with attached connecting cable and mounting clips  an accessory bar for mounting on monitor, in three parts  two endpieces for the accessory bar  a headphone hanger  a hanger mount cover

Contact your place of purchase if an item is missing or damaged. Be sure to retain your proof of purchase. It might be required to receive warranty service.

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Installation Instructions

Refer to the following illustration as you read the instructions for installing and using the speaker.

.1/ Volume control knob .2/ Microphone jack .3/ Headphone jack 1 .4/ Headphone jack 2 .5/ Headphone hanger

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Installing the Business Audio Speaker Assembling the Mounting Bar

Before installing the speaker, assemble the accessory mounting bar which will fit onto your monitor. Refer to the following illustration in order to locate the accessory bar and determine which pieces to put together in order to fit your monitor. When you have located the piece which fits your monitor size, assemble the bar by firmly pushing the endpieces into the ends of the bar.

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1 Piece used with 17 inch monitors 2 Piece used with G52S monitors 3 Piece used with 14 and 15 inch monitors 4 End piece 5 End piece

Attaching the Speaker to the Monitor

To install the Business Audio Speaker, follow these steps.

1. First, attach the mounting bar to either side of the monitor. This is done by pressing the elbow-shaped endpieces into the indentions which are on the sides of your monitor.

2. Next, mount the speaker on the bar using the mounting clips. Press the speaker's mounting clips onto the accessory bar until they snap into place. Make sure that the accessory bar stays firmly attached to the monitor.

3. Locate the cable which is attached to the speaker, and which terminates in three plugs. It looks like the following illustration.

4. Locate the “Line” output jack on your computer. Connect the purple plug .1/ to this output jack.

6. Locate the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, and plug in the green part .3/ of the cable. When you attach this final plug, the speaker will have a power source. There is no separate power cable for the speaker.

7. If you want to listen to sounds privately, you can plug a set of headphones equipped with a 3.5 mm mini-plug into headphone jack “1” on the side of the speaker. You can plug a second set of headphones into headphone jack “2”. When headphones are plugged into jack “1”, the speaker is muted. It is not muted by plugging headphones into headphone jack “2”.

8. There is a T-shaped hanger at the top-rear of the speaker, which provides a place to hang your headphones when you are not using them. You can attach this hanger at either end of the speaker, depending on whether you mount the speaker on the left or right side of your monitor.

5. Locate the “Microphone” input jack on your computer. Connect the orange plug .2/ to this input jack.

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Using the Business Audio Speaker

You can mount the accessory bar and speaker on either the left or right side of your monitor. The volume control for the speaker is always on the outside of the speaker, whether you mount the speaker on the left or right. Refer to the illustration on page 1-2 in order to locate the features described in this section.

Listening to Audio Output

There are two headphone jacks on the speaker .3/, .4/. Plug headphones into headphone jack “1” .3/ to mute the speaker.

Recording Audio Signals

If you want to record sounds for digital manipulation or playback, you must plug a microphone into the microphone jack on the speaker. For further instructions on recording audio signals, refer to the documentation provided with your system and the multimedia software you are using.

Adjusting the Volume

There are two ways you can adjust the speaker's volume. One way is to use the volume control knob on the speaker itself .1/. The second way to adjust the volume is by using the volume control in the software you are using for audio playback.

Note: If the software volume control is set too high, it can cause the speaker output to sound distorted. To avoid this distortion, follow these instructions.

1. Turn the volume control knob on the speaker to the middle of its range.

2. Using your audio playback software, test the volume by using an audio CD or long audio file.

3. If the audio file or CD track sounds distorted, adjust the volume using the controls within your audio playback software, until there is no more distortion.

4. Once you have eliminated the distortion, you can use the speaker's volume control knob to set the audio to a comfortable listening level.

Note: One performance of this procedure should eliminate any distortion problems with a particular application. However, different software applications sometimes require different output settings, so you may need to adjust the output for each individual application you use.

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Using the Business Audio Speaker On Your Desktop

The speaker can be used without attaching it to your monitor. To use it as a stand-alone desktop speaker, you may want to remove the mounting clips from the side of the speaker. To detach the mounting clips, follow the steps below. To re-attach them, perform the actions shown in illustration 1, then the actions shown in illustration 2.

1. Firmly grasp the clip, which should be in the position shown in illustration 2 below.

2. Turn the clip 90° until it is vertical, as shown in illustration 1.

3. Once the clips are in a vertical position they will disengage from the speaker, and you can pull them straight out. Be sure to keep the clips in case you want to remount the speaker in the future.

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Quick Installation (German) Product Description

The Business Audio Speaker is a monaural (non-stereo) accessory speaker that you can attach to the side of some IBM monitors with the included accessory mounting bar. The accessory bar comes in three parts and is adjustable to fit a wide range of monitor sizes. The speaker also has two headphone jacks and a pass-through microphone input jack.

The Business Audio Speaker, when used with the included accessory bar, is supported for use with the following IBM monitors:

IBM G42 IBM G72 IBM P92 IBM G51 IBM G94 IBM P202 IBM G52 IBM P72 IBM 300XL, 300GL

The Business Audio Speaker is supported for use with the following IBM systems (if those systems use the above listed monitors):

IBM 300PL IBM Aptiva C-77 IBM Aptiva E-Series IBM Aptiva S-Series

In addition to this manual, your option package includes:

 a speaker with attached connecting cable and mounting clips  an accessory bar for mounting on monitor, in three parts  two endpieces for the accessory bar  a headphone hanger  a hanger mount cover

Contact your place of purchase if an item is missing or damaged. Be sure to retain your proof of purchase. It might be required to receive warranty service.

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Installation Instructions

Refer to the following illustration as you read the instructions for installing and using the speaker.

.1/ Volume control knob .2/ Microphone jack .3/ Headphone jack 1 .4/ Headphone jack 2 .5/ Headphone hanger

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Installing the Business Audio Speaker Assembling the Mounting Bar

Before installing the speaker, assemble the accessory mounting bar which will fit onto your monitor. Refer to the following illustration in order to locate the accessory bar and determine which pieces to put together in order to fit your monitor. When you have located the piece which fits your monitor size, assemble the bar by firmly pushing the endpieces into the ends of the bar.

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.1/ Use this piece with 17 in. monitors .2/ Use this piece with G52S monitors .3/ Use this piece with 14 and 15 in. monitors

.4/ Endpiece

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