User Manual

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DESKTOP OPERATION
Your notebook is capable of providing you with efficient and productive
mobile computing, it also has the speed and capacity to service as a
desktop system.
This chapter discusses those functions of your notebook that are typical of
desktop systems.
Audio
The Multimedia Sound System
The Notebook’ s built-in audio capabilities allow you to take advantage of
a wide range of education and entertainment multimedia software. The
Notebook is equipped with two internal stereo speakers, a microphone,
and input audio ports for external audio units.
An external microphone can be connected to the microphone jack.
External speakers or headphones can be connected to the Notebook’ s
audio-out jack.
External audio devices can be connected to the Line in jack. All audio
features are software controlled. The Notebook’ s multimedia sound
system includes the following features:
• Supports Windows Sound System compatibility
• Full Duplex operation
• Dynamic filtering reduces noise and distortion rate
• 16-bit digitized audio playback
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Digitized audio recording through the Notebook’ s built-in
microphone or any external source
Audio Volume Control
The Notebook is equipped with hot-key volume controls: Pressing the
[Fn]+[F3] hot-key combination decreases the audio output volume, press
the [Fn]+[F4] hot-key combination increases the audio output volume.