Start Here Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Putting Your Computer Together
- Connecting a Digital Camera (Photo or Video)
- Connecting Other Devices
- Storing Documentation and Recovery Discs
- Adjusting the Monitor
- Setting Up a Local Area Network
- Setting Up a Wired (Ethernet) Connection
- Integrated Wireless Devices
- Connecting the Wireless LAN Device
- Connecting a Modem
- Connecting Speakers or Microphone
- Using Speakers
- Sound Connector Types
- Connecting a Microphone
- Speaker Configurations
- Connecting 2/2.1 (Two Speakers and a Subwoofer) Audio Speakers
- Connecting 4.1 (Four Speakers and a Subwoofer) Audio Speakers
- Connecting 5.1 (Five Speakers and a Subwoofer) Audio Speakers
- Connecting 7.1 (Seven Speakers and a Subwoofer) Audio Speakers
- Connecting the Computer to a Home Audio System
- Connecting Digital Audio
- Connecting Speakers Using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card
- Connecting the Television Signal and Video Cables
- Using TV Cables
- Audio and Video Cables
- Connecting the TV Signal Source
- Connecting the Remote Sensor
- Connecting the TV Signal Source When You Have an Existing Setup
- Using Your TV as a Monitor
- Using the Windows Media Center Setup for Optional Setup of Your TV Display
- Disabling the TV-out Option
- Disconnecting the TV
- Connecting to a Monitor or High-Definition TV
- Connecting to a Standard TV
- Getting Help
- Index
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5 If you have a center/subwoofer speaker, connect the stereo mini-jack of a Y adapter
cable into the microphone (pink) connector or the center speaker/subwoofer (gold)
connector that matches the back of your computer.
Connect the left and right ends of the Y adapter cable into the center/subwoofer
inputs on the back of the receiver/amplifier (8/7.1 or higher-channel system).
Plug the Y adapter cable into the subwoofer connector on the back of the receiver
even if a subwoofer is not used.
6 Turn on the receiver/amplifier.
7 Select the receiver/amplifier input that the Y adapter cables are plugged into.
8 Turn on the computer.
9 After the audio system is connected to the computer, configure the audio software for
sound output for your computer model. See “Connecting Speakers or Microphone.”
Type 3: See “Configuring Audio Output with Multichannel Sound Manager.”
Type 6: See “Configuring Audio Output with Sound Effect Manager.”
Sound card: See “Configuring Audio Output with a Sound Card.”
Connecting Digital Audio
(Select models only)
If you have a sound card and you are connecting your home stereo AV receiver via digital
out, plug the 3.5 mm stereo plug into the Digital Out connector on the sound card.
Connect the red RCA stereo plug on the 3.5 mm Y adapter cable to the AV receiver’s
digital input connector. If the red RCA stereo plug does not work, try the white stereo plug.
One of the connectors is not used.
To connect digital audio, your computer must include a digital out connector on the sound
card or on the back panel. You do not need to connect multichannel speaker outputs if you
connect the digital output.
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