Multimedia - Windows 7
Table Of Contents
- Multimedia features
- Multimedia software
- Audio
- Video
- Optical drive (select models only)
- HP Webcam
- Troubleshooting
- The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD or DVD
- A disc does not play
- A disc does not play automatically
- A DVD movie stops, skips, or plays erratically
- A DVD movie is not visible on an external display
- A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display
- The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion
- The computer does not detect the optical drive
- A new device driver is needed
- Index

Identifying your multimedia components
The following illustration and table describe the multimedia features of the computer.
Component Description
(1) Internal microphones (2) Record sound.
(2) HP Webcam Records audio and video and captures still photographs.
(3) HP Webcam light Turns on when video software accesses the webcam.
(4) Volume mute button Mutes and restores speaker sound.
(5) Volume scroll zone Adjusts speaker volume.
(6) Speakers (2) Produce sound.
(7) Audio-out (headphone) jack Produces sound when connected to optional powered stereo
speakers, headphones, ear buds, a headset, or television audio.
NOTE: When a device is connected to the headphone jack, the
computer speakers are disabled.
(8) Audio-in (microphone) jack Connects an optional computer headset microphone, stereo array
microphone, or monaural microphone.
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