Getting Started Guide

Setting Up Sound 17
Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager
(3-connector)
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose All Programs.
3 Click Multi-channel Sound Manager. The Multi-channel Audio
Configuration window opens.
4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab.
5 Select the option describing the number of speakers in your system, for
example, 6/5.1 speaker mode. You can click the Speaker Test tab and
then click a speaker icon to test it.
6 Click OK.
To use a microphone for recording, see “Using the microphone with the Multi-
Channel Sound Manager (3-connector)” on page 17.
To hear DVD movies recorded with multi-channel audio from all speakers, change
the audio properties for WinDVD to match your speaker configuration (if your
InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than two channels). Refer to
“Configuring multi-channel audio output for the DVD player” on page 18.
Using the microphone with the Multi-Channel Sound
Manager (3-connector)
The 3-connector multi-channel speaker system (select models only) connects to the
PC using the Microphone, Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the
back of the PC. Your PC may have a second microphone connector on the front of
the PC. If present, this microphone connector is ready to use and does not affect the
use of the multi-channel audio speaker system.
To use the microphone connector on the back of the PC with a 3-connector multi-
channel audio speaker system, you must disconnect the cables for the multi-channel
speakers and change the audio configuration to a two-channel audio system. Refer
to “Configuring the Multi-Channel Sound Manager (3-connector)” on page 17 to set
the audio configuration.
NOTE: If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab, your PC does not have
the multi-channel capability. However, it still has two-channel (stereo) output.