Working with Sound, Pictures, and Video
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Using Speakers
Speakers are included with the monitor (select models only), or are sold
separately. For details on connecting stereo speakers to the PC, see the quick
setup poster.
NOTE: Speakers may be passive (no power button and no power cord) or active
(power button or power cord). Your PC supports only active (powered) speaker
systems; the speaker system must have its own power cord.
A stereo speaker set is a left-right, 2-channel speaker system. A multi-channel
audio speaker system is a system with more than two channels, and may include a
subwoofer. For example, 5.1 channels, referred to as a 6-speaker mode, uses two
front speakers (left-right), two rear speakers (left-right), a center speaker, and a
subwoofer.
If your PC has multi-channel audio speaker capacity (select models only), you can
connect four channels for four speakers output or six channels for 5.1 speakers
output.
Connect your speaker system to the PC, and then configure the audio software for
sound output. Refer to “Connecting a Multi-Channel Speaker System to Your PC”
on page 19.
Connecting a Multi-Channel Speaker System
to Your PC
Multi-channel audio speakers plug into the Audio In, Audio Out, and Mic
connectors on the back or front of the PC. Refer to the quick setup poster for the
location of the connectors.
1 Turn off the PC and the speakers.
2 Connect the three audio cable plugs from the speaker system to the connectors
on the back of the PC. (See the following table.)
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