User's 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 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:
Ø Supports Windows Sound System compatibility
Ø Full Duplex operation
Ø Dynamic filtering reduces noise and distortion rate
Ø 16-bit digitized audio playback
Ø A built-in microphone for convenient recording