User guide

GenesisMP Chapter 3 – Connecting Additional Peripherals
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Adding Audio Devices
Genesis MP provides 16-bit stereo input, and output at 44.1 and 22.05 kilohertz (KHz).
• You can connect sound input devices such as VCRs, tape deck, Apple Plain
Talk microphone or a compatible line-level microphone to record your voice or
other sounds. (The lower quality, round Apple microphone is not supported.)
• You can connect sound output devices such as VCRs, tape decks, headphones or
external, amplified stereo speakers to improve the sound output of your Genesis
MP.
• You can listen to or reproduce stereo sound by connecting audio equipment to
your Genesis MP, as well as play and record from a variety of sources.
• With your internal CD-ROM player, you may also use your Genesis MP to
play and record sound from audio compact discs (CDs).
The sound input and output ports are compatible with both the standard stereo
miniplug and the extended stereo miniplug.
Almost everyone is familiar with the standard stereo miniplug. They’re most often
found on stereo equipment—for example, on a pair of personal headphones. The
extended stereo miniplug is slightly longer and is found on voice-quality microphones.
If you purchased the three slot Genesis MP, you also have separate RCA-type connec-
tors for left and right channel audio input. If your equipment has a different type of
connector, you can still use it. But you will have to modify it with an adapter available
at an electronics supply store.
Identifying Audio Plugs
This section covers the installation of a microphone, amplifier, tape deck or a pair of
speakers.
Note: For additional information on using your machine’s audio input and output
options, see the “Sound” topic in Macintosh Guide, located in the menu.
RCA-type plug
Stereo miniplug
Extended miniplug