AST Premmia GX Series, User Manual

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Using the Power Button{ XE "Power button" }{ XE
"Soft off" }{ XE "Suspend mode" }
You can set the Power button on the front panel to work in two ways, controlled by the
Soft_Off setting in Setup (see page 68).
If Soft_Off is set to Instant Off (the default setting), the Power button works like a simple
on/off switch – pressing it turns the computer off if it’s on, and on if it’s off.
If
Soft_Off is set to Delay_4seconds, you can also use the Power button to enter and leave
Suspend mode. When the computer is on, pressing the Power button for less than 4 seconds
puts the computer into Suspend mode; pressing it for more than 4 seconds turns it off.
Using Audio { XE "Audio" }{ XE "External speakers"
}{ XE "Microphone" }{ XE "Volume control" }
Your computer has three audio jacks on the back panel (see page 13):
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Audio-In: connects to an external source of audio signals, such as a radio
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Audio-Out: connects to your external speakers
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Microphone-In: you can connect a microphone here.
You control the volume of audio from your computer in several ways: Windows has its own
volume control - double-click on the speaker icon in the lower right corner to display it.
You'll see that there is a master volume control as well as individual controls for each input
device - the CD drive, microphone, etc. There may also be a volume control in the
applications you're using - games usually have their own settings for audio volume. The
external speakers also have their own volume control. For the best signal and the least
background noise, you need to maximize the volume in the application and in Windows,
then use the external speaker volume control to set the sound level to an acceptable level.