working with sound, pictures, and video
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configuring the multi-channel sound manager
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar.
2
Choose
All Programs
.
3
Choose
Music
.
4
Click
Multi-channel Sound Manager
and then click
Multi-channel Sound
Manager
again. The Audio Configuration window opens.
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.
5
Click the
Speaker Configuration
tab.
6
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.
7
Click
OK
.
configuring multi-channel audio output for the
dvd player
The InterVideo WinDVD
™
program (select models only) is set up for two-
speaker (stereo) output. To hear all speakers from DVD movies recorded with
multi-channel audio, change the audio properties for WinDVD to match your
speaker configuration (if your InterVideo WinDVD program supports more than
two channels):
1
Insert a DVD, or start InterVideo WinDVD Player (see “playing dvd movies
with the intervideo windvd player” on page 52).
2
Right-click anywhere in the WinDVD video window, and then click
Setup
.
3
Click the
Audio
tab.
4
Click the option for the number of speakers to match your multi-channel
speaker system, and then click
Apply
.
NOTE:
To test the speakers (multi-channel speakers only), click the
Test
button. The WinDVD control panel shows the speaker number being used.
Click
Stop
.
5
Click
OK
.
NOTE:
If you want to play a stereo DVD, change the audio properties of
WinDVD to match the recorded DVD audio output.
