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Chapter 2: Hardware information
6. Line In port (light blue). This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or
other audio sources.
7. Line Out port (lime). This port connects a headphone or a speaker. In
4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel conguration, the function of this port
becomes Front Speaker Out.
8. Microphone port (pink). This port connects a microphone.
9. Center/Subwoofer port (orange). This port connects the center/subwoofer
speakers.
10. Rear Speaker Out port (black). This port connects the rear speakers on a
4-channel, 6-channel, or 8-channel audio conguration.
11. Side Speaker Out port (gray). This port connects the side speakers in an
8-channel audio conguration.
Refer to the audio conguration table below for the function of the audio ports in
2, 4, 6, or 8-channel conguration.
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel conguration
Port
Headset
2-channel
4-channel 6-channel 8-channel
Light Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In
Lime Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out
Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In
Orange – – Center/Subwoofer Center/Subwoofer
Black – Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Ou Rear Speaker Out
Gray – – Side Speaker Out
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12. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2, 3 and 4. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB)
ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
13. External SATA ports. These ports connect to an external SATA box or a
Serial ATA port multiplier. These ports support a Serial ATA hard disk drives
that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s device to congure
a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 (10), RAID 5, or JBOD set through the onboard
Silicon Image® SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how
to set up Serial ATA RAID congurations.