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Connecting Speakers or Microphone
Speakers are included with the monitor (select models only), or they are sold separately.
For details about connecting stereo speakers to the computer, see the setup poster.
If the computer has multichannel audio speaker capacity (select models only), you can
connect four channels for four-speaker output, or six channels for 5.1 speaker output.
Connect the speaker system to the computer, and then configure the audio software for
sound output.
Sound Connector Types
Your model may include one of three analog sound connector types on the back of
the computer:
Three connectors
Six connectors
Audio card
NOTE: For product information on the HP Support Web site, go to:
http://www.hp.com/support
NOTE: Speakers may be passive (no power button or power cord) or active (power button
or power cord). Your computer supports only active (powered) speaker systems; the
speaker system must have its own power cord.
A stereo speaker set is a left-right, two-channel speaker system. A multichannel audio
speaker system is a system with more than two channels, and it may include a subwoofer.
For example, 5.1 channels, referred to as six-speaker mode, uses two front speakers
(left-right), two rear speakers (left-right), a center speaker, and a subwoofer.