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Connecting Speakers or Microphone 19
The following table shows the sound connectors on the back panel of computer systems.
Sound connector
Type 3 Type 6 Type S Description
Line Side (gray) connects to side left and right
analog speakers in an eight-speaker system (7.1).
Line C/Sub (gold) connects to front center/
subwoofer speakers in a multichannel audio
configuration.
Line Rear (black) connects to rear left and right
analog speakers in a multichannel audio
configuration.
Line Out (lime green) connects to front left and right
analog speakers.
Mic (pink) connects to a microphone.
(Type 3 also functions as center/subwoofer Line Out
when a multichannel audio configuration is enabled.)
Line In (light blue) connects to an analog audio
device such as a CD player for input into computer.
(Type 3 also functions as rear Line Out when a
multichannel audio configuration is enabled.)
Digital Audio Out or SPDIF Out (orange)
connects to a digital audio device with digital input
(such as a home audio receiver/amplifier) or to
digital speakers (select models only).
FlexiJack (pink) connects to analog Line In devices
or a microphone.
The FlexiJack supports two functions. You must select
either the microphone or the Line In function in the
Creative Console Launcher. See “Configuring the
FlexiJack connector.”