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Using audio features
Your computer is equipped with the following:
• Combo audio jack, 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) in diameter
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Built-in monaural digital microphone
Your computer also has an audio chip that enables you to enjoy various multimedia audio features:
• Compliant with Intel High Denition Audio.
• Recording and playback of PCM and WAV les in 16-bit or 24-bit format.
• Playback of a WAV le at a sample rate of 44.1 KHz to 192 KHz.
• Playback of MIDI les through a Wave table synthesizer under Microsoft Windows operating systems.
• Playback of MP3 les through the Windows Media Player or a software MP3 player.
• Recording from various sound sources, such as a headset attached either to the combo audio jack of
your computer or to the microphone jack of the ThinkPad Port Replicator Series 3, ThinkPad Mini Dock
Series 3, or the ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3.
The following table shows which functions of the audio devices attached to the jacks on your computer or
docking station are supported.
Table 3. Audio feature list
Audio device Headset with a 3.5 mm
4-pole plug
Conventional headphone Conventional
microphone
Combo audio jack
Headphone and
microphone functions
supported
Headphone function
supported
Not supported
Headphone jack of the
docking station
Only headphone function
supported. Microphone
function not supported
Headphone function
supported
Not supported
Microphone jack of the
docking station
Not supported Not supported
Microphone function
supported
Conguring for sound recording
To congure the microphone for optimized sound recording, open the Realtek HD sound Effect Manager
as follows:
For Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Hardware and Sound ➙ Realtek HD
sound Effect Manager. The Realtek HD sound Effect Manager window opens.
For Windows XP: Click Start ➙ Control Panel. Switch to Classic View and click Realtek HD sound Effect
Manager. The Realtek HD sound Effect Manager window opens.
Using an integrated camera
If your computer has an integrated camera, you can press Fn+F6 to open the Communications settings
window, the camera will be launched and the green camera-in-use indicator will turn on automatically.
If your computer has an integrated camera, when you press Fn+F6 to open the Communications settings
window, the camera will be launched and the green camera-in-use indicator will turn on automatically. In
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