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Exploring Your Computer's Features
Exploring audio features
To adjust the volume:
For external speakers, use the volume control on the
speakers in conjunction with the volume control on the
computer.
For headphones, use the computer's volume control dial.
Recording sounds
An external microphone may be used with other software to
record monaural audio sounds and save them as digital audio
.WAV files on disk.
You may also record sounds as .WAV files by connecting
other sound sources to the microphone jack.
Using a microphone
1
Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2
Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder.
Positioning
bar
Sample Sound Recorder screen
DEFINITION: A .WAV (pronounced "wave") file is one of the
formats for storing sound in files.
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