Panasonic U500 User Manual

User ’s Manual

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Operating Basics

This section describes some of the audio control functions.

You can control the overall level of sound using Windows Volume Mixer.

To launch Volume Mixer, follow the steps below.

1.  Locate the Speaker icon on the task tray.
2.  Right-click the Speaker icon on the task tray.
3.  Select Open Volume Mixer from the menu.
Click the Device button to display available playback devices. Select Speakers to 
use the internal speakers for listening. Adjust speaker volume by moving the slider 
up or down to raise or lower the volume. Click the Mute button to mute the sound.

You may see another control under Applications in Volume Mixer. It is the 
control for an application which is currently running. The Windows Sounds is 
always displayed since it controls the system sounds’ volume.Changing System 
Sounds

System sounds are assigned to inform you when certain events happen. This 
section explains how select an existing scheme or save one you have modified.

To launch the configuration dialog window for system sounds, follow the steps 
below:

1. Right-click the Speaker icon on the task tray.
2. Select Sounds from the memu.

You can confirm and change the audio configuration using the Realtek Audio 
Manager. To launch the Realtek Audio Manager, Click Start 

 Realtek HD Audio Manager. When you first 

launch the Realtek Audio Manager, you will see following device tabs. Speakers 
is the default output device. Microphone is the default input device. To change 
the default device, click the Set Default Device button under the chosen device 
tab.

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Speakers is the default output device. Select it when using the internal 
speakers or headphones.

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  Digital Output should be selected when connecting the optical cable to the 

Headphone, S/PDIF and Line out jack for playing digital sound on digital audio 
equipment. Digital Output can only be used by connecting an optical audio 
cable.