Gateway fx6800 Reference Guide

CHAPTER 1: Setting Up and Getting Started

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Configuring the audio jacks

If the back of your computer has five audio jacks, they are 
universal jacks. This means that they can be used for more 
than one purpose. For example, the blue jack on the computer 
can be a stereo in jack or a stereo out jack. To use the audio 
jacks for something other than the default audio device, you 
need to configure the audio jacks.

To configure the audio jacks:

 

1

Connect your audio device(s) to the computer audio 
jack(s).

2

Click 

 (Start), then click 

. The Control 

Panel window opens. 

3

Click Hardware and Sound, Sound, the Playback tab, 
then click Configure.

-OR-

If your computer has the Realtek Sound Effect Manager 
installed, double-click the Sound Effect Manager 
icon

on the taskbar. The Realtek dialog box opens.

4

Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the audio 
jacks for your speaker setup.

Installing a printer, scanner, or 
other device

Your computer has one or more of the following ports: 
IEEE 1394 (also known as Firewire

®

), Universal Serial Bus 

(USB), serial, and parallel. You use these ports to connect 
peripheral devices such as printers, scanners, and digital 
cameras to your computer. For more information about port 
locations, see 

Start

Ö

 Control Panel

Ö

 Hardware and Sound

Ö

 Advanced

Before you install a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device, see the 

device documentation and installation instructions.

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