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Exploring Your Options
Exploring audio features
Exploring audio features
You can use your computer to record sounds using an
external microphone. You can play .wav sound files or audio
CDs using the built-in speakers, headphones or external
speakers.
Recording sounds
You can make audio recordings and save them as .wav files
by connecting an external microphone or other sound source
to the microphone jack and using the Sound Recorder feature
in the operating system.
DEFINITION: A .wav (pronounced "wave") file is a format for
storing sound in files.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you record MP3 files, you will only be able
to play them on a drive capable of playing MP3 files.
Using a microphone
1
Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2
Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder.
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