Appendix
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Using 8-channel Audio (optional)
1. Introduction
8-channel audio is the highest surround sound standard available adding two
speakers over existing 6-channel (5.1) audio set-ups. 8-channel surround sound
is already a standard feature for premium consumer audio devices, so it only
makes sense that as users increasingly use their PCs to listen to the latest
multimedia content that 8-channel support makes the migration as a standard
PC feature.
In the 8-channel surround sound configuration there are the standard front,
center, LFE (bass) speakers but also two surround speakers are placed at the
sides of a listener, and two speakers directly behind the listener. Some formats
also support a 5.1 audio configuration wherein there is only one speaker be-
hind the listener. However, since audio connections always come in stereo
pairs most PC hardware will automatically support the 7.1 configuration. It is
also fully supported in the Windows XP operating system.
2. Using 8-channel Audio
STEP 1. Connect the front channels to green jack, the rear channels to black
jack, the Center/Subwoofer channels to orange jack and Side channels to grey
jack. Please refer to below figure.
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