If you have a monitor with built-in speakers there is a way to play audio through the computer's internal speakers while playing audio through the monitor's speakers. If you do not have everything set up properly in the Sound control panel, each time you restart the computer, sound is no longer played through the computer's internal speaker. You only hear sound out of the monitor's speakers. To have sound output through both the internal speakers of the Power Macintosh 7200 and the monitor's speakers, follow these steps:

Step 1

Connect an audio cable from the sound output port on the computer to the sound input port on the monitor.

Step 2

Select Volumes from the pop-up menu in the Sound control panel.

Step 3

Deselect (uncheck) both the "Built-in" and "Built-in Headphones" Mute checkboxes.

Step 4

Follow steps 2-3 each time you restart the computer.

When speakers or headphones are plugged into the sound output port on a Power Macintosh 7200 series computer, the computer mutes the built-in speaker by default during startup. This is normal for the Sound control panel to behave in this manner, and the only workaround is to change the settings after restarting the computer.