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Note:Fordetailsaboutcontrollingvolume,refertoyourWindowsonlinehelp.

•Problem:Avolumeorbalanceslidercannotbemoved.

Solution:Theslidermightbegrayedout.Thismeansthatitspositionisﬁxedbythehardwareand

cannotbechanged.

•Problem:Thevolumeslidersdonotstayinplacewhensomeaudioprogramsareused.

Solution:Itisnormalforthesliderstochangepositionwhencertainsoundprogramsareused.The

programsareawareofthesettingsintheVolumeMixerwindowandareallowedtochangethesettings

themselves.AnexampleistheWindowsMediaPlayer.Usuallytheapplicationhasslidersavailableto

controlthesoundfromwithintheprogram.

•Problem:Thebalanceslidercannotcompletelymuteonechannel.

Solution:Thecontrolisdesignedtocompensateforminordifferencesinbalanceanddoesnot

completelymuteeitherchannel.

•Problem:ThereisnovolumecontrolforMIDIsoundintheVolumeMixerwindow.

Solution:Usethehardwarevolumecontrol.Thisisbecausethebuilt-insynthesizersoftwaredoes

notsupportthecontrol.

•Problem:ThesoundcannotbeturnedoffevenifyousettheMastervolumecontrolatminimum.

Solution:YoustillcanhearsomesoundeventhoughyouhavesettheMastervolumecontrolatminimum.

Toturnoffthesoundcompletely,gototheMastervolumecontrolandselectMutespeakers.

•Problem:Whenyouconnectaheadphonetoyourcomputerwhileplayingsound,aspeakerdoesnot

producesound.

Solution:Oncetheheadphoneisattached,thestreamingisautomaticallyredirectedtoit.Ifyouwant

tolistentosoundfromthespeakersagain,besuretosetthosespeakersasthedefaultdevice.The

procedureisasfollows:

1.GotoControlPanel.ChangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.

2.ClickSmartAudio.TheSmartAudiowindowopens.

3.Lookattheplaybackdevices.Ifyouhaveattachedaheadphone,theheadphonewillbeautomatically

setasthedefaultdevice,andtheiconforthatheadphonewillbechecked.

4.Tosetadifferentdeviceasthedefault,double-clicktheiconforthosespeakers.Thaticonwill

nowhaveacheckmark.

5.PlayanysoundbyuseofamusicprogramsuchasWindowsMediaPlayer.Makesurethatsound

comesfromthespeakers.

Fordetails,refertothehelpinformationsystemforSmartAudio.

Batteryandpowerproblems

Thistopiccontainsinstructionsontroubleshootingbatteryandpowerproblems.

Batteryproblems

•Problem:Thebuilt-inbatterycannotbefullychargedinthestandardchargetimewhenthecomputeris

poweredoff.

Solution:Thebatterymightbeover-discharged.Dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputerandletitcharge.

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