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Audioproblems

•Problem:WaveorMIDIsounddoesnotplayproperly.

Solution:Ensurethatthebuilt-inaudiodeviceisconﬁguredcorrectly.

1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.

2.ClickHardwareandSound.

3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconﬁrmation,typethe

passwordorprovideconﬁrmation.

4.Double-clickSound,videoandgamecontrollers.

5.EnsurethatthedevicefollowingSound,videoandgamecontrollersisenabledandconﬁgured

correctly.

•Problem:Recordingsmadebyusingthemicrophoneinputarenotloudenough.

Solution:EnsurethattheMicrophoneBoostfunctionisturnedonandsetbydoingthefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.

2.ClickHardwareandSound.

3.ClickSound.

4.ClicktheRecordingtabintheSoundwindow.

5.SelectMicrophone,andclickthePropertiesbutton.

6.ClicktheLevelstab,andmovetheMicrophoneBoostsliderupwards.

7.ClickOK.

Note:Formoreinformationaboutcontrollingvolume,seeyourWindowsonlinehelp.

•Problem:Icannotmovethevolumesliderorbalanceslider.

Solution:Theslidermightbegrayedout.Thismeansthatitspositionisﬁxedbythehardwareand

cannotbechanged.

•Problem:Thevolumeslidersdonotstayinplacewhensomeaudioprogramsareused.

Solution:Itisnormalforthesliderstochangepositionwhencertainsoundprogramsareused.The

programsareawareofthesettingsintheVolumeMixerwindowandareenabledtochangethesettings

themselves.AnexampleistheWindowsMediaPlayerprogram.Usuallytheprogramhasslidersavailable

tocontrolthesoundfromwithintheprogram.

•Problem:Thebalanceslidercannotcompletelymuteonechannel.

Solution:Thecontrolisdesignedtocompensateforminordifferencesinbalanceanddoesnot

completelymuteeitherchannel.

•Problem:ThereisnovolumecontrolforMIDIsoundintheVolumeMixerwindow.

Solution:Usethehardwarevolumecontrol.Thisisbecausethebuilt-insynthesizersoftwaredoes

notsupportthecontrol.

•Problem:ThesoundcannotbeturnedoffevenifIsettheMastervolumecontrolatminimum.

Solution:YoustillcanhearsomesoundeventhoughyouhavesettheMastervolumecontrolatminimum.

Toturnoffthesoundcompletely,gototheMastervolumecontrolandselectMutespeakers.

•Problem:WhenIconnectheadphonestomycomputerwhileplayingsound,aspeakerdoesnot

producesound.

Solution:Whentheheadphonesareattached,thestreamingisautomaticallyredirectedtoit.Ifyouwant

tolistentosoundfromthespeakersagain,ensurethatyousetthosespeakersasthedefaultdevice.For

moreinformation,seethehelpinformationsystemforRealtekHDAudioManager.

•Problem:Sounddoesnotcomefromaheadphoneoraspeaker,orthecomputercannotrecordsounds.

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