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Main windows volume control doesn't affect headphone volume

post #1 of 24
2/21/06 at 4:35am
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FIXED IT,
Installed the newest Sigmatel drivers and voila, headphone slider gone, volume control works on line-out!
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post #2 of 24
2/21/06 at 4:53am
If I remember correctly, mine does. I can use the buttons on the front of the laptop, or the fn+pageup/pagedown and it changes the volume. I would test, but I broke my headphones.
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post #3 of 24
2/21/06 at 4:58am
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The Fn+page keys also move the main volume slider, but it still has no effect on the headphone lineout volume

If I could find a way to bind the volume buttons as a global hotkey to headphone volume it'd be great!
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post #4 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:00am
How do you adjust it manually? Using the windows volume control?
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post #5 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:04am
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Jep! Very quirky
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post #6 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:05am
When you open the volume control, how many options do you see?
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post #7 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:14am
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6
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post #8 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:17am
I only have 4.

Volume Control | Wave | SW Synth | CD Player

What version of Windows do you have?
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post #9 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:20am
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XP SP2, without any of the Dell software
the number of options doesn't have anything to do with it.
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post #10 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:21am
I have Windows XP MCE w/ SP2 and all the Dell Software still installed.
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post #11 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:25am
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Well, that surely could make a difference, but I'd preffer not installing any of it
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post #12 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:28am
I'm not sure which one that would be, other than if you have the Home Edition of Windows XP, that could be the biggest difference; so I am not too sure, maybe someone else with more knowledge on the matter will chime in and help you.
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post #13 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:55am
Windows (dell buttons) volume adjust works fine for me with the lappy default connection as well as my Audigy 2zs.

/shrug
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post #14 of 24
2/21/06 at 6:00am
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So the headphone slider moves? Or does the volume control slider move and then headphone volume is affected?

btw, how did you install the widcomm stack?
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post #15 of 24
2/21/06 at 6:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by grkn
btw, how did you install the widcomm stack?
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=130179
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post #16 of 24
2/21/06 at 9:47am
Open: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/Class/{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0005/Settings

Here you can enable advanced volume settings & controls, including mic and auxilary line-ins, etc. If you screw up the settings
(in this file) simply uninstall & reinstall the soundcard and the reg settings will go back to their default.
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post #17 of 24
2/21/06 at 9:58am
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doesn't really help
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post #18 of 24
2/21/06 at 4:30pm
Hmm I have xp mce with no dell software installed.. My volume buttons work fine with headphones. :-\
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post #19 of 24
2/21/06 at 4:40pm
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What if you also use s-video out? does the "volume control" slider move, or does the headphone slider move?
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post #20 of 24
2/21/06 at 5:31pm
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Originally Posted by grkn
What if you also use s-video out? does the "volume control" slider move, or does the headphone slider move?
My volume controls don't have "headphones" mentioned anywhere as a seperate entity from main volume control...

I think this is the source of the problem.

What sound card drivers do you have installed?
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