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John Williams

Merlin:

You gave me a suggestion regarding my Volume Control post (see below).
However, it did not solve my problem. Would you have any more suggestions?

Thanx.

John Williams
 
Respond within the thread you originally started so that he/she and others
can tell that you are still seeking an answer. To start a new thread may
result in the respondent not seeing you (no one person monitors every post)
or knowing that your problem is unresolved. By creating a new thread, no one
knows what the original problem was or what you've already tried. If the
original respondent doesn't see it, no one else will be able to help either
as we have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about.

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John, because your cd rom is set to play digital audio you control the
volume via the wave control not the cd player control.
 
Thanks Merlin.

I believe my cd rom is not set for digital audio because in device manager
"Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM
device" is unchecked. With this setting, the CD volume control still
exists.

Any other suggestions and thanks.

John Williams
 
Rick:

Thanks for the suggestion.

I did post, within the original thread, that Merlin's suggested action
didn't solve my problem and asked if he had any more suggestions. Then,
when he didn't reply, I assumed he probably didn't see my post and started a
new thread in an effort to attract his attention.

I didn't mean to break protocol. Just hoped to get some help and Merlin
appeared to be my only hope.

Do you MVP's have some way to display new posts to threads with which you
have involvement so you can followup if appropriate?

John Williams
 
Everyone does. It's based on the email address you used. In OE, View - Current View - Show Replies To My Messages.
 
John, Please re-post your original problem here and the steps you have taken
to solve so that others may jump in here and offer a solution.
 
Merlin:

My original post appears below.

"When I play a CD or DVD on my Toshiba WinXP Home Edition computer, the
volume is insufficient. On checking the volume control screen I find that
the sliders for CD volume and balance slide properly and, if I click on
mute,
it shows a checkmark. But, the volume and balance don't change and the
sound does not mute.

The external volume wheel works fine.
The Windows Media player volume control works fine.
And, on the Volume screen, the "all" and "wave" volume, balance, and mute
functions work fine.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated."

Thanx.

John Williams
 
Thanx for the info.

John Williams
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Everyone does. It's based on the email address you used. In OE, View -
Current View - Show Replies To My Messages.
 
This is normal. You are playing your CD through the wav one. CD one is old for old CDs.
 
Thanks, David.

It appears that you are correct: "This is normal". I assumed that, since I
was playing a CD, the CD volume would have been active. However, I guess it
isn't necessarily.

I played the same CD on my WinXP laptop and my Win98 desktop and found the
following:

On the Win98 system, Musicmatch used Wave Out and Windows Media Player
used CD-ROM.
On the WinXP system, Musicmatch and Windows Media Player both used Wave.

So, I'm back to my original problem: how can I increase my CD volume?

I guess I'll have to pose the question to Toshiba.

By any chance can you steer me to some info about the flow of music from CD
to speakers - digital translation, amplifications, etc.?

Thanks again.

John Williams

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
This is normal. You are playing your CD through the wav one. CD one is old
for old CDs.
 
If you disable Digital Audio (or something like that, I opened the window to look it up, did, closed the window , and cam't remember what it said) in CD properties in Device Manager. This will prevent all advanced features in Windows Media as it is only your sound card and CDPlayer that is playing the music with windows just sending Play/Stop messages to the CD Drive. Same as 98.

Some (most?) computer mfg no longer bother to install the cable from CD to sound card. In which case there will be no sound.

The CD thing is for old configured CDs.
 
John,
Do you have RealPlayer or any third party media player installed other than MS
Media Player? I know from personal experience, with RealPlayer. I need to leave
the Volume control on the RealPlayer window to "MAX, some how it hooks into the
volume control panel for Windows. So check all your media players, and leave the
volume up, especially if you have a control knob, on your speakers that you can
adjust.

Also some PC manufacturers, connect a line-out wire to the sound card from the
CD-ROM, so you don't need to run the CD through a player program, to listen to
music. That might be the difference with your two PC's. Also if you have
multiple CD-ROMS, such as a CD-Writer and a DVD player, only one of them may be
connected to the Sound card.

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Thanks, David.

It appears that you are correct: "This is normal". I assumed that, since I
was playing a CD, the CD volume would have been active. However, I guess it
isn't necessarily.

I played the same CD on my WinXP laptop and my Win98 desktop and found the
following:

On the Win98 system, Musicmatch used Wave Out and Windows Media Player
used CD-ROM.
On the WinXP system, Musicmatch and Windows Media Player both used Wave.

So, I'm back to my original problem: how can I increase my CD volume?

I guess I'll have to pose the question to Toshiba.

By any chance can you steer me to some info about the flow of music from CD
to speakers - digital translation, amplifications, etc.?

Thanks again.

John Williams

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
This is normal. You are playing your CD through the wav one. CD one is old
for old CDs.

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