Modem Speaker Volume

[Seekermeister]

Perhaps it was in an older OS than MCE, but I could have sworn that there was a control to set the volume of the modem speaker. All that I could find was the on/off switch. If I'm not imagining it, where is it?

 

[mayest]

I haven't used a dial-up modem in years. Back in the day we used to send a command to the modem via a terminal program to do this and many other things. Here's a link to the AT commands. Maybe that will help. Otherwise, the manufacturer may have a Windows program that you can use to send commands.

Edit: I just checked the Device Manager and found a Modem item in there. Right click on your modem and choose Properties. Now, click on the Modem tab and you should see a volume control at the top.

 

[Seekermeister]

Thanks for the link, I found the L0-3 commands, and for someone else, this would be just the thing. But, I'm like a bull in a china closet with such things. I thought that USR's control panel might have a volume control, so I looked around, and thought about the fact that I wasn't sure if I had set the upload/download rates, so I did. When I tried to dialup again, I just got an error dialog, so I rebooted. It took a couple of tries to reach desktop, because of a BSOD when I tried to boot normally. Now that I'm back, I'm reluctant to mess with it. I guess I'll just have to tolerate the volume.

 

[MichaelD]

It's been a long time since I used a modem, but IIRC, in either Device Manager or Control Panel, there's a tab in the Modem properties and speaker volume is in there. IIRC, it's the same tab where you can set baud rate/transfer speed, etc. And I had a USR modem too.

 

[corkyg]

I still keep my old USR Courier as a back up - the volume is a simple slide switch on the side. Yeah - external - I never would use an internal modem - they can't be turned off when not needed.

 

[Seekermeister]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's been a long time since I used a modem, but IIRC, in either Device Manager or Control Panel, there's a tab in the Modem properties and speaker volume is in there. IIRC, it's the same tab where you can set baud rate/transfer speed, etc. And I had a USR modem too.

Yes, there is a slider labeled "speaker volume" on the tab that you mentioned, but it only has on and off positions, it will not go to any position in between.

 

[Seekermeister]

Originally posted by: corkyg
I still keep my old USR Courier as a back up - the volume is a simple slide switch on the side. Yeah - external - I never would use an internal modem - they can't be turned off when not needed.

This is the second USR external that I have had, and I've had it about 2 years, and I never noticed that dial before. Thank you.