No sound through speakers using voice feature on modem

[Razorbacks]

System:
XP Pro, AMD Ahtlon 900, Abit KT7, SBL 5.1, Agere data/fax/voice modem.

I'm wanting to utilize the speakers and microphone of the sound card to use the modem's voice features.
The modem is able to make a data and fax connection. It makes a "voice" connection also in the sense that it will dial out and ring my second phone line. Here is where the problem arises: there is no sound coming through the speakers, but the microphone works.
I have seen some suggestions to make sure that the "unimodem half-duplex" is listed in the sound, video and game controllers and is functioning correctly. It says that it is.
I can exit the dialer and launch WinAmp and play sound files and CD's. Somehow, the system is not passing the modem sounds to the sound card and I cannot figure out why.

Thanks for your help, if anyone has encountered this issue.

 

[Zepper]

Some modems can pass modem sounds to the sound card thru the bus others need a separate direct connect wire. Usually it will have three or four pins - the two signal pins are mic and spkr the other one or two wires are ground. The mic signal is an input to the modem and the spkr signal is an output from the modem. You can ususlly modify a standard CD-ROM audio cable to make it work if one didn't come with the modem. Obviously make sure the signal wires are connected correctly - output to input or trouble could ensue.
. Other modems have a "speaker phone" feature and usually have mic and spkr jacks rigt on the slot cover plate or the external modem itself. If you run the 'spkr' jack to the 'line in' or 'aux' jack on your sound card, you will then hear the ring sounds, modem handshaking etc. on your speakers (be sure the appropriate slider on your mixer is not 'Muted' and is turned up a bit) - all that noise would drive me nuts.
. For this to work, your sound card needs to have a "TAD" (telephone answering device) connector to which the cable from the modem is connected. Other modems don't have a TAD connector and simply work as answering machines but you will need to install the software that came with the modem as I don't believe Win comes with software for that function. If no software came with, I would recommend Smith Micro's HotFax Message Center ver.5. It will work with most voice-capable modems to provide voice mail with as many mail boxes as you care to have. It also provides excellent Fax and Comm Terminal (like HyperTerminal) functions without grabbing anywhere near the amount of resources as Norton's WinFAX Pro.
.bh.
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