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some very basic advice on nforce tray options please

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Wigwam

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i'm afraid i know very little about graphic equaliser settings etc. whilst trying to fix a sound problem [as were another post - hint to check it out!] i was looking at the various options eg "master/wave/synth/cd/aux/video/cd/line in"
i have no idea what alot of them are used for!

master volume is fair enough and i guessed cd is for the sound levels when plugging headphones into a cd? but what about wave/synth/aux/video?

I ask not only for interest but also becuase when i hover the cursor over "wave" it sets it controls the DIGITAL volume level of the specified source; as i had only analog out i set this to mute but then lost windows sound.....

i would appreciate a very basic tutorial on these settings and which i should and shouldnt mute!

thanks!
 
Originally posted by: vietofmars
Not broken, don't fix or mess with it.
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i'm NOT messing with anything as such - i am trying to learn what some of the audio output things mean. you dont ask, you dont learn!
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Wave is all the sounds that windows uses like when you log on and more. Cd is for cd playback through the system. Line is on the back of your sound card. Synth is "I believe" your gameport which also doubles as an input like from a keyboard. I'm not sure about the video. Aux is another input for the sound. I have my other cd hooked to mine.

Anyhow the basic use is to set levels for output to your speakers. Example. You listen to cd's while working. set your level for cd to say 75%. Now set your level for wave so if windows needs to get your attention. Make the wave volume so it is loud enough that you can here it over the cd volume. Now when you change the master volume the relation between the 2 levels you just set are the same. Works the same for the other inputs as well.

Hope that clears it up for you.
 
mind you - i have cd/aux/video/line in all set to mute and yet i can still play a music cd from the cd player [via wmp] - how come?😕
 
I never noticed that before. I don't think older versions did that. I think it is the player. It should be different with another player.
 
mind you - i have cd/aux/video/line in all set to mute and yet i can still play a music cd from the cd player [via wmp] - how come?😕
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Are you using the old and no longer needed audio cable? Or are you using digital via the IDE ribbon cable? Sound cards have inputs for CD and AUX and sometimes others too. These were for the audio cable (that it seems SemperFi is still using). They are no longer needed for Windows OSes. Simply enable digital transfer and it will use your IDE cables to transmit the audio as well.

\Dan

 
Originally posted by: EeyoreX
mind you - i have cd/aux/video/line in all set to mute and yet i can still play a music cd from the cd player [via wmp] - how come?😕
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Are you using the old and no longer needed audio cable? Or are you using digital via the IDE ribbon cable? Sound cards have inputs for CD and AUX and sometimes others too. These were for the audio cable (that it seems SemperFi is still using). They are no longer needed for Windows OSes. Simply enable digital transfer and it will use your IDE cables to transmit the audio as well.

\Dan
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go on - yo got me: how do i enable digital transfer then? [i told you i was green in matters musical!]
 
Right Click My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware tab -> browse to your DVD/CD-ROM drives section. Right click the drive you want to enable digital audio for, click properties. Then on the Properties tab, look towards the bottom and check the box that says "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device." These steps are on a Windows 2000 Pro box, as I don't have XP at work, but they should be close, if not the same for either OS. You may already have this enabled by Windows. As a side note, if you want to use the headphone jack on your DVD/CD-ROM drives, you will need to use the analoge audio cable. I don't know anyone who uses the audio jack on their drives though.

\Dan
 
Eeyore, you are right I am still using the old cable hookups. Though when I tested with a cd and wmp that I have the cd slider seems to be not working for me. I just figured it was wmp that was the reason why. I guess the next time I have it open I can get rid of the audio cables. That is good info though.

BTW does it work the same on scsi cdroms? I have a couple of those in the kids computer now. I couldn't get them to work on the Asus I have when I upgraded last year.
 
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