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    I miss the volume meter bar :(

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by loman, Oct 16, 2008.

  1. loman

    loman Notebook Guru

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    One thing I miss going from a Inspiron 6000 to a M1530 is the onscreen volume meter bar when you press the louder and softer volume buttons on the Media Bar. On my Inspiron 6000, a gui bar pops up when you adjust the volume using the media bar buttons to let you know exactly where your volume is set at. I don't even know when to stop pressing the volume up button because I don't know when the volume is maxed out on my M1530. Anybody know of a way to make the onscreen volume meter return?
     
    loman, Oct 16, 2008
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Do you have quickset installed?
     
    namaiki, Oct 16, 2008
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    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have a problem with Quickset, download Microsoft Intellitype Pro. It works with anything and has a very nice compact GUI bar.
     
    Dook, Oct 16, 2008
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    Oh man, quickset was the problem! Thanks brainstew. I thought the M1530's just didn't have that feature. Both M1530's I received didn't have quickset installed for whatever reason (I haven't done a clean install yet on the replacement). Good times again!
     
    loman, Oct 16, 2008
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    I'll have to try that, Quickset might be the ugliest display I've ever seen.
     
    JacksonDane, Oct 16, 2008
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    I installed Intellitype but I don't know which model to choose. I randomly chose like 5 but none of them work. Can you please tell me which model you chose to configure the keys.
     
    ashrafneo, Oct 16, 2008
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  7. JacksonDane

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    I installed Media Keyboard, worked perfectly
     
    JacksonDane, Oct 16, 2008
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    Thanks it works for me too... looks so much better now.
     
    ashrafneo, Oct 16, 2008
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    sterr, Oct 16, 2008
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    After some expirimenting, I've found that if you choose "Wireless Photo Keyboard" in Intellitype, you can customize the Dell MediaHome button (in IntelliType it's the "Library" key). Otherwise, pressing it will attempt to open Microsoft's photo editing software and give you an error if it's not installed. I have it opening Vista Media Center.
     
    GaryJohnson, Nov 27, 2008
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    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    u don't need all those application that are huge compare to this...jst use this on...the application is so small and u can set to start from startup and has apple design volume meter

    called 3VRX

    download here

    http://matt.malensek.net/software/3RVX_2.5.msi
     
    imar3l, Nov 27, 2008
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  12. arjunned

    arjunned Notebook Deity

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    Thanx a lot imar3l!!! cheers!
     
    arjunned, Nov 28, 2008
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  13. imar3l

    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    no problem
     
    imar3l, Nov 30, 2008
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