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    HELP! Dell Latitude headphone volume too loud?!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mace2, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. mace2

    mace2 Notebook Guru

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    Any help appreciated! I got my D630 earlier this week and it's great. However, the volume output when using the headphone jack is TOO LOUD! I use one click (of 24) and it's too loud for normal use. I called Dell and they said there's nothing they can do, and that there's nothing wrong with it. It seems crazy to me.

    Windows master volume control is just above zero, and it's still too much! HELP!
     
    mace2, Sep 7, 2007
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  2. dordale

    dordale Notebook Consultant

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    That's odd...I don't have my D630 with me now to check it out, but I've used headphones with it in the past didn't have any problems with the volume being too loud. Next time I'm using my D630, I'll check it out and report back regarding my volume settings.

    dordale :)
     
    dordale, Sep 7, 2007
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  3. star882

    star882 Notebook Evangelist

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    It's pretty easy to make an adapter with resistors to reduce the volume.
    Buy an inline socket and plug and two resistors of about 470 ohms or so, as well as a little wire. Connect each resistor in series with a channel. Directly connect the grounds.
    You might also be able to find a fixed attenuator pre-made.
     
    star882, Sep 7, 2007
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  4. shoyer

    shoyer Notebook Enthusiast

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    This happens sometimes with earbuds. The easy solution is to also adjust the volume in the music program you are using separately. Between the windows master sound level and the program specific levels, you should have very fine control.
     
    shoyer, Sep 7, 2007
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  5. kmtoner

    kmtoner Newbie

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    Radio Shack will sell you an easy solution for about 5 bucks. It's an inline gizmo to connect headphones to the headphone port and includes a small dial to fine tune headphone volume. I've also seen these sold at airport gadget shops.

    This inline volume adapter has been a lifesaver for me with my D810 and the D400 I used before that. Both laptops have just awful static noise through the headphones without it.
     
    kmtoner, Sep 8, 2007
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    lambchops468 Notebook Evangelist

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    i don't know how to do this on vista, but in XP, you can select mixer from the volume icon and choose wave. This is the master for volume being generated by the sound card (eg. NOT MIC, LINE IN), and then you can turn it down.
     
    lambchops468, Sep 8, 2007
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  7. mace2

    mace2 Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for the responses guys. Lambchops, that's the solution I ended up finding! How dumb that I didn't notice it at first. Thanks for the help!
     
    mace2, Sep 10, 2007
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