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    Line in sound?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by logume1881, Aug 17, 2006.

  1. logume1881

    logume1881 Notebook Consultant

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    On my desktop, I used to hook my iPod up into the line in and listen to it without software or anything open. On my E1705, it plays, but I don't hear it. If I open sound recorder, and hit record, then play the sound I recorded, it plays the song. What am I missing?
     
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    In your control panel, select Sounds and Audio Devices. Under the Audio tab, in the Sound recording section, click Volume... and make sure the Line In volume slider is where you want it, and the Select box is ticked. You might also want to poke around all of the other tabs and look for items related to Line In.

    Hope that helps.
     
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    schmoken Notebook Guru

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    Poke around through tabs and sliders all you want, it's not going to work without the following fix from the Dell forums:

     
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    logume1881 Notebook Consultant

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    THANK YOU SCHMOKEN!!!! That's awesome, thank you so much!
     
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    Unless, of course, you wiped the hard drive and started fresh like I did.
     
    kegobeer, Aug 18, 2006
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    schmoken Notebook Guru

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    My 1505 was formatted on day #2.

    What difference does that make? It's still the same sigmatel hd audio, and the same registry entries are created by the same (or updated) drivers.
    Even after the fix, selecting 'line in' from the recording section doesn't work.

    Here's a screenshot from right now, playing XM via the line in jack out to a stereo via the headphone jack:

    [​IMG]
     
    schmoken, Aug 18, 2006
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