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    anyone else have this pet peeve with their front panel control buttons?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by yxd23, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. yxd23

    yxd23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    so i got my 6000 a week or two ago and first thing first: :centrino: it's much better than my old P4-M

    the first time that i tried to use my headphones with it, i was surprised by how loud it was. in pain, i held down on the lower volume button and nothing happens. press the mute button, no effect. the thing shows up on screen and nothing happens.

    finally i explore a little and turns out the volume control for the headphones is in the actual sound thing, so apparently the buttons have no control over the volume when you plug in your headphones. seems like pretty shoddy design if that is the case right? anyone have this problem and gotten around it? thanks guys.
     
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    I don't have that problem. I can use the controls with my headphones. What program are you using to listen to music?

    SG
     
    Amber, Nov 28, 2005
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    yxd23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm just using standard windows media player. i watch the change in the windows volume control with the headphones plugged in and the main volume goes down but the headphone volume doesn't
     
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    are you running the dell quickset app?

    i also do not have that problem. volume control works fine for me, headphones or not.
     
    drumfu, Nov 28, 2005
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    Yea my headphones work fine with the media buttons. Does anyone know how to make them work with itunes?????
     
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    It sounds like you are using "line out" and not the headphone jack.
     
    Elevatorguy, Nov 28, 2005
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    yxd23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    the headphone jack is the one on the right side right? there are only two, one headphone and one microphone. and i do have quickset installed and running. this issue has got me very confused...
     
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    so i fixed it, it turns out that i just had to reinstall the audio driver. thanks for your help guys!
     
    yxd23, Nov 28, 2005
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