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    Poor Sound on DM3-2010US

    Discussion in 'HP' started by moviemarketing, Jul 8, 2010.

  1. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    I purchased a DM3-2010US recently as a graduation gift for my niece and it seems that video playback is barely audible, almost impossible to hear, when using the integrated speakers at max volume. Is this a common problem with this unit?

    In other words, if we return it and get a replacement, is it likely to have the same problem?

    Also, it seems that the touchpad driver for this unit was released by a company called ALPS, and not the usual Synaptics. The ALPS touchpad does not allow momentum glide and the multi-touch gesture functionality is much more clumsy and limited than the Synaptics touchpad, which is not great, either.
     
    moviemarketing, Jul 8, 2010
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  2. Th3_uN1Qu3

    Th3_uN1Qu3 Notebook Deity

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    If it's only video playback that is affected, you can use either K-Lite Codec Pack (which comes with Media Player Classic as its movie player) or VLC Player. Both come with volume normalization options that should take care of your movie audio.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Jul 11, 2010
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