I use ARC246 quite often and absolutely love it. There's always been something I've wondered about, though. When I have it running on my desktop computer, I can hear the audio through the system speakers in the background (speaker out jack). But on my laptop, I can't hear the audio. Is there a general setting for many laptops that I'm probably overlooking to have it run the mic input to the audio out while ARC246 is recording? FYI - my sound card is SigmalTel C-Major Audio. Thanks.
Hearing live audio from ARC246 on a laptop
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It actually records fine, so I doubt the source is muted. Now as for the speakers, they also are turned up, as are the other audio slides. I can hear music and everything else just fine. It's just that I can't hear the mic input through the speakers.
Go to the Control Panel and choose Sounds and Audio Devices
Click on the Audio tab and then click the Volume button under Sound Playback.
Make sure line-in and microphone are not muted. You might have to go to Options > Properties to make sure the microphone or line-in are selected for adjusting.
I know this works because I had the same problem over the weekend and once doing that I was able to hear audio.
Click on the Audio tab and then click the Volume button under Sound Playback.
Make sure line-in and microphone are not muted. You might have to go to Options > Properties to make sure the microphone or line-in are selected for adjusting.
I know this works because I had the same problem over the weekend and once doing that I was able to hear audio.
If after following the suggestions here you still have the problem, you may have run into what I ran into a couple of years ago with a new Dell. On that one you actually had to go in a change a windows registry key to get the mic in to play out loud.
Should that be the case, searching Google for your computers exact make and model along a string like with "why can't I hear myself talking" or something "can't hear my voice" related might help turn up the specific instructions for your machine.
I think the theory here is they don't want a mic hearing the speakers hearing the mic feedback loop to happen. So as to avoid angry support calls about the feedback, they just shut that off by default.
Good luck fixing the problem,
Brian.
Should that be the case, searching Google for your computers exact make and model along a string like with "why can't I hear myself talking" or something "can't hear my voice" related might help turn up the specific instructions for your machine.
I think the theory here is they don't want a mic hearing the speakers hearing the mic feedback loop to happen. So as to avoid angry support calls about the feedback, they just shut that off by default.
Good luck fixing the problem,
Brian.
Yeah, what Brandon said. :lol:
Gilligan, recording has nothing to do with what comes out the speakers. Two completely different parts of the audio software. I can record all day long from my radio hooked up to the microphone in and still listen to my XM radio through my speakers on the line in side of the sound card. On the recording properties screen you get to choose one input for recording from, on the playback properties, you get to mute or unmute all of the inputs individually.
Gilligan, recording has nothing to do with what comes out the speakers. Two completely different parts of the audio software. I can record all day long from my radio hooked up to the microphone in and still listen to my XM radio through my speakers on the line in side of the sound card. On the recording properties screen you get to choose one input for recording from, on the playback properties, you get to mute or unmute all of the inputs individually.
I think I found it. So they did it on purpose.... The link for info is http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo...insp_audio&message.id=17292&page=1&format=all, but the instructions are to search for a key called DisableMicFromPlayback in the registry (regedit.exe) and turn it off (00) instead of on (01). I'm going to try it now (gotta restart the computer). It will probably fix my problem. Thanks guys.
EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED. MUCHAS GRACIAS!
EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED. MUCHAS GRACIAS!
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