Solution:Theslidermightbegrayedout.Thismeansthatitspositionisxedbythehardwareand
cannotbechanged.
•Problem:Thevolumeslidersdonotstayinplacewhensomeaudioapplicationsareused.
Solution:Itisnormalforthesliderstochangepositionwhencertainsoundapplicationsareused.The
applicationsareawareoftheVolumeMixerwindow(inWindowsXP,VolumeControlwindow)andare
allowedtochangethesettingsthemselves.AnexampleistheWindowsMediaPlayer.Usuallythe
applicationhasslidersavailabletocontrolthesoundfromwithintheapplication.
•Problem:ThevolumeslidersdonotalltintheVolumeControlwindowinWindowsXP.
Solution:PressCtrl+Skeyswhilethevolumecontrolisinfocus,andtoggletoasmallersize.
•Problem:Thebalanceslidercannotcompletelymuteonechannel.
Solution:Thecontrolisdesignedtocompensateforminordifferencesinbalanceanddoesnot
completelymuteeitherchannel.
•Problem:ThereisnovolumecontrolforMIDIsoundontheV olumeMixerwindow(inWindowsXP,
VolumeControlwindow).
Solution:Usethehardwarevolumecontrol.InWindowsXP ,usethehardwarevolumecontrolorthe
WavevolumecontrolontheVolumeControlwindow.ThisisbecausetheBuilt-InSynthesizerSoftware
doesnotsupportthecontrol.
•Problem:ThesoundcannotbeturnedoffcompletelyevenifyousettheMastervolumecontrolat
minimum.
Solution:YoucanstillhearsomesoundeventhoughyouhavesettheMastervolumecontrolatminimum.
Toturnoffthesoundcompletely,gototheMastervolumecontrolandselectMutespeakers(inWindows
VistaandWindowsXP ,Mute).
•Problem:Sounddoesnotcomefromaheadphoneoraspeaker ,oryourcomputercannotrecordsounds
whentheSmartAudioissettoMULTI-STREAMmode(WindowsVista).
Solution:Toswitchfromonedevicetoanother(forexample,fromaspeakertoaheadphone,orfroman
externalmicrophonetoabuilt-inmicrophone),doasfollows:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound.
2.ClicktheSmartAudioicon.TheSmartAudiowindowopens.
3.MakesurethatyouareinMULTI-STREAMmodeintheAudioDirectorwindow.
4.IntheVolumeMixerwindow,selectthedeviceyouwant-forexample,speakers.Ifyourcomputer
isattachedtoaThinkPadMiniDockPlusoraThinkPadMiniDock,youcanalsoselectadevice
fromthem.
5.Playanysoundviaamusicprogram(forexample,WindowsMediaPlayer).Makesurethatsound
comesfromspeakersnow.
6.Then,ifyouwouldliketoswitchtoaheadphone,closethemusicprogram.
7.GototheVolumeMixerwindow.Thenselectanotherdevice,whichisnowtheheadphone.
8.Playanysoundviathemusicprogram.Makesurethatsoundcomesfromaheadphoneattached
directlytothesystem.
Fordetails,refertotheHelpforSmartAudio.
Note:IntheVolumeMixerwindowofSmartAudio,acheckmarkbytheentryforadevice,suchas
speakersforaplaybackdevice,orabuilt-inmicrophoneforarecordingdevice,showsthatthedevice
hasbeenselected.
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