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ATI AIW9800 TV Sound Initialization

 
 
Brad
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      15th Jun 2005
Hi,

I just installed MMC 9.08 on a freshly-installed Windows XP system.
When I ran the TV setup, the TV Sound initialization did not appear. I
am not running in TV-On-Demand mode. I have NOT hooked up the line out
from the AIW card to the sound card, and yet, I still hear audio when
watching TV.

Can somebody explain why I don't see the TV Sound Initialization
wizard, and why I can hear sound even though I haven't hooked up the
sound card??

Any help is appreciated....

Brad

 
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Pagan
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      15th Jun 2005
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I just installed MMC 9.08 on a freshly-installed Windows XP system.
> When I ran the TV setup, the TV Sound initialization did not appear. I
> am not running in TV-On-Demand mode. I have NOT hooked up the line out
> from the AIW card to the sound card, and yet, I still hear audio when
> watching TV.
>
> Can somebody explain why I don't see the TV Sound Initialization
> wizard, and why I can hear sound even though I haven't hooked up the
> sound card??
>
> Any help is appreciated....


I believe that card processes the TV signal and sends the audio directly to
your sound card. I'd bet you still need to hook up your external
connections to the sound card if/when you want to capture audio from an
external source.

As for the TV wizard, it's anybody's guess, but if things are working
without it, so much the better. You don't really need it for the
Soundblaster Audigy 2 cards anyway, but if memory serves, you can still find
it under TV Setup.

Pagan


 
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Brad
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      15th Jun 2005
I appreciate the reply! In response to your first comment, perhaps
this is so with the latest drivers, and not with earlier ones? I
failed to mention that I previously had this card installed and I had
to hook it up to the sound card as is described in the manual.

Funny you should mention the Audigy 2, since I am using the Audigy 2 ZS
Platinum Pro (what a mouthful) so perhaps that is why the Sound Wizard
doesn't appear? I was unable to find anything on the ATI support site.

 
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sda100@gmail.com
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      15th Jun 2005
I am also using an Audigy 2, and didn't notice the sound dialog didn't
appear until you mentioned it. However, my sound still works, I just
used the black multi-connector, the one that plugs into the "out" on
the graphics card, and put the audio jack into the "line-in" on my
soundcard. It may sound daft, but just check you've plugged the audio
lead into the right hole.

Steve

 
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T Shadow
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      15th Jun 2005
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I appreciate the reply! In response to your first comment, perhaps
> this is so with the latest drivers, and not with earlier ones? I
> failed to mention that I previously had this card installed and I had
> to hook it up to the sound card as is described in the manual.
>
> Funny you should mention the Audigy 2, since I am using the Audigy 2 ZS
> Platinum Pro (what a mouthful) so perhaps that is why the Sound Wizard
> doesn't appear? I was unable to find anything on the ATI support site.
>

Around Cat 5.4(WDM drivers) and MMC9.06 the sound was changed to digital
through the bus. No more analog sound(makes it compatible with MCE). Their
is no sound setup wizard, its all wave now. Seems to have eliminated capture
sound sync issues for me but I haven't tested it very much.


 
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Brad
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      15th Jun 2005
TS - that certainly explains things, like how I am getting sound
without plugging the sound cable into the sound card! But why, why,
WHY couldn't I find this info. on the ATI support site? Did you read
this info on that site, or somewhere else, or what?

 
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T Shadow
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      15th Jun 2005
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> TS - that certainly explains things, like how I am getting sound
> without plugging the sound cable into the sound card! But why, why,
> WHY couldn't I find this info. on the ATI support site? Did you read
> this info on that site, or somewhere else, or what?
>

Actually I figured it out. Sound my HDTV Wonder works the same way.
Confirmation was made here, Rage3d.com or AVSforum.com(MCE compatibility)
message boards. Current notes don't seem to mention it. Here's the info on
ATI website but it looks like you just about have to know about it to find
it.
ID=10208


 
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Brad
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      15th Jun 2005
Sorry, where's the info on the ATI site?

 
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T Shadow
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      16th Jun 2005
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sorry, where's the info on the ATI site?
>

Ok, try it this way:
Customer Care
left hand column click on Solve Problem
Audio
ATI Multimedia Center
Should be the third subject on the first page.

In the past searching for the ID number would take you to the page.


 
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      16th Jun 2005
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> TS - that certainly explains things, like how I am getting sound
> without plugging the sound cable into the sound card! But why, why,
> WHY couldn't I find this info. on the ATI support site? Did you read
> this info on that site, or somewhere else, or what?


I'm a big fan of ATI, but their support site is a fine example of pure
suckage.

Kudos to T Shadow for the info.

Pagan


 
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